My mother, who was then a widow, brought her here to be company to her.

She has a couple of thousand pounds of her own, and saves the interest of it every year, to add to the principal.

There's the history of Miss Rosa Dartle for you.' 'And I have no doubt she loves you like a brother ?' said I.
'Humph!' retorted Steerforth, looking at the fire.

'Some brothers are not loved over much; and some love--but help yourself, Copperfield! We'll drink the daisies of the field, in compliment to you; and the lilies of the valley that toil not, neither do they spin, in compliment to me--the more shame for me!' A moody smile that had overspread his features cleared off as he said this merrily, and he was his own frank, winning self again.
I could not help glancing at the scar with a painful interest when we went in to tea.

It was not long before I observed that it was the most susceptible part of her face, and that, when she turned pale, that mark altered first, and became a dull, lead-coloured streak, lengthening out to its full extent, like a mark in invisible ink brought to the fire.
There was a little altercation between her and Steerforth about a cast of the dice at back gammon--when I thought her, for one moment, in a storm of rage; and then I saw it start forth like the old writing on the wall.
It was no matter of wonder to me to find Mrs.Steerforth devoted to her son.