He told me that he would look about him for such an orphan child.

One night he brought her here asleep, and I called her Estella." "Might I ask her age then ?" "Two or three.

She herself knows nothing, but that she was left an orphan and I adopted her." So convinced I was of that woman's being her mother, that I wanted no evidence to establish the fact in my own mind.

But, to any mind, I thought, the connection here was clear and straight.
What more could I hope to do by prolonging the interview?
I had succeeded on behalf of Herbert, Miss Havisham had told me all she knew of Estella, I had said and done what I could to ease her mind.

No matter with what other words we parted; we parted.
Twilight was closing in when I went down stairs into the natural air.