Rich Bobbie Rivers, of Riverscourt, wanted to marry Billy, who had never thought of Bobbie as other than a playmate and friend. Part of their bargain was that if Billy tired of matrimony, she could live life her own way. As could be expected of such a state, Billy took her freedom after the death of her children, and went to France. There she stayed until the war came; she was too deeply engaged as a nurse to think of returning home. Then Bobbie was reported wounded and missing on Gallipoli.