she said wistfully . `` But , no , it could n't seem so to a man . Only a woman could fully understand what I mean . That is how I feel now . While I had Father to live for it was n't so hard . But now there is nothing . And I must go away . '' `` Is there anything I can do ? '' muttered Jeffrey miserably . He knew now that he had made a mistake in coming tonight ; he could not help her . His own pain had unmanned him . Presently he would say something foolish or selfish in spite of himself . Sara turned her eyes on him . `` There is nothing anybody can do , Jeff , '' she said piteously . Her eyes , those clear child-eyes , filled with tears . `` I shall be braver -- stronger -- after a while . But just now I have no strength left . I feel like a lost , helpless child . Oh , Jeff ! '' She put her slender hands over her face and sobbed .
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