Shrnutí Great Expectations: Chapter 37

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1. Pip visits Walworth, talks with the Aged, and meets Miss Skiffins when she returns with Wemmick.
2. During a private walk, Pip asks Wemmick how to support Herbert without revealing his help.
3. Wemmick agrees to involve Miss Skiffins’s brother, an accountant and agent, in arranging the assistance.
4. The company shares tea, listens to the Aged read, and watches over him while Wemmick quietly courts Miss Skiffins.
5. Through confidential agreements with Clarriker, Pip pays half his five hundred pounds and promises further payments to support Herbert’s employment and possible partnership.
6. Herbert starts work without discovering Pip’s role, and Pip weeps with happiness that his expectations benefit someone.

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Pip measures his fortune by the happiness it gives Herbert. His tears mark the emotional reward of helping without taking credit.

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