8- "I have no heart"

Pip traveled to the Satis House again, as if he battled all the odds and returned victorious. In Pip's eyes he felt that he is perfectly adequate for Estella, being fully trained in the ways of being a gentleman, and by having a large fortune to back it all up. Yet, when he finally met Estella he begins to feel horribly awkward, inadequate and clumsy. Estella was more beautiful and stunning than ever, and as a result made Pip feel as if he was a common boy again. But Pip, devoted as ever, walks beside her in the overgrown garden and nearly cries when Estella, decidedly more stiff than before, cannot even remember the old times when she fed him out in this same yard, times that are burned in Pip's memory. When Pip tried to remind Estella of all the events that meant so much to him, Estella simply said "You meant nothing to me Pip." If anyone could speak words that could actually pierce through another person's heart, than those were the words spoken to Pip. Pip must have felt emotionally crushed, because Estella was everything that Pip lived for, and to have her say that he never meant anything towards her. Pip even goes on to tell Estella that he loves her, but she tells him coldly that she has "No heart." Pip must believe that Estella really does have some sort of sentiment within her, or he would not continue to pursue her, but at this point in the novel it starts to become clear that Estella is not just a figure whom Pip loves, but an obsession for him.

Pip feels all torn-up with the notion of how ready he is to love Estella and how uninterested she, in return, seems to be.