Premise: Poor Joe expects to go overseas any day and wants Miranda to marry him before he goes , which shows that there have been ` communications ' in spite of Whiskers-on-the-moon .<br>Miranda wants to marry him but can not , and she declares it will break her heart . ''<br>` Why do n't you run away and marry him ? '<br>I said .<br>It did n't go against my conscience in the least to give her such advice .<br>Joe Milgrave is a splendid fellow and Mr. Pryor fairly beamed on him until the war broke out and I know Mr. Pryor would forgive Miranda very quickly , once it was over and he wanted his housekeeper back .
Hypothesis: "Poor Joe" is someone who expects to go overseas.