Mr Granger didn’t want her to have a sharp knife to be her athame, but he did give her a silver cake-server. "It’s rather elaborately decorated, and silver! So that makes it special," he said. "It’s sharp enough to cut cake on one side, but not sharp enough to cut you. It was a wedding gift from Mummy’s friend Renee, but I don’t think we’ve ever used it. We’re not very big on cake here, after all!"