Pip learns nothing was stolen from the house during his sister's attack. A convict's leg-iron is found next to her body. Pip believes the leg-iron belongs to his convict.
Mrs. Joe's temper is greatly improved after the attack. However, she cannot talk and requires help around the house. Biddy comes to help.
Pip visits Miss Havisham on his next birthday, but Estella is still abroad.
Pip takes Biddy for a walk. He tells her he wants to be a gentleman, not a blacksmith. Biddy tells him that Orlick, Joe's assistant, has a crush on her, and it makes her uncomfortable. He tells Biddy about Estella, and she is clearly disappointed. Pip wished he could love Biddy, but he loves Estel.
Pip is at a pub when a strange man makes a speech about how men should be considered innocent until they are proven guilty. He asks Joe and Pip to go with him to his house for a private conversation.
The man's name is Jaggers, and he is a lawyer acting as a confidential agent of a client. Pip has a benefactor who wants Pip to be released of his apprenticeship and raised as a gentleman.
Pip believes Miss Havisham is his benefactor.
Pip prepares to leave home and is surprised when the people in town treat him differently because he has money.
He visits Miss Havisham before he leaves the next day.
Pip arrives in London 5 hours later and waits for Mr. Jaggers. Pip is overwhelmed by everything he sees in the city.
Pip is delivered to Mr. Pocket's, his new instructor and Miss Havisham's cousin. Mr. Pocket's son Herbert greets Pip, and Pip realizes Herbert is the young man he fought with years ago at Miss Havisham's.
Pip and the young man, Herbert Pocket, laugh off the coincidence and decide to be friends. Herbert tells Pip that Estella was adopted by Miss Havisham and was raised by her with the intention of getting revenge on men.
Herbert tells Pip about Miss Havisham's past, including her engagement to a man who took advantage of her wealth. He sent her a letter as she was dressing for their wedding, saying he would not marry her. She stopped all the clocks at her home and has not left the grounds since.
Pip meets Mr. Pocket, who is a well-respected man and will be Pip's instructor. Mrs. Pocket is a ridiculous woman who only cares about her royal connections.
Pip gets money from Mr. Jaggers to buy furniture for his rooms in London. He will divide his time between the city and Mr. Pocket's school in the country.
Pip has dinner with Wemmick, a man who works for Mr. Jaggers. Pip becomes very comfortable with his new life of privilege.
Pip and a few friends have dinner with Mr. Jaggers, who is solely interested in talking with Drummle. Drummle is one of the students at Mr. Pocket's school, but he is not well-liked by the other students.
After dinner, Mr. Jaggers tells Pip to steer clear of Drummle because he is trouble.
Pip receives a letter from Biddy telling him Joe will be in London and would like to visit.
Joe tells Pip he spoke to Miss Havisham. She asks Joe to tell Pip that Estella wishes to see him. Joe also tells Pip that Pip is now above Joe, and he really should not visit Pip in London again. Pip is hurt. Joe asks Pip if he would dine with him at his home, at his level.
Pip travels home the next day to see Estella. Two convicts are being transported on Pip's stage coach, and one of the men is a convict Pip met years ago. He is very uncomfortable, but the convict does not appear to recognize Pip.
Pip visits Miss Havisham and meets Estella again. Pip walks with Estella and she tells him she has no heart or capacity to love anyone because of the way she was raised.
Miss Havisham encourages Pip to love Estella.
While he is home, Pip does not visit Joe because he knows that Estella would not approve. This makes pip sad.
Pip returns to London and tells Herbert he loves Estella. He warns Pip that a relationship with Estella would be miserable because of the way she was raised. He reminds Pip that opposites tend not to make a happy marriage.
Pip and Herbert attend a play, but all Pip can think about is Estella.
Estella sends a note to Pip telling him she will be arriving in London in two days. Pip plans to meet her.
Pip meets Wemmick and walks with him to New gate prison, where Wemmick is meeting a client.
