I know he would want K.D.B.to warm his slippers, and would be fretful and grumpy.

B.P.

T., just an abbreviation of bumptious.

No, he can't have her." Condy read the next two or three to himself, despite her protests.
"Condy, don't be mean! Read them to--" "Ah!" he exclaimed, "here's one for K.D.B.Behold, the bridegroom cometh! Listen." "'Bachelor, thirty-nine, sober and industrious, retired sea captain, desires acquaintance respectable young woman, good housekeeper and manager.

Object, matrimony.