Great Expectations, Chapter 51: Zusammenfassung

Was geschieht

1. Herbert persuades the injured Pip to wait until morning before visiting Mr. Jaggers.
2. Pip collects the check for Herbert and tells Jaggers that Provis is Estella’s father, surprising the lawyer.
3. Pip demands greater openness and appeals to Wemmick’s kindness, revealing his home life to Jaggers.
4. Jaggers presents a hypothetical account of rescuing a child through adoption while securing her mother’s acquittal.
5. Jaggers urges secrecy for everyone’s protection, and Pip and Wemmick signal agreement.
6. Jaggers and Wemmick regain their professional harmony by driving out Mike when he shows distress over his daughter’s arrest.

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The question redirects Pip from proving parentage to considering the harm disclosure might cause. It grounds Jaggers’s argument for silence.

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