"Why, Jeanne," said the Major's daughter. "That little girl from the city. Papa brought her here last night."
When Margot learned that it was Jeanne—Auntie Sue's Jeanne, "the little model"—she rushed into the house.
"Oh, Grandmother, Jeanne was here. But now she is gone," she cried.
The Major looked astonished.
Grandmother had been crying.
"What is that you say, my dear?" asked the Major. "She is gone?"
"Yes. The children cannot find her."
Then the Major left Grandmother and Margot alone, while he went out to search for Jeanne.
And Grandmother held Margot very close, while she repeated the tale that the Major had just told her.
"And so, my dear little Margot," she added, "Jeanne is your own cousin."