Her memory of Wilson Finley as a child was rather blurred.
She knew that Wilson was a child that Sebastian Finley took in from outside. You can still find news articles about the Finley family in Chelsea taking in an illegitimate child that year, which indicates that it was quite a scandal back then.
Wilson's identity was stigmatized for a long time.
But that changed when he stood up and became strong enough to shut many gossiping mouths.
He got better and better, earning a name that commanded respect.
But perhaps time has been too long that people eventually forgot that Wilson, in fact, was taken in halfway through, bearing the label of a bastard son forever.
Wilson paid no heed to this, he acknowledged his origins, "At the age of twelve."