agonizing
circumstance.
We played
until nine
o’clock,
and then
it was
arranged
that when
Estella
came to
London I
should be
forewarned
of her
coming and
should
meet her
at the
coach; and
then I
took leave
of her,
and
touched
her and
left her.
My
guardian
lay at the
Boar in
the next
room to
mine. Far
into the
night,
Miss
Havisham’s
words,
“Love her,
love her,
love her!”
sounded in
my ears. I
adapted
them for
my own
repetition,
and said
to my
