13- Estella, The Truth...

Jaggers invites Pip to dinner one evening, and mentioned Estella's marriage to Drummle. While he announced this, Jaggers's housekeeper Molly walked in and Pip realized that she was the person whom he couldn't place and also the person who Estella resembles. It becomes all to clear to Pip that Molly is Estella's mother. This revelation immediately strikes Pip, because it now reveals clearly to him, Estella's true parentage. Estella's mother Molly, was a woman who has had a criminal background, and was accused of murdering another woman, who was allegedly involved with her husband. To further spite her husband, she was accused of trying to kill their only daughter to take revenge. Discovering this truth about Estella's past truly shocks Pip. In a conversation with Herbert, Pip also discovers that Magwitch, his very own convict, is Estella's father. These revelations come as a blow to Pip, whose ideas about Estella's distinctive background and lineage are smashed. What makes this situation ironic, is that Estella highly prides herself in being a lady of high pedigree!