In the authorised Miss Marple continuation short story The Open Mind, Betsy is a St. Mary Mead villager mentioned by Miss Marple as a village parallel. Jim, the butcher's boy wanted to impress Betsy and couldn't wait for her to notice him of her own accord and so he bet that he could jump across the mill race. This ended in failure when he fell into the water. We are not told if Jim eventually succeeded with Betsy.
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