I just had to come." He smiled, and the smile was as hopeless as the look in his eyes.
"Face it ?" he repeated.

"Well, Mrs.Coffin, I must face it, I suppose.
I've been facing it ever since--since I knew.

And I find it no easier." "John, what are you goin' to do ?" He shook his head.

"I don't know," he said.

"Go away somewhere, first of all, I guess.