midnight
He said that he knew and that he understood , and further , that I am a stronger and better woman for all that I have suffered and done . He wants me to leave my West and live again in New York , where he hopes to recreate in me the old feeling for him which he so ruthlessly squandered , when it was his own . He is earnest and sad and I wish that I might care again , for he needs help and so do I , and at least , with our past experiences we might escape some of the ways of wounding each other that married people seem to possess in such unlimited quantities . Toward midnight the last candles that Tokacon had placed in the sconces , flickered and went out . The helpless embers flared up for the last time , then sank down resigned . Donald knelt beside me sobbing bitterly , with his head upon my knee . All seems to be grief here on this earth -- nothing but grief !