"Kate burns a pastille before his portrait every day," said Mab. "And I carry his signature in a little black-silk bag round my neck to keep off the cramp. And Amy says the multiplication-table in his name. We must all do something extra in honor of him, now he has brought you to us."
"I suppose he is too great a person to want anything," said Mirah, smiling at Mab, and appealing to the graver Amy. "He is perhaps very high in the world?"
"He is very much above us in rank," said Amy. "He is related to grand people. I dare say he leans on some of the satin cushions we prick our fingers over."
"I am glad he is of high rank," said Mirah, with her usual quietness.

"Amy says the multiplication-table in his name," said Mab. "We must all do something in his honour, now he has brought you to us."
"He is perhaps very high in the world?" asked Mirah.
"He is very much above us in rank," said Amy.
"I am glad," said Mirah quietly,