James Steerforth at the school do, and a friendship begins to develop between the two. As Steerforth is several years older, David looks up to him as a sort of protector. Steerforth is said to be the only boy at the school bold enough to stand up to Mr Creakle, the school's strict headmaster, and to make Mr Creakle feel intimidated. Several years later, after moving to London, David encounters Steerforth, and the two resume their friendship. Steerforth takes David to his home in Highgate and introduces him to his mother, Mrs Steerforth, and her companion, Miss Rosa Dartle, an eccentric young
T.P. James T.P. James Thomas Power James (better known as T. P. James) was a publisher in Brattleboro, Vermont best known for publishing a completion of Charles Dickens' "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" claimed to be written by the spirit of Dickens channeled through a spiritualist summoning. The book, published in 1873 under the title "Part Second of the Mystery of Edwin Drood," was reviewed by the "New York Times," as well as regional newspapers, like the "Salem Observer". With a successful marketing campaign, the book became an item of comment in the literary community, with an essay by Arthur Conan Doyle