One day, Pip talks of going to visit Miss Havisham. Joe points out that it is a bad idea, but finally gives Pip a holiday to do it. Orlick, a journeyman in the forge who is jealous of Pip, also asks for time off. Mrs. Joe protests it all and gets into an argument with Orlick that eventually requires that Joe fight Orlick to defend his wife’s honor. Joe bests Orlick and the two make amends over a beer. Pip’s visit to Miss Havisham is a disaster. She tells him Estella is in Paris, taunts him about losing her, and dismisses him with the request that he return on his birthdays. After hearing Wopsle perform a George Barnwell tragedy at Pumblechook’s, Pip and Wopsle walk home. They run into Orlick, who has been lurking in the shadows. Hearing that someone is hurt at Pip’s house, they rush there to find Pip’s sister near death after being hit on head. She will never again be on the rampage.
