Great Expectations Page #9

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So we've come to arrest you

Would you come with us, please, sir?

Yes.

Yes, of course

(GASPS)

- Hello, there.

- Is itJoe?

Which it is, old chap.

Forgive me, Joe.

Dear old Pip, old chap,

you and me was everfriends.

Now, you sleep...

And when you're well enough, what larks!

(DISTANT BELL RINGING)

"Paid in full. "

"Paid in full. "

"Paid. "

(METAL SQUEAKING)

(BIDDY HUMMING)

I came as quickly as I could.

I wanted to tell you...

Oh, Pip

It's my wedding day!

MAN:
Biddy, I can't forthe life of me get...

(FOOTSTEPSAPPROACHING)

Pip.

(LAUGHING) Oh, Pip!

- Oh!

- Biddy!

Oh!

JOE:
Right, this way! Come on!

- Forward, troops!

- (BIDDY LAUGHS)

Come on! Or I'll carry you like a big bird

and fly like a bird all the way over there.

(ALL LAUGH)

Come on, Mrs Gargery

One, two, three, four

Oh! Oh, my poor old back!

What have you been eating?

Pip! Whoo!

PIP:
Your life savings, Joe!

JOE:
It's only money, Plp.

Nevertheless, I will Work

I will pay you back every penny,

if it takes me...

Pip. That's enough.

- Father! Father!

- HERBERT:
Charles, be quiet.

How many times do I need to tell you, this

is a place of business, not a nursery!

I have a letter Given by a lady

Oh, a lady

How intriguing!

Handel! You've a letter.

(LOW CHATTER)

(CHILDREN TALKING INDISTINCTLY)

ESTELLA:

Drummle died two years ago.

He was kicking his horse,

and the horse kicked back.

PIP:
I'm sorry to hearthat.

ESTELLA:
Pip

PIP:
I'm sorry for anything

that brings you sorrow.

ESTELLA:
Well, rest assured I feel none

My husband and I made each other

perfectly miserable, just as intended.

I have been bent and broken...

But I hope into a bettershape.

I've been travelling a great deal.

I had heard that you were here,

and thriving...

And I had a desire to see my old friend.

My only friend.

When we last met,

you said that you would always think of me.

And I have.

- That you would think of the good in me.

- Always.

You are a part of me, Estella.

"You are in the ships", you said,

"And the river. "

I love you, Estella.

I'm glad.

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