Pip is convinced that Miss Havisham intends to adopt him and have him marry Estella. He sees himself as the knight in shining armor bringing sunshine into that house and their lives. Orlick is now working as Miss Havisham’s guard and Pip is nervous when Orlick points out the loaded gun with the brass-bound stock over the chimney. Estella is even more beautiful than before and Pip is again under the spell of the place and the old influences. She tells Pip that his old companions will not do with his new image, which convinces him to avoid Joe. She also warns him that she loves no one, not even him, and to believe her in this. But as Pip wheels Miss Havisham around the rooms, he observes that the enchantment is even stronger now. Miss Havisham revels in her revenge and urges him to love Estella no matter how she treats him. Jaggers arrives for dinner along with Sarah Pocket, who is still green with envy about Pip. Before Pip leaves, Miss Havisham tells him that Estella will be coming to London and he will be notified so that he can escort her.
The next morning, Pip breakfasts with Jaggers and mentions his fears about Orlick. Jaggers decides to fire the man, much to Pip’s discomfort. On his way to catch the London coach, Pip runs into Trabb’s boy. The tailor’s assistant makes a spectacle of mocking Pip and drawing attention to him. Pip manages to escape but when he is back in London, he writes an angry letter to Trabb telling him he will not do business with a man who employs such a poor assistant. Also, because his conscience is bothering him, Pip sends Joe a penitential codfish and barrel of oysters. Herbert tries in vain to talk Pip out of pursuing Estella, but as usual, Pip cannot let go even though he knows Estella is wrong for him. Herbert tells Pip about his fiancée, Clara, and how he cannot marry her yet because he has no money. Pip has his own money worries because he does not know who his benefactor is and how much money he is to get, and because he has no formal job training, what he will do if he loses it. To soothe their depressed hearts, they go out to see Wopsle perform in a play.
