Dartle

Dartle and I regarded each other for a little while in silence; her manner being exactly what it was, when she had produced the man.

David Copperfield 2007

I sat down in a great chair upon the hearth to meditate on my happiness; and had enjoyed the contemplation of it for some time, when I found a likeness of Miss Dartle looking eagerly at me from above the chimney – piece.

David Copperfield 2007

Dartle said, though it was said, as this was, in the most unconscious manner in the world — ‘in a better school.’

David Copperfield 2007

But what I particularly observed, before I had been half – an – hour in the house, was the close and attentive watch Miss Dartle kept upon me; and the lurking manner in which she seemed to compare my face with

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Miss Dartle placed herself in a chair, within view of the door, and looked downward, as if Emily were crouching on the floor before her.

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Miss Dartle glanced at me, as though she would inquire if there were anything that I desired to ask.

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Miss Dartle suddenly kneeled down before it, and began to loosen the dress.

David Copperfield 2007

I sat down in a great chair upon the hearth to meditate on my happiness; and had enjoyed the contemplation of it for some time, when I found a likeness of Miss Dartle looking eagerly at me from above the chimney-piece.

XX. Steerforth’s Home 1917

But what I particularly observed, before I had been half-an-hour in the house, was the close and attentive watch Miss Dartle kept upon me; and the lurking manner in which she seemed to compare my face with Steerforth’s, and Steerforth’s with mine, and to lie in wait for something to come out between the two.

XXIX. I Visit Steerforth at His Home, Again 1917

“You cannot learn frankness, Rosa, ” said Mrs. Steerforth, quickly—for there was always some effect of sarcasm in what Rosa Dartle said, though it was said, as this was, in the most unconscious manner in the world—“in a better school.

XXIX. I Visit Steerforth at His Home, Again 1917