Estella

Examples

• I have a heart to be stabbed in or shot in, I have no doubt, said Estella, and of course if it ceased to beat I should cease to be. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Call Estella, she repeated, flashing a look at me. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• When I left, Estella was yet standing by the great chimney-piece, just as she had stood throughout. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• So, the Spider, doggedly watching Estella, outwatched many brighter insects, and would often uncoil himself and drop at the right nick of time. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• That's true, said Estella, with a cold careless smile that always chilled me. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Whose child was Estella? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• I begin to think, said Estella, in a musing way, after another moment of calm wonder, that I almost understand how this comes about. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• I could see in the action of Estella's fingers as they worked that she attended to what I said; but she did not look up. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• It seems, said Estella, very calmly, that there are sentiments, fancies,--I don't know how to call them,--which I am not able to comprehend. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Yet the room was all in all to me, Estella being in it. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Now it was all coarse and common, and I would not have had Miss Havisham and Estella see it on any account. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• One night he brought her here asleep, and I called her Estella. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Very much, said Estella, looking at me. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Estella returned, and she too remained quiet. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Estella, to the last hour of my life, you cannot choose but remain part of my character, part of the little good in me, part of the evil. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• And yet, when I think of Estella-- (And when don't you, you know? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• And will continue friends apart, said Estella. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Let them out, Estella. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• The lady with whom Estella was placed, Mrs. Brandley by name, was a widow, with one daughter several years older than Estella. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• O the many, many nights and days through which the unquiet spirit within me haunted that house when Estella lived there! Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• I played the game to an end with Estella, and she beggared me. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• What I had to say to Estella, Miss Havisham, I will say before you, presently--in a few moments. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• But, Estella, do hear me speak. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Estella was the inspiration of it, and the heart of it, of course. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Well, old chap, said Joe, it do appear that she had settled the most of it, which I meantersay tied it up, on Miss Estella. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Miss Havisham, said I, I went to Richmond yesterday, to speak to Estella; and finding that some wind had blown her here, I followed. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Even with those aids, I might not have come to myself as soon as I did, but that I saw Estella approaching with the keys, to let me out. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• A boy, said Estella. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• In another minute we were outside the gate, and it was locked, and Estella was gone. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Also, when we played at cards Miss Havisham would look on, with a miserly relish of Estella's moods, whatever they were. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.

Edited by Blair