Clara's manner changed instantly as she thought of the commission she would get from Kramer's, where she had a running account for music." "I shall be only too pleased," she said.
As they left the house she remembered, with a slight repugnance, Jonah's deformity.

She hoped people wouldn't notice them as they went down the street.

But to her surprise and relief, Jonah hailed a passing cab.
"Time's money to me," he said, with an apologetic look.
Cabs were a luxury in Buckland Street, and Clara was delighted.

She felt suddenly on the level of the rich people who could afford to ride where others trudged afoot.

She leaned forward, hoping that the people would notice her.
At Kramer's she took charge of Jonah as a guide takes charge of tourists in a foreign land, anxious to show him that she was at home among this display of expensive luxuries.