I wondered whether he could be a doctor; but no, I thought; he couldn't be a doctor, or he would have a quieter and more persuasive manner.

There was not much time to consider the subject, for we were soon in Miss Havisham's room, where she and everything else were just as I had left them.

Estella left me standing near the door, and I stood there until Miss Havisham cast her eyes upon me from the dressing-table.
"So!" she said, without being startled or surprised: "the days have worn away, have they ?" "Yes, ma'am.

To-day is--" "There, there, there!" with the impatient movement of her fingers.

"I don't want to know.