It certainly had not occurred to me before,

　　'Perhaps you'd like to spend a couple of shillings or so, in a bottle of currant wine by and by, up in the bedroom?' said Steerforth.  'You belong to my bedroom, I find.'

　　It certainly had not occurred to me before, but I said, Yes, I should like that.

　　'Very good,' said Steerforth.  'You'll be glad to spend another shilling or  so, in almond cakes, I dare say?'

　　I said, Yes, I should like that, too.

　　'And  another  shilling or  so  in biscuits,  and  another in  fruit,  eh?' said Steerforth.  'I say, young Copperfield, you're going it!'

　　I smiled because he smiled, but I was a little troubled in my mind, too.

　　'Well!' said Steerforth.  'We must make it stretch as far as we can; that's all. I'll do  the best  in my  power for  you.  I  can go  out when  I like, and I'll smuggle the  prog in.'   With these  words he  put the  money in his pocket, and kindly told me not to  make myself uneasy; he would  take care it should be  all right. He was as good as his word,  if that were all right which I had  a secret misgiving was nearly all wrong - for I feared it was a waste of my mother's  two half-crowns - though I  had preserved the piece  of paper they were  wrapped in: which was  a precious  saving.  When  we went  upstairs to  bed, he produced the whole seven shillings'worth, and laid it out on my bed in the moonlight, saying:

　　'There you are, young Copperfield, and a royal spread you've got.'

　　I couldn't think of doing the honours of the feast, at my time of life, while he was by; my  hand shook at  the very thought  of it.  I  begged him to  do me the favour of presiding; and my request being seconded by the other boys who were in that room, he acceded to it, and  sat  upon my pillow, handing round the  viands with perfect fairness, I must say - and dispensing the currant wine in a  little glass without a foot, which was his own  property.  As to me, I sat on his  left hand, and the rest were grouped about us, on the nearest beds and on the floor.