Amazing and Extravagant Facts
1. Sara is a "parlour boarder."
2. Young women thought that Sara is the daughter of an Indian Rajah.
3. Mariette is the name of Sara's French maid.
4. One of Ms. Minchin's chief secret annoyances was that she did not speak French.
5. Sara's middle-aged French master is Monsieur Dufarge.
6. Aunt Eliza had been slow to learn and quick to forget a thing entirely when she had learned it, Ermengarde is definitely like her.
7. Lavinia used to be the best-dressed pupil but she was replaced by Mr. Crewe's daughter.
8. Sara was regarded as a goddess and queen by the entire alphabet class.
9. The girls who were jealous of her used so to speak of her as "Princess Sara" whenever they wished to be particularly disdainful and those who like her called her that to show affection.
10. Mr. Crewe called his daughter "Little Missus."
11. Ms. Minchin mentioned in her speech that Sara has become her most accomplished pupil.
12. Lottie's height is just a bit smaller than the last doll.
13. The last doll was made at a Parisian modiste.
14. Sara seldom cries. In the story, she only cried twice.
15. Sara was considered as the maid-of-all-work when her father died.
16. Lottie had a "mamma" in the seminary.
17. Sara also called the Large Family, the Montmorencys.
18. The Large Family called Sara "The-little-girl-who-is-not-a-beggar."
19. Sara pretended that Emily was a kind of a good witch who could protect her.
20. The dog named "Boris" has a silver and gold collar bearing the words "I serve Princess Sara."