I didn't know it till you spoke of going away.

Sara--" "Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" She broke in hastily.

"Don't say any more, Tim--please don't!" In the silence that followed the two young faces peered at each other--the one desperate with love, the other full of infinite regret and pleading.
At last-- "It's no use, then ?" said Tim dully.

"You don't care ?" "I'm afraid I don't--not like that.

I thought we were friends--just friends, Tim," she urged.
Tim lifted his head, and she saw that somehow, in the last few minutes, he had grown suddenly older.