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. Only a very vulgar sort of girl lets anyone know
when someone wants to marry her. Mr. Barton is so ridiculous about Dolly,
following her about and always looking at her, that we all know it,
though Mum wonders sometimes if he knows it himself. But neither Dolly
nor Rosamund knows about Betty's man. Luckily, they were away when he
last came here and saw father. The first time Betty meant him to send
the kitten in a basket from London. 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.
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