You see, Josephine's a French cat.

She was brought home--I mean to England, you know--by the officer who now wants to marry Betty." Timmy uttered these words in a very matter-of-fact voice.

Then, for a moment, he forgot Betty, for the car swerved suddenly.
"The officer who wants to marry Betty ?" repeated Radmore.

"I didn't know there was an officer who wanted to marry Betty." "Nobody's supposed to know," said Timmy composedly.

"But Mum and I, as well as father, know.