A/N: This is a writing assignment from December of 2000 (ninth grade) where we had to write a spin-off of Great Expectations by Charles Dickens using a character other than Pip. This is written in a way similar to a very detailed diary entry, if you will.


Estella's Meeting


Chapter One

When I entered the tailor's shop on the corner I had it set in my mind that I would buy my dress, then leave and return to Satis House. What I had not planned for was to have someone call out my name.
"Miss Estella?" The tentative voice called out to me, and I froze. It sounded so familiar, yet so foreign, both at the same time. Whoever it was most have noticed the change in my posture, for they tapped me gently on the shoulder. I turned slowly and blinked at the sight before me. The voice belonged to a man, perhaps around my age of four-and-thirty. He was well dressed and very presentable, with an air of authority and self-respect about him.
"My Lord, it is you!" he said softly. To my immense surprise, there appeared to be tears in his eyes.
"I apologize, dear sir, but may I ask who you are?" My question brought more tears, which I began to grow concerned with.
"Oh Estella, look." He pointed to a tear running down his cheek.
"You have made me cry once again." For some reason these words registered within my memory and I gasped as realization hit me square in the face.
The handsome gentleman who stood before me in the tailor's shop was none other than Pip.


(c) 2000 Liz D.