Reread the following excerpt from page 95. “Do tell—from Barbados!” marveled the woman. “Thee seemed different somehow. Is it like paradise, the way he says? Sometimes I mistrust he’s just telling tales to an old woman.”
“Oh, everything he has told you is true!” answered Kit fervently. “Tis so beautiful—flowers every day of the year. You can always smell them in the air, even out to sea.”

“Thee has been homesick,” said Hannah softly.
“Yes,” admitted Kit, laying down the stone. “I guess I have. But most of all, I miss my grandfather so much.”
“This is the hardest,” nodded the woman. “What was thy grandfather like, child?”
Tears sprang into Kit’s eyes. No one, since she had come to America, had ever really wanted to hear about Grandfather, except Reverend Bulkeley who had only been impressed by hi royal favors. She scarcely knew where to begin, but all at once she was finding eager, incoherent words for the happy days on the island, the plantation, the long walks together and the swimming, the dim cool library and the books.”

How does the introduction of Hannah impact the plot?

There is finally a character with whom Kit can relate and be herself around.

There is a new character who will create main conflict for Kit.

There is finally a mother-like character for Kit.

There is a new character who also used to live in Barbados.