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Concha glanced at Estella and wondered if he had been mistaken. There was in the old man's heart, as indeed there is in nearly all human hearts, a thwarted instinct. How many are there with maternal instincts who have no children; how many a poet has been lost by the crying need of hungry mouths!
I cried about it from breakfast till dinner. I injured my digestion. And at last he flung out in his violent way, and said, with a D, 'Then do as you like. Thank Goodness it will always be a consolation to me to know that I instantly went out in a pouring rain and bought the things." "He paid for them, did he not?" asked Estella.
"What I had to say to Estella, Miss Havisham, I will say before you, presently in a few moments. It will not surprise you, it will not displease you. I am as unhappy as you can ever have meant me to be." Miss Havisham continued to look steadily at me. I could see in the action of Estella's fingers as they worked that she attended to what I said; but she did not look up.
I think Frederika had been overdoing her blandishments, and he had become suspicious; for he is one of the most cunning of men. "'Frederika is behind this business, he said. "'Behind what business, my lord? I asked. "'This sickness of Estella. Bring her to me, ill or well, he replied; 'I want to see her. "He was in no humor to be trifled with; and so I returned to my room to think it over.
With industrious fingers Estella made small trifles to sell to the white people in camp, many of whom carried heavy purses and coveted the souvenirs made by the natives. It was her only way of earning a poor subsistence for herself and boy. Her father and brothers supplied her with fish in summer and her wants were not numerous.
Then, preceded by a rushing wind, the rain came, turning to hail, and stopping suddenly in a breathless pause, only to recommence with a renewed and splashing vigour. Concha drew up the windows, and the water streamed down them in a continuous ripple. Estella, who had been sleeping, roused herself. She looked fresh, and her eyes were bright with excitement.
I found Miss Sarah Pocket still on duty at the gate; I found Miss Havisham just as I had left her, and she spoke of Estella in the very same way, if not in the very same words. The interview lasted but a few minutes, and she gave me a guinea when I was going, and told me to come again on my next birthday. I may mention at once that this became an annual custom.
Before we retired that night Estella and I had a private conference, and I fear that at the end of it I made the same astonishing vow which Max had made to Christina. And I came to another surprising conclusion that is, that no woman is worth worshiping unless she is worth wooing.
Then he looked up straight at Estella, who was watching him. 'Can you start on a journey, now in five minutes? he asked. 'Yes, she answered, rising and going towards the door. 'Have you a white mantilla among your travelling things? he asked again. Estella turned at the doorway and nodded. 'Yes, she said again. 'Then take it with you, and a cloak, but no heavy luggage.
He took good care to go before you got home too. Miss LeMar entertained him. I guess she was quite capable of it." Estella bent over her dishes in silence. Her face was deadly white. "I'll send her away," said Mrs. Bowes pityingly. "When she's gone, Spencer will soon come back to you." "No, you won't!" said Estella fiercely.
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