Great Expectations

In Chapter 48, what does Pip realize as he watches Molly? According to Wemmick, from what criminal charges did Jaggers save her?

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The biggest revelation of the meal, however, comes when Pip takes a good hard look at Molly, Jaggers' housekeeper. A glint of recognition, something in her hands, suddenly makes him absolutely certain that the woman is Estella's mother.She was put on trial for the murder of another woman, a woman she most likely did kill, and Jaggers' masterful lawyerly twisting of the facts and the jury's sensibilities succeeded in getting her acquitted.

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As Pip is watching Molly, he realizes Molly look mysteriously a lot like Estella. He also realizes Molly must be Estella’s mother. According to Wemmick, Molly was accused of killing a woman over her husband and of killing her little daughter to hurt him. Pip thinks for certain that Estella is in fact that “lost daughter”.

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