In Chapter XXIX of Great Expectations, Pip has taken the
stage from London in his shame at having been intolerant of Joe's ways during his visit
in London. Still, his snobbishness remains as instead of going to the forge, Pip lingers
in order to see Estella. When he arrives at Satis House, he is shocked when, after
having rung the bell at the gate, he is tapped on the shoulder by "a man in sober grey
dress." It is Orlick. Pip looks inside the gatehouse and
observes,
The
whole had a slovenly, confined, and sleepy look, like a cage for a human dormouse: while
he, looming dark and heavy in the shadow of a corner by the window, looked like the
human dormouse for whom it was fitted up—as indeed he
was.
Here the description
seems to portend what will soon occur, especially when Orlick tells Pip that he
announces people's entry with a hammer knock. Pip enters and visits with Miss
Havisham. But, the next day, in Chapter XXX, Pip tells Mr. Jaggers that Orlick is not
the right type of man to work at Miss Havisham's gate. Jaggers seems "satisfied" at
this news, and he replies,
“Very good, Pip,” he observed, when I had
concluded, “I'll go round presently, and pay our friend
off.”
When Pip is concerned
that Orlick may argue with Mr. Jaggers, the lawyer replies, that he should like to see
orlick try.
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