Sažetak djela Great Expectations (Chapter 40)

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1. Pip encounters a hidden man on the stairs and learns that someone appears to accompany his visitor through the gate.
2. The visitor gives his real name as Abel Magwitch, uses Provis as an alias, and declares his intention to stay.
3. Pip rents nearby rooms and buys clothes to conceal Magwitch, whose return exposes him to hanging.
4. Jaggers confirms Magwitch as Pip’s sole benefactor and carefully avoids acknowledging his presence in England.
5. Over about five days, Pip becomes increasingly frightened and repelled, while Magwitch proudly admires the gentleman he supports.
6. Herbert returns, and Magwitch makes him swear secrecy before Pip explains the strange visitor.

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Jaggers challenges Pip’s assumption that Miss Havisham supplies his money. The distinction also shapes his careful refusal to acknowledge Magwitch’s presence.

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