Pip is willing to become
uncommon. In order to accomplish his plan, he starts to attend the course
ministered by Biddy, Mr. Wopsle's great-aunt.
Pip spends some pages explaining
the content of this weird course. He even agrees that this experience would
take time to reach its ends.
By the end of the day, Pip goes
to a pub to bring Joe home.
'I had received strict orders
from my sister to call for him at the Three Jolly Bargemen, that
evening, on my way from school, and bring him home...'
Joe is there, smoking his pipe in
company with Mr.Wopsle and a stranger.
Pip describes the stranger as 'He
was a secret-looking man whom I had never seen before. His head was all on one
side, and one of his eyes was half shut up as if he were taking aim at
something with an invisible gun. He had a pipe in his mouth, and he took it
out, and, after slowly blowing all his smoke away and looking hard at me all
the time, nodded.'
The stranger offers Pip to take a
seat on his side, but Pip refuses and seats beside Joe. After that, the
stranger asks Joe and Mr. Wopsle what they wish to drink. Joe says that is not
used to 'drinking at anybody's expense but my own', but accept the drink, as
well as Mr.Wopsle.
Pip sees the stranger stirring
his drink with the same file that Pip stole for the convict. The stranger gives
Pip two pounds, which Pip later gives to Mrs.Joe. He continues to worry that
his aid to the convict will be discovered.
See you on chapter eleven.
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