She even gave him the money for Josephine's fare, but he _would_ give it back to father.

He brought her himself because he wanted to see father, and talk to him about Betty and George." "Then he knew George, too ?" "Yes, that's how he got to know Betty, when she was in France, you know, and why she gave him the kitten to bring home on leave.

He knew all about _us_, and when father called me into the study to take Josephine, he said: 'Is this Timmy ?' And then after that he just went straight on about Betty, as if I wasn't there.

He said that if he got through, he meant to wait--he didn't mind how long, if only Betty would say 'Yes' in the end." "Has he been here since Betty came home ?" asked Radmore abruptly.
Somehow this revelation astonished and discomfited him very much.

It had never occurred to him that Betty might marry.
"No," said Timmy.