Chapter 29

           BetimesinthemorningIwasupandout.ItwastooearlyyettogotoMissHavisham’s,soIloiteredintothecountryonMissHavisham’ssideoftownwhichwasnotJoe’sside;Icouldgothereto-morrowthinkingaboutmypatroness,andpaintingbrilliantpicturesofherplansforme.

           ShehadadoptedEstella,shehadasgoodasadoptedme,anditcouldnotfailtobeherintentiontobringustogether.Shereserveditformetorestorethedesolatehouse,admitthesunshineintothedarkrooms,settheclocksa-goingandthecoldhearthsa-blazing,teardownthecobwebs,destroythevermininshort,doalltheshiningdeedsoftheyoungKnightofromance,andmarrythePrincess.IhadstoppedtolookatthehouseasIpassed;anditssearedredbrickwalls,blockedwindows,andstronggreenivyclaspingeventhestacksofchimneyswithitstwigsandtendons,asifwithsinewyoldarms,hadmadeuparichattractivemystery,ofwhichIwasthehero.Estellawastheinspirationofit,andtheheartofit,ofcourse.But,thoughshehadtakensuchstrongpossessionofme,thoughmyfancyandmyhopeweresosetuponher,thoughherinfluenceonmyboyishlifeandcharacterhadbeenall-powerful,Ididnot,eventhatromanticmorning,investherwithanyattributessavethoseshepossessed.Imentionthisinthisplace,ofafixedpurpose,becauseitistheclewbywhichIamtobefollowedintomypoorlabyrinth.Accordingtomyexperience,theconventionalnotionofalovercannotbealwaystrue.

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