Chapter 41: In this chapter when Herbert gets back Pip tells him about Magwitch and asks what to do. Magwitch leaves then Herbert tells Pip that he has to stop using Magwitch’s money . Pip and Herbert discuss a plan for Pip to take Magwitch abroad where he will no longer be hunted by the police and will be much safer.
Chapter 42: In this chapter it begins with Magwitch telling pip his life story and how he was always in and out of jail. The story was : He was an orphan who began stealing at a very young age in order to feed himself. He then met Compeyson , a criminal who would forge money and pass stolen, the two worked together and were tasked to steal money from a rich women( who turns out to be Miss Havisham ) who Compeyson tricked.
Chapter 43: In this chapter it starts of with with Pip telling us how much his shrinking of Provis may be traced to Estella. Pip thinks that he must leave Estella due to the fact that the money is from a “lowborn” man. Pip then goes on to encounter Bentley Drummle where the two to talk to each other in a very unpleasant and sarcastic way “Pretending to read a smeary newspaper long out of date”, this quote supports the fact that the two were talking to each other in a very sarcastic manner as Pip pretended to read a newspaper just so he can ignore Drummle. Pip expresses the way in which Drummle reminded him of the way Orlick looks “as Drummle leaned down from the saddle and lighted his cigar and laughed, with a jerk of his head towards the coffee-room windows, the slouching shoulders and ragged hair of this man, whose back was towards me, reminded me of Orlick.” This quote supports the fact that Drummle in Pip’s eyes reminded him of Orlick. Pip then visits Satis house at the end of the chapter.
Chapter 44: In this chapter Miss Havisham tells Pip that she let him believe that she was his benefactor. Miss Havisham and Estella get into an argument, the two argue in a very sarcastic manner where Miss Havisham is disliking the fact that Estella does not love, but she herself taught Estella not to love. Pip talks with Estella and tells her that he loves her but is coldly replied that Estella never deceived into thinking she shared his feelings, she admits that she is controlling Bentley Drummle and is playing with his feelings. She then informs Pip that she is due to marry Bentley Drummle. Pip then returns home but sees a note on his gate saying “DON’T GO HOME”.
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