Part 1:

Pip: "Herbert."

Herbert: "Yes, my dear Pip."

Pip: "As I have been brought up as a blacksmith, would please tell me when I make a mistake in my manners. Please teach me good manners"

Herbert: "With pleasure, of course. Although, I think that i will need to tell you very few things about your manners"

Pip: "Hugh, thank you very much. Now, please tell me more about Miss Havisham."

Herbert: "Agh yes, Miss Havisham! But please let me tell you first, in London it is not a good custom to put your knife in your mouth. This is a danger of having an accident when you put your knife into your mouth. It is safer and better for you to follow the manners of London people. "

Pip: "Yes, of course. Thank you Herbert."

Herbert: "Well, Miss Havisham was an heiress and she was really very rich. As you can imagine, when she was young she was seen as a very attractive girl to marry. Well, one day a certain man appeared. Now, I never saw him because he appeared 25 years ago. He courted her very seriously. He said that he loved her very much. There is no doubt that Miss Havisham fell passionately in love with him. This brings us to the tragic part of the story. Excuse me Pip."

Pip: "Mmmm?"

Herbert: "It is not usually considered necessary to pack your mouth full of food in London, Pip."

Pip: "Oh, I am very sorry…. But your story is so interesting that I forgot what I was doing and put too much food in my mouth."

Herbert: "It is really no problem, I’m sure. The marriage day was arranged. The wedding dresses were bought, the wedding guests were invited. The wedding day came but… not the bridegroom. He wrote a letter…"

Pip: "Which she received when she was dressing for her marriage at twenty minutes to nine in the morning."

Herbert: "Exactly!"

Pip: "So, that was why she stopped all of the clocks in the house?"

Herbert: "Yes, indeed. She then became very ill. Later, when she had recovered from her vary bad illness, she left the whole house exactly as it was! She left it exactly as you have seen it. She closed all of the windows and all of the curtains in the house. Sunlight has never entered that house since then."

Pip: "Herbert, you said that Estella is not related to Miss Havisham, but she was adopted. When was Estella adopted?"

Herbert: "I do not know when. There has always been an Estella. There was an Estella when I first heard of Miss Havisham. I know no more, and now you know as much as I do about Miss Havisham and Estella. Let us change our conversation to more happy topics. Let us drink to your coming to London, and a very happy future for us both."

Pip: "Here is to London and our future!" Clink!

Part 2: The scene changes, now Pip is having dancing, sword fighting and boxing lessons. After that he is in Mr Jaggers’ office:

Mr Jaggers: "Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha…. Carry on Pip, Carry on…."

Pip: "So, if I could buy some new furniture, and one or two other little household things, I think I could be quite at home at Barnard’s Inn."

Mr Jaggers: "Do it, go out and buy them. I knew that you and Mr Pocket would get on well together. How much do you want?"

Pip: "Eghh… Is £20 alright?"

Mr Jaggers: "WEMMICK!"

Part 3: Pip and Herbert are counting their debts. They have spent too much money. Pip goes to visit Mr Jaggers, it is his birthday, he is now 21 and he has ‘come of age.’ He is now an adult:

Pip: "Good morning!"

Mr Wemmick: "Congratulations, Mr Pip!" (Mr. Wemmick winks at Pip.)

Pip: "Thank you Mr Wemmick."

Mr Wemmick: "Please, come in."

Mr Wemmick: "Mr Pip is here sir."

Mr Jaggers: "Come in. So you are 21 today egh Pip? I must call you Mr Pip today. Congratulations Mr Pip. Sit down."

Pip: "Thank you Mr Jaggers."

Mr Jaggers: "Now my young friend, I want to speak with you."

Pip: "If you please sir."

Mr Jaggers: "How much money do you suppose you are spending every month?"

Pip: "How much am I spending every month, Mr Jaggers?"

Mr Jaggers: "Yes, spending every month…"

Pip: "I am, egh, I am egh… I am afraid I cannot answer your question Mr Jaggers…."

