But Hannah Moon, as Margaret happened to know, was now the widow of Senator Alvah Moon.

Therefore the little deaf child was the half-sister of the girl who had died at the theatre in Margaret's arms and had been christened by the same name.

Therefore, also, she was related to Margaret, whose mother had been the California magnate's cousin.
'How small the world is!' Margaret said in a low voice as she looked at the grey waves.
She wondered whether little Ida had ever heard of her half-sister, and what Miss More knew about it all.
'How old is Mrs.Moon ?' she asked.
'I fancy she must be forty, or near that.

I know that she was nearly thirty years younger than the Senator, but I never saw her.' 'You never saw her ?' Margaret was surprised.
'No,' Miss More answered.

'She is insane, you know.