Much of Mary's freetime is spent in the company of Moonface, Silky, Amelia-Jane, the Naughtiest Girl in the School and Milly-Molly Mandy. Contemporary English children's literature being not readily available here, she devours a stack of books inherited from her godmother Marisa. Consequently she thinks that Fanny is a sweet name for a little girl and when something unusual happens one should exclaim, 'how curious!'.