Mr Jaggers: "I thought so…. Now, I have asked you a question, my friend. Have you anything that you wany to ask me?"

Pip: "Well it would be very satisfying to ask you many questions, if it were not forbidden to ask these questions?"

Mr Jaggers: "Agh, ask sir."

Pip: "Is the name of my benefactor to be made known to me today?"

Mr Jaggers: "No! Ask another question, please."

Pip: "Agh, well IIIII… I was just wondering… if I had anything to receive?"

Mr Jaggers: He Laughs out loud: "Huh! Hargh hargh hrgh hargh…. I thought we should come to that matter, WEMMICK!" Mr Pip, you have been spending money pretty quickly and freely recently? You are in debt, of course!"

Pip: "I am afraid that I must say yes, you are right sir.

Mr Jaggers: "Yes, you know that you must say yes. Now, Wemmick, hand Mr Pip, that piece of paper."

Mr Jaggers: "Now, unfold it and tell me what it is." Pip unfolds and looks at the paper and sits down with shock:

Pip: "This is a bank note for £500!"

Mr Jaggers: "That is a bank note for £500! At that higher rate of allowance, and at no higher a rate, per year you are to live until your benefactor appears."

Pip: "Will it… will it still be years from now until my benefactor appears Mr Jaggers?"

Mr Jaggers: "I do not know. When that person reveal his name, you and that person will settle your own affairs. At that time, my part of this business will finish. That is all I have to say today. Wemmick, show Mr Pip out."

Part 4: Now Pip is reading a letter from Biddie, telling him Joe is coming to visit. Pip learns he no longer feels comfortable with Joe. Pip learns that in becoming a gentleman he has become a snob. Joe comes in but Pip is not very kind to Joe:

Pip: "Hello, Joe, How are you Joe?"

Joe: "Pip! How are you Pip?"

Pip: "Please, come in Joe. Well Joe I… I am glad to see you."

Joe: "Well Pip, you have grown taller and look healthy.

Pip: "And you Joe, look wonderfully well, please give me your hat." Joe puts his hat down:

Pip: "Oh… Herbert, this is Mr Joe Gargery. Joe, this is Mr Herbert Pocket."

Herbert: "How do you do Mr Gargery."

Joe: "I am pleased to meet you."

Herbert: "I am delighted to meet you too. Tea or coffee, Mr Gargery."

Joe: "Thank you kindly sir, I will take whatever you choose for yourself."

Herbert: "How about coffee then?"

Joe: "Thank you kindly sir." Joe’s hat falls down and when he tries to catch it he drops it in the tea cup:

Herbert: "If Mr Joe will kindly allow me, I will go and check if we have any new mail in our mail box."

Part 5: Now Pip and Joe are alone:

Joe: "Sir, now that we are alone, may I?"

Pip: "Joe! How can you possibly call me sir?"

Joe: "Now that we are alone Pip, I will tell you the reason that I have come to see you in London. Miss Havisham recently asked me to go an see her."

Pip: "Miss Havisham, Joe?"

Joe: ‘Would you please tell Mr Pip,’ Miss Havisham said, ‘that I wish to see him at once. Tell him that I wish to see him because I have something very special to tell him."

Pip: "I understand… mmmm?"

Joe: "As I have now finished sir, egh Pip, I will leave. I wish you well and that you live a happy, healthy and rich life."

Pip: "But, egh… you are not going now Joe, are you?"

Joe: "Yes, I am."

Pip: "Well… you are coming back to dinner, are you not?"

Joe: "No, Pip old chap. You and me are not the same any more. I am not comfortable in these clothes, or in London, or away from the forge, or out of the kitchen, or away from the marshes."

Pip: "But Joe…"

Joe: "You will think better of me if... ifyou think of me… if you think of me as Joe the blacksmith…. So, God bless you my dear old Pip, old chap. God bless you." Joe leaves, and Pip feels sad.