Possible Clues:

• A small amount as of drink
• Iota
• A bit of poetry to keep quiet about
• Whit
• Small, moderate or token amount
• A small quantity of what mother holds is like an elaborate lyric
• Small indefinite amount
• Miles Coverdale originally overwhelmed by hatred — a certain amount
• A little cod I cooked for mother to consume
• A companion of E. F. Benson is material, we are told