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. "He has never come again, for he's in Mesopotamia; but
he writes to Betty, and then she writes back to him. You see he was a
friend of George's--that makes her like him, I suppose."
They drove on for a while in silence, and then Timmy enquired, rather
anxiously: "You won't tell Betty I've told you, will you, Godfrey? I
don't think she wants anyone to know. He sent me a lovely picture
postcard once--it was to Timmy Tosswill, Esq.--and then I asked Betty
whether she meant to marry him, as he was such a nice sort of man. She
was awfully angry with me for knowing about it, and she began to cry. So
you won't say anything to her, will you?"
"No, of course I won't," said Radmore hastily.
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