That's natural enough.

Once I thought--" He checked himself abruptly, wondering how he could ever have conceived it possible that his mother might remain on at the Hall after his marriage.

"But not now! I'll have my wife to myself"-- savagely.

"Nan, how long am I to wait ?" A thrill of dismay ran through her.

So far, he had not raised the question as to the actual date of their marriage, and she had been thankful to leave it for settlement at some vaguely distant period.
"Why--why, I couldn't he married till Kitty comes home," she faltered.
"I suppose not.