Pip describes Miss Havisham's accident to Jaggers and explains the funds that she gave him. He has Wemmick draw up the check. Pip then tells Jaggers that he knows that Estella is Provis' daughter. Mr. Jaggers does not reply. When Pip asks Wemmick to try and make Jaggers open up, he mentions something about his father and his pleasant home. Jaggers is amazed to hear this but Wemmick does not want to go into details. Jaggers obliquely confess that he gave Estella to Miss Havisham to save her life, a life threatened by the circumstances of her parent. He.....
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