The Second Deduction
“This evening I shall be having two of my nieces and two of my great nieces over for tea,” Mrs. Hudson told me one afternoon.
“Oh, how lovely, Mrs. Hudson. Which ones?” I asked, despite knowing perfectly well that even if she gave me their names this would in no way help me to recall exactly how they were all related.
“Jane, Margaret, Agatha and Beatrice,” she told me, as if with maternal pride.
“What a nice thing to be looking forward to,” I said, making a mental note to be well away from Baker Street by the evening. “Do you have any plans for what you intend to do with them? Beyond having tea, I mean?”
“Well, I haven’t seen Margaret and her sister in quite a while, so I’m looking forward to hearing all their news. And I’ve heard that Jane and her aunt had a little disagreement recently, so I’d be interested to hear about it from both sides. Naturally, Agatha will take her daughter’s side. And of course Beatrice will tell everyone to listen to me, being the oldest and wisest of the group, but she’s only saying that because she’s older than the others and wants them to listen to her.”
Can you deduce from this information how Jane, Margaret, Agatha and Beatrice are related both to each other and to Mrs. Hudson?