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Naomi 2022-03-13 08:01:01
Dickens is good at conveying secret, trivial, tiny details and...
Great Expectations Comments
Extended Reading
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Pip: Mr. Wemmick, I don't quite know what to make of Mr. Jaggers.
Mr. Wemmick: He don't mean that you should know what to make of him. Deep, that's what he is, as Australia.
Pip: Who was that he shouted at so fiercely in the office?
Mr. Wemmick: That was his housekeeper, name of Molly. He got her off on a murder charge.
Pip: Murder? Isn't he frightened of having her about?
Mr. Wemmick: Not him. When you come to see us again, take a good look at her.
Pip: Shall I see anything very uncommon?
Mr. Wemmick: You'll see a wild beast tamed. Keep your eye on it.
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Pip: Why are you going to Richmond, Estella?
Estella: I am going to live, at a great expense, with a lady there who has the power or so she has of taking me about and introducing me, and showing people to me, and showing me to people.
[sipping tea]
Pip: You'll have a gay time and be much admired. You must look forward to that, Estella.
Estella: It's part of Miss Havisham's plan for me, Pip. I shan't take any great pleasure in events which I don't shape, but I shall be beautiful and I shall be gay, I shall be obedient and I shall write regularly of my gaiety.
Pip: Will you always be part of Miss Havisham's plan, Estella?
