Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Why does Miss Havisham invite Pip to Satis House?

The correct answer why Miss Havisham wants Pip to visit her at 'Satis House' is found in Ch.7.


Mrs.Joe Gargery, Pip's sister tells her husband Joe,



`She [Miss Havisham] wants this boy [Pip] to go and play there [Satis House]. And of course he's going. And he had better play there.'



When Joe asks her how Miss Havisham came to know of Pip, she replies that Pumblechook who was a tenant of Miss Havisham recommended Pip's name to Miss Havisham when she asked him if he knew of some boy who could amuse her by coming to Satis House and play there:



Isn't it just barely possible that Uncle Pumblechook may be a tenant of hers, and that he may sometimes -- we won't say quarterly or half-yearly, for that would be requiring too much of you -- but sometimes -- go there to pay his rent? And couldn't she then ask Uncle Pumblechook if he knew of a boy to go and play there? And couldn't Uncle Pumblechook, being always considerate and thoughtful for us -- though you may not think it, Joseph,' in a tone of the deepest reproach, as if he were the most callous of nephews, `then mention this boy, standing Prancing here' -- which I solemnly declare I was not doing -- `that I have for ever been a willing slave to?'


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