sadness so intense that it goes beyond what her face has made you believe she could feel.
Note how the POV has switched effortlessly from Ben to Teri and then it will go back. This is here to show us that Ben COULD still be very desireable to a woman but has so destroyed himself with alcohol he no longer is, and that makes her sad. Again, he is a nice guy with a lot going for him except that he is completely at the mercy of his alcoholism.
