Great Expectations by Charles Dickens Chapter 15 Page 10

“Yes, Joe; but what I wanted to say, was, that as we are rather slack just now, if you would give me a half-holiday to-morrow, I think I would go uptown and make a call on Miss Est — Havisham.”

“Which her name,” said Joe, gravely, “ain't Estavisham, Pip, unless she have been rechris'ened.”

“I know, Joe, I know.

It was a slip of mine. What do you think of it, Joe?”

In brief, Joe thought that if I thought well of it, he thought well of it. But, he was particular in stipulating that if I were not received with cordiality, or if I were not encouraged to repeat my visit as a visit which had no ulterior object but was simply one of gratitude for a favor received, then