I had

he let you sit in peace and made no move so he got that one (?-to get rid of) that he thought of you two the better man


That is: "and only made his move once he'd managed to get rid of the
man he thought was better than you" was  your interpretation  Peter,

but I am glad to see it so, because that was one part I had hoped to get right. I am glad to find that I may not have been so far adrift as I thought I was.

I would like to feel not so driven to succeed with this, being thus driven, attacks my sense of humour and it is battered lately, I love to read everyone's comments.

Many thanks everyone

Patricia