Great Expectations Page #5

as what I'd learnt

and what I was going to be.

Estella was always there,

and always let me in and out,

but never told me

I might kiss her again.

Sometimes she would

coldly tolerate me.

Other times,

she told me energetically...

I hate you!

My admiration of her

knew no bounds

and scarce a night went by

without falling asleep with the image

of her pretty face before my eyes.

One day...

Does she grow

prettier and prettier, Pip?

Yes, Miss Havisham.

There, there.

That's all till next time.

Miss Havisham, I can't come next time.

This is sad news, Pip. Why not?

Tomorrow is my birthday

and I'm fourteen.

And you start your apprenticeship

with the blacksmith, do you not?

Yes, Miss Havisham.

Why so glum, Pip?

Are you not excited

by your new venture?

I used to think I would be,

but I'm not now.

Pip...

here are some golden sovereigns.

- A gift from me.

- Thank you, Miss Havisham.

Do with them what you please.

You've earned them well.

Thank you.

Come and see me on your next birthday.

- Yes, Miss Havisham.

- Estella, show him out.

Goodbye, Miss Havisham.

Goodbye, Pip.

You'd better say goodbye to me

because I'm going away too.

- Going away?

- Yes.

I'm going to France

to be educated for a lady.

- Educated for a lady?

- Yes.

Well? Aren't you sorry I'm going?

Yes, Estella. I'm very sorry.

I wish I knew when

you were coming back. I wish...

What do you wish?

I wish I could kiss you goodbye.

My boyhood had ended

and my life as a blacksmith began.

It was in the sixth year

of my apprenticeship,

and it was a Friday night.

Are you the blacksmith

by name Joseph, or Joe, Gargery?

Yes, sir.

Have you an apprentice commonly

known as Pip? Is he here?

I'm Pip, sir.

- So you are Pip?

- Yes, sir.

My name is Jaggers.

I'm a lawyer in London.

I wish to have

a private conference with you two.

We'd better go into the house.

Now, Joseph Gargery,

I am the bearer of an offer

to relieve you of this young fellow.

You would not object to cancel

his apprenticeship for his own good?

- You would want nothing?

- Heaven forbid I should want anything

for not standing in Pip's way.

Very well, then.

I come now to this young fellow.

And my communication to him

is that he has great expectations.

I am instructed to communicate to him

that he will come into

a handsome property.

Further, that it is at the desire of

the present possessor of that property

that he shall be removed from his

present sphere of life and from this place

and be brought up as befits a young

gentleman of great expectations.

Now, Mr. Pip, you are to understand first

that it is at the request of the person

from whom I take my instructions

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