Great Expectations Page #6

- I hope you've done well.

- I've done wonderful well.

- I'm famous for it.

- I'm very glad to hear it.

I hoped to hear you say so, dear boy,

but you've done well too, eh?

Yes, I've done quite well.

May I make so bold as to ask

how you've done well

since you and me was out

on those lone, shivering marshes?

- How?

- How?

Yes, I've been chosen

to succeed to some property.

Might a mere varmint ask what property?

I don't know.

Might a mere varmint ask

whose property?

I don't know.

Could I make a guess at your income

since you come of age?

As to the first figure now. Five?

Concerning a guardian.

There ought to have been a guardian

or such like when you were a minor.

Some lawyer, maybe?

As to the first letter

of that lawyer's name now...

would it be J?

As the employer of that lawyer

whose name began with J,

and might be Jaggers...

I wrote from Portsmouth to a person

in London

for particulars of your address.

That person's name?

Why, Wemmick!

Yes, Pip, dear boy, I made a gentleman

of you. It was me what done it.

I swore that time, that as sure as I earned

a guinea, that guinea would go to you.

And that there hunted dog

what you kept life in

got his head so high that he made

a gentleman. And Pip, you're him!

Why, I'm your second father Pip,

and you're my son.

And how good-looking you've growed.

Ah, there's a pair

of bright eyes somewhere, eh?

Isn there a pair of bright eyes

what you love the thoughts of?

They shall be yourn, dear boy,

if money can buy 'em.

But didn't you never think

it might be me?

No, never.

Well, you see, it was me

and single-handed.

Never a soul in it but me own self

and Mr. Jaggers.

- Was there no one else?

- No. Who else should there be?

Well, where are you

going to put me, dear boy?

- Put?

- To sleep.

Who's that?

Don't be alarmed. It's Mr. Pocket

who shares these rooms with me.

Phew! What a night!

Hello.

Herbert... something

very strange has happened.

This is a visitor of mine.

Take it in your right hand.

Say "Strike me dead on the spot

if I split in any way whatever."

Strike me dead on the spot

if I split in any way whatever.

- Kiss it.

- Do as he says, Herbert.

Now, you're on oath.

Come in.

Ah. You can go now, Molly.

- Now, Pip, be careful.

- I will, sir.

Don't commit yourself or anyone.

You understand me?

- Mr. Jaggers...

- Don't tell me. I don't want to know.

I'm not curious.

I merely want to assure myself

that what I've been told is true.

Did you say told or informed?

Told would seem to imply

verbal communication.

You can't have verbal communication

with a man in New South Wales.

- I will say informed.

- Good.

I have been informed

by a person named Abel Magwitch

that he is my unknown benefactor.

That is the man, in New South Wales.

- And only he?

- And only he.

I'm not holding you responsible for

my mistakes and wrong conclusions,

but I always supposed that

it was Miss Havisham.

As you say, Pip,

I am not at all responsible for that.

- Yet it looked so like it, sir.

- Not a particle of evidence.

Take nothing on its looks,

take everything on evidence.

Well, I have nothing more to say.

You should know that I communicated

with Magwitch in New South Wales

and reminded him that if he returned

to this country it would be a felony,

rendering himself liable

to the extreme penalty of the law.

Take a look out of that window, Pip.

That sort of thing happens every day.

Magwitch has enemies here

who would not hesitate to inform on him.

I see.

But he has guided himself

by my caution, no doubt.

No doubt.

If you will excuse me, sir.

There's no other alternative.

He must leave the country

and I have to go with him.

- Why?

- He has risked everything for me.

- I can do no less than stand by him.

- What will you say to Estella?

I am at a loss to know what to say to her.

She'd never understand about him.

But I must see her before I go.

- Ah! Just come down?

- Yes.

Beastly place,

your part of the country, I think.

I'm going out for a ride. I mean to explore

those marshes for amusement.

Out-of-the-way villages there, curious

little public houses, smithies and that.

Mr. Drummle, I don't find this

a very agreeable conversation.

I'm sure you don't, but don't lose

your temper.

- Haven't you lost enough?

- What do you mean?

The lady is joining me later, so take

her horse to her house in an hour.

Very good, sir.

And don't forget to tell the waiter

I'm going to dine with the lady.

Aye, aye.

Come in.

What wind blows you here, Pip?

I went to Richmond yesterday

to speak to Estella,

and finding that some wind

had blown her here I followed.

What I have to say to Estella

I will say before you in a few moments.

It will not surprise you,

it will not displease you.

I am as unhappy as you could ever

have meant me to be.

I have found out whom my patron is.

It isn't a fortunate discovery,

and is not likely ever to enrich me in

reputation, station, fortune, anything.

But there are reasons

why I can say no more of that.

It is not my secret but another's.

It is not your secret

but another's. Well?

When you first caused me

to be brought here, Miss Havisham,

I suppose I really came here

as any other chance boy might,

as a kind of servant to gratify a want

or a whim and to be paid for it.

- Aye, Pip, you did.

- And that Mr. Jaggers was...

Mr. Jaggers had nothing to do with it.

His being my lawyer and the lawyer

of your patron was a coincidence.

He holds the same relation

towards numbers of people.

But when I fell into the mistake,

at least you led me on.

- Yes, I let you go on.

- Was that kind?

Who am I, for heaven's sake,

that I should be kind?

Well, well, well. What else?

Estella, I should have said this sooner

but for my long mistake

which led me to believe that Miss

Havisham meant us for one another.

I couldn't tell you of my real feelings

while you were not free to choose.

But now I have to go away.

And I must say it before I go.

I love you, Estella.

I've loved you ever since

I first saw you here.

Pip, I tried to warn you not to love me,

but you thought I didn't mean it.

Isn it true that Bentley Drummle

is in town pursuing you?

Quite true.

That you encourage him

and ride out with him?

And that he dines with you this very day?

Quite true.

How can you fling yourself

at such a man?

Should I fling myself at you, Pip, who

would sense that I bring nothing to you?

But you cannot love him, Estella?

What have I always told you?

Do you still think

that I don't mean what I say?

Estella, you...

You would never marry him?

Why not tell you the truth?

I am going to be married to him.

Come, Pip. Don't be afraid

of my being a blessing to him.

I shall not be that.

Here is my hand.

Let us part on this. You'll get me

out of your thoughts in a week.

What have I done?

What have I done?

If you mean what have you done to me,

Miss Havisham, let me answer.

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