Now that Estella lives with Mrs. Brandley in Richmond, she
has so many admirers that Pip becomes extremely jealous. When Pip returns her to Miss
Havisham, her foster mother hangs upon every word as Estella relates all her conquests.
Pip who "never had one hour of happiness in her presence" yet continues to be around her
whenever he can despite her asking him, "Pip,...“will you never take warning?” But, Pip
believes that Miss Havisham intends for him to marry
Estella.
Having returned to Richmond, much to Pip's dismay,
Estella allows Bentley Drummle to call upon her. At an Assembly Ball, Drummle is around
her so much that Pip resolves to speak with Estella about this brute of a man. When he
asks her to look at him "[F]or he has been hovering about you all night,” Estella
replies to Pip in allusion to her name which suggests
light,
"Moths,
and all sorts of ugly creatures...hover about a lighted candle. Can the candle help
it?”
When Pip insists that
Drummle is not worth her attracting, Estella replies,
Pip,...don't be foolish about its effect on you.
It may have its effect on others, and may be meant to have. It's not worth
discussing.”
As he continues
to press her about her flirtations with the other men, Estella then asks him if he wants
her "to deceive and entrap" him. She insists that she deceives all the others but him.
Nevertheless, Pip has a feeling of impending doom.
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