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Steerforth’s Home

           

           Therewasasecondladyinthedining-room,ofaslightshortfigure,dark,andnotagreeabletolookat,butwithsomeappearanceofgoodlookstoo,whoattractedmyattention:perhapsbecauseIhadnotexpectedtoseeher;perhapsbecauseIfoundmyselfsittingoppositetoher;perhapsbecauseofsomethingreallyremarkableinher.Shehadblackhairandeagerblackeyes,andwasthin,andhadascaruponherlip.ItwasanoldscarIshouldrathercallitseam,foritwasnotdiscoloured,andhadhealedyearsagowhichhadoncecutthroughhermouth,downwardtowardsthechin,butwasnowbarelyvisibleacrossthetable,exceptaboveandonherupperlip,theshapeofwhichithadaltered.Iconcludedinmyownmindthatshewasaboutthirtyyearsofage,andthatshewishedtobemarried.Shewasalittledilapidatedlikeahousewithhavingbeensolongtolet;yethad,asIhavesaid,anappearanceofgoodlooks.Herthinnessseemedtobetheeffectofsomewastingfirewithinher,whichfoundaventinhergaunteyes.

           ShewasintroducedasMissDartle,andbothSteerforthandhismothercalledherRosa.Ifoundthatshelivedthere,andhadbeenforalongtimeMrs.Steerforth’scompanion.Itappearedtomethatsheneversaidanythingshewantedtosay,outright;buthintedit,andmadeagreatdealmoreofitbythispractice.Forexample,whenMrs.

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