Miss Havisham's House

Recently I have been making visits to Miss Havisham's House. She is a bizarre old woman who knows nothing of time. Miss Havisham lives in a dilapidated old house, and it seems as though she still thinks it is her wedding day. Everything is aged and yellow, including the dress that she is still wearing. All the clocks are stopped at twenty-to-nine. This creepy residence has been worsening my mental state, which has not been great recently. One day, I thought I saw her figure outside the house, hanging in front of me. A girl named Estella lives with Miss Havisham who sometimes makes fun of me and other times is very friendly. Even my guilt has been getting worse; I told lies to my family about what I did at her house. Also, I fought a boy about my age and injured him at Miss Havisham's. Yesterday I was bound to Joe, meaning that I will have to serve as his apprentice. I have decided that I really do not want to work as a blacksmith for the rest of my life. This is another situation that is causing me to be confused about my feelings.

"And then I told Joe that I felt very miserable, and that I hadn't been able to explain myself to Mrs. Joe and Pumblechook who were so rude to me, and that there had been a beautiful young lady at Miss Havisham's who was dreadfully proud, and that she had said I was common..."

-Pip explaining his feelings, page 73

"My mind grew uneasy on the subject of the pale young gentleman. The more I thought of the fight, and recalled the pale young gentleman on his back in various stages of puffy and incrimsoned countenance, the more certain it appeared that something would be done to me."

-Pip describing his thoughts of the fight, page 98