Who is Major George Templeton from Collected Short Stories Volume Three and what is their importance? W._Somerset_Maugham English & Literature Major George Templeton | Collected Short Stories Volume Three

Major Templeton is described as being a man of extreme leisure and a ladies' man. He appears to be as unconcerned about his coming death as he is about the amount of money he has lost playing cards. Although he begins to flirt with Ivy only because she is the youngest and most attractive lady in the hospital, he soon finds he is falling in love with her. Templeton and Ivy decide to go ahead with their wedding plans despite the fact that the wedding will drastically shorten his life.