Great Expectations - Mini

'I am in love with Estella.'

We were told she was the orphaned child of friends but no friends

anyone had ever heard of.

Who are you? I am a gentleman. But you're not.

Any more than she is a lady.

Mrs!

Your room's the same from when you left. I put sheets on the bed.

No, Joe, I can't stay.

Compeyson was a con-man, Pip.

On the day of the wedding,

he sent her a note and was never seen again.

You have bills at your club.

They're not unpaid, they're just not paid yet. But they will be.

Who are you? Abel Magwitch.

It's me that is your benefactor. You're my gentleman, Pip.

Beautiful, ain't it?

Pick it up, it's yours.

Feel it. Smell it.

That'll set you up for life, boy.

I don't understand.

What's to understand?

You've come of age and here's what you were promised,

what you've been waiting on!

It ain't complicated!

How did you find me?

You didn't take no finding.

I've had my eyes on you the whole while.

Jaggers sent back his reports.

This can't be true, this can't... It can't be you.

I never forgot you, Pip.

You been in there since that first day. I never forgot you.

It's my friend Herbert! Please!

You trust 'im?

With my life! Please! I'm begging you.

You Pip's friend. Herbert Pocket. Delighted to meet you.

Are you going to be my friend, Herbert Pocket?

Do you know how to keep that shut? Yes, sir.

Good man.

Now you take that down to the bank tomorrow.

We don't want no criminals thieving it off you, do we?

I ain't putting you out?

No, no. Not at all. I'm a married man now.

I don't live here any more.

What happened before.

It won't happen again. I apologise for that.

Mr Magwitch, forgive my impertinence but

how long do you intend to stay in London?

I've come home for good.

You must be exhausted. Sleep well.

Pip, we have a very serious problem. What are you doing here?

Clara's papa got so drunk

he forgot we're married and chased me away with a stick.

Clara said I should come here until she can talk to him.

Pip, your benefactor is a returned lifer.

We have to consider very carefully what we do now.

He is not my benefactor. You said, it's Miss Havisham.

I presumed and so did you. We were both wrong. He's lying.

He knows Jaggers, where you live, everything about you. Listen.

Someone has been following me.

What do you mean, followed? Someone just behind me, watching.

It's him. That's how he knows.

He's come back, Pip! Do you know what the penalty is?

We cannot discuss this with anyone else,

we have to think of what to do.

It can't be him.

This is a hoax, I can prove it. Pip!

Pippity-Pip.

What are you doing here?

Deadly mausoleum, this. Can you smell it?

Rot. Decay.

People who don't take care for their property should be shot in my book.

I said, what are you doing here? She stands to inherit it.

Which makes it mine.

Well, I will burn it to the ground.

What did you say?

A woman's inheritance belongs to her husband.

He can do what he likes with her goods.

No.

She's telling the old woman now of my formal intentions. No. No.

A quick wedding and then I will remove my wife from London

and the host of undesirables that cluster about her.

No. She'd never wed you.

Wed me? How quaint. Voice really slipped there, Pippy. Slippy Pippy.

Go on, say something else. Amuse me.

Say something in that real voice of yours. It's so entertaining.

To the victor the spoils.

Pip, this is private.

Let him speak, Jaggers.

Don't. Not him. Don't.

I did warn you.

No, you didn't. I did. You just weren't listening.

You're meant to marry me.

And when was this decided?

Since always! This is what it's been for, being a gentleman, for you!

Marry me. I love you, I've always loved you.

You were meant to. Everyone's meant to love me.

But I don't love back. I do not have a heart.

I will write.

And I will answer. As ever. Goodbye, Pip.

No, I won't let you do it!

You do not have a say in the matter.

I don't believe you. You kissed me.

I was practising on you. As I was from the very beginning.

Is that not right, Mother?

You brought him here for me to practise on?

Remove your hand. You're staining the silk.

Why do you look away, Mother?

Is this not your training made manifest? Does it not please you?

I said, does it not please you!

It pleases me.

I told you I could make you cry.

If only you had listened.

The agony is exquisite, is it not?

The broken heart.

You think you will die, but you just keep living...

day, after day, after terrible day.

You have to stop her. He is cruel and arrogant.

He is perfect.

Hand-picked for exactly those reasons.

But she will break him.

He will not have a day's happiness.

His nights spent weeping.

His world a cold and joyless stone.

Is this your revenge?

You think Bentley Drummle will care if his wife does not love him?

You know nothing about men, Miss Havisham.

I know what savages they are.

He will take what he wants and do as he pleases.

And Estella has no-one to protect her.

She will triumph.

Expedite these quickly.

I do not want the wedding delayed for any reason.

You, marry my prize?

What in heaven's name made you think she was meant for you?

You did. You let me think you were my benefactor.

You told me Estella could only ever marry a gentleman

and I was made a gentleman.

You knew I thought it was you.

You are not a gentleman. You are not even a blacksmith.

You did not finish your apprenticeship.

You are merely the boy from the forge.

I gather you have had communication from New South Wales?

I got the news in person.

He's in London?

What do I do?

I cannot advise you on this.

It must be kept away from me. Right away.

I've been waiting for you. I have to take you somewhere. Where?

What are we doing here?

Herbert has arranged a hiding place. For me? From Magwitch?

No. A hiding place for him. He has your portable property.

As it stands, the property is a little too portable for my liking.

If he is caught with it, the Crown will confiscate every last penny.

That makes me quite dyspeptic, but he will only put it into your hand.

Caught? Events have moved very fast.

I heard of a return this morning.

All of Newgate was bubbling with it.

There are eyes watching the ports for those such as him.

Now a reward has been offered, the watching eyes will be ever sharper.

We must get him safely from the country.

He got himself here, he can get out again. He doesn't need my help.

He is a lifer who has defied the law.

There will be no plea, no mitigation, not even a hearing.

He will hang.

This is going to take a little time and there are no guarantees

but we will do all we can to get you out.

I'll start my own Newgate rumours that you've been seen in Southampton

which may draw the soldiers and other interested parties away.

Herbert is going to use his contacts

to find a suitable ship with an amenable captain.

Who would put a price on my head after all these years?

Who would care?

A man named Denby.

I don't know no Denby

and why would he put a reward on my head?

We know a Mr Denby. He's a member of our club, Finches.

I don't recall him. You do. He runs all the card games.

He has a scar just... under his eye.

Compeyson.

Compeyson. If you go after him, you will be caught.

You cannot risk it, everything you hoped for

will be gone. Stop talking, Mr Wemmick.

What price did he put on me?

A thousand pounds. I imagine he always anticipated this day.

He flatters himself if he thinks I've come all this way for him.

If I go, does he still get everything I hoped for?

He does.

No trouble to him, no danger. Not if we're circumspect, no.

All right.

You make your plans.

I'll start looking straightaway.

I must emphasise, Mr Magwitch, that you remain out of sight and silent

until you're away and clear ...

the shadow of the noose hangs heavy over you.

Has done since I was born, Mr Wemmick.

This is not how I wanted it, Pip.

You've got to believe me,

this is not how I planned it.

You should have stayed in New South Wales.

Pip.