Month: May 2016

Pip goes to buy a new suit. Pip even allows Pumblechook to take him out to dinner and ingratiate himself. He tries to comfort Joe, but his attempt is obviously forced, and Biddy criticizes him for it. Preparing to leave for London, he visits Miss Havisham one last time; based on her excitement and knowledge of the details of his situation, Pip feels even more certain that she is his anonymous benefactor. After a final night at Joe’s house, Pip leaves for London in the morning, suddenly full of regret for having behaved so snobbishly toward the people who love him most.

Pip asks Herbert to help him learn to be a gentleman, and, after a feast, the two agree to live together. Herbert subtly corrects Pip’s poor table manners, gives him the nickname “Handel,” and tells him the whole story of Miss Havisham. Miss Havisham adopted Estella, but Herbert does not know when or where.

Wemmick introduces Pip to Herbert Pocket, the son of Pip’s tutor, with who Pip will spend the night. Herbert and Pip take a liking to eachother; Herbert is cheerful and open, and Pip feels that his easy good nature is a contrast to his own awkward diffidence. But Pip’s fortune has been made for him, Herbert is an impoverished gentleman who hopes to become a shipping merchant. They realize, surprised, that they have met before: Herbert is the pale young gentleman who Pip fought in the garden at Miss Havisham’s