Miss Havisham lives, but she becomes an invalid, a shadow of her former self. Pip stays with her after the doctors have departed; early the next morning, he leaves her in the care of her servants and returns to London. Pip himself was badly burned trying to save Miss Havisham, and while Herbert changes his bandages, they agree that they have both grown fonder of Magwitch.
Pip is seized by a feverish conviction to learn the whole truth. He learns that Herbert is to be transferred to the Middle East, and Herbert fantasizes about escorting Clara to the land of Arabian Nights. A message from Wemmick arrives, indicating that they should be ready to move Magwitch in two days. Pip travels to the inn near his childhood home, where he is reminded of how badly he has neglected Joe since he became a gentleman.
That night, humbled and with an arm injured from the fire, he heads out to the mysterious meeting on the marshes. The story he uncovers connects even more completely the world of Miss Havisham and the world of Magwitch. After resolving the issue of money for Herbert, Pip tells them he knows who Estella's parents are and proceeds to state his findings. Jaggers is surprised but recovers quickly and tries to change the subject back to business. Pip will not be put off this time and indicating his knowledge of Wemmick's emotional side, appeals to both Jaggers and Wemmick to tell him the truth.
Jaggers is surprised to hear about the Aged and Wemmick's playful ways, and Wemmick points out that Jaggers is an imposter where emotions are concerned. Jaggers, acknowledging his own former "poor dreams," relents, but agrees to only tell a "theoretical" story.
He tells of a woman in need of legal help who confides in her attorney that her child is really alive, the father does not know this, and that she is guilty of the crime. The attorney, charged with finding a girl to adopt for a rich woman, and knowing the horrors of what happens to children in the legal system, places the child with the rich woman.
Here is one child saved regardless of what happens to the mother. The lawyer does his best and saves the woman, but the emotions of it all affect her mind. She is unable to cope with the world. Ambition and Self-Improvement. Related Quotes with Explanations. Pip asks about Estella 's past. Miss Havisham tells him Mr. She does not know whose Estella's birth parents are. Miss Havisham may not know who Estella's parents are, but Mr.
Jaggers probably does Pip takes a farewell walk around the grounds and, seeing again his childhood vision of Miss Havisham hanging from a brewery beam, returns upstairs to check on her one last time before leaving. There, sparks from the hearth set Miss Havisham on fire and Pip tackles her to kill the flames, burning his arms.
On the ground, the two struggle "like desperate enemies. Lying in semi-conscious delirium all night, Miss Havisham repeatedly asks for Pip's forgiveness. There is an implication that Miss Havisham is trying to kill herself. The sight of Pip and Miss Havisham wrestling each other recalls Provis and Compeyson's struggle on the marshes.
In saving Miss Havisham from the fire, Pip symbolically also frees her from her bitterness and anger, as the wedding gown that she has worn for the twenty years since her betrayal by Compeyson burns away. Pocket's house, is included because Pip still cannot row due to his burns and Startop is a loyal friend. The plan is to leave early Wednesday and row downriver to pick up Magwitch.
They will continue past the Custom's House to Kent and stay at an inn there overnight. Thursday morning they will meet an ocean-going steamer on the river and get Pip and Magwitch aboard.
Herbert leaves to get departure schedules for the various steamers, while Pip gets passports. While Herbert visits Magwitch to tell him the plan, Pip returns home to find a note asking him to come alone, that night or the next, to the sluice-house on the marshes, for important information about his Uncle Provis.
Because of the mention of Provis, Pip decides he must go and barely catches the afternoon coach home. He ponders the wisdom of his decision, but feels he must see it through for Magwitch's safety.
He orders dinner at a small inn and checks on Miss Havisham while waiting. During dinner the innkeeper tells him about Pumblechook helping some young man become wealthy. Filled with guilt and remorse Pip cannot eat, as the story only strengthens the contrast between Pumblechook's arrogance and Joe and Biddy's true friendship. As it is close to nine, he heads for the marshes and the sluice-house.
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