ught of him and loved him
in his rough way during all his years in Australia.

Meanwhile he and Herbert kept Magwitch hidden as much as possible, and
gave out that the old man was Pip's uncle, on a visit from the country.

Unluckily, however, Magwitch's presence in London had been seen. He had
been recognized in the street and followed to Pip's rooms. And the man
who saw him was his bitterest enemy--Compeyson, the breaker of Miss
Havisham's heart, who had first made Magwitch a criminal, and whom the
convict so hated. Compeyson had served out his term, and was now free.
He saw his chance to pay the old grudge with Magwitch's life. In order,
however, to make sure of his capture he decided to entice Pip away and
bring the police upon Magwitch when he would have no one to warn him.

Meanwhile, unconscious of this plot, Pip made a last visit to Miss
Havisham. He felt now that he was again poor and without prospects, and
with small hope of winning Estella.

But finding her there, in Miss Havisham's presence, he told her how
dearly he had always loved her since the first day they had met. She
seemed moved by his distress, but her heart had not yet awakened. She
told him that she was about to marry one whom he knew for a coarse,
brutal man, in every way beneath her. And then Pip knew for certain that
Miss Havisham's bitter teaching had borne its fruit at last, and that
Estella was to marry this man, not because she loved him, but merely as
a final stab to all the other worthier ones.

In spite of her years of self-torture and revengeful thoughts, Miss
Havisham had still a spark of real pity. As Pip reminded her of the
wreck she had made of him, through Estella, and through allowing him
falsely to believe her his benefactor, his agony struck her with
remorse. She put her hand to her heart as he ended, and as he left them
he saw through his own tears her hand still pressed to her side and her
faded face ghastly in the candlelight.

Sick with despair, Pip went back to London, to learn from Wemmick, Mr.
Jaggers's friendly clerk, that the rooms were being watched, and that he
and Herbert (who in the absence of Pip had confided in him) had removed
Magwitch to another lodging--a room overlooking the river, from which it
would be easier, if worst came to worst, to get him on a ship and so out
of the country.

To do this it was necessary to wait for a favorable chance. So Pip,
providing for Magwitch's comfort meantime, bought a b