“Ay, ay!” said she, looking at the discomfited and envious Sarah, with delight. “I have seen Mr. Jaggers. I have heard about it, Pip. So you go to-morrow?”
“Yes, Miss Havisham.”
“And you are adopted by a rich person?”
“Yes, Miss Havisham.”
“Not named?”
“No, Miss Havisham.”
“And Mr. Jaggers is made your guardian?”
“Yes, Miss Havisham.”
She quite gloated on these questions and answers, so keen was her enjoyment of Sarah Pocket’s jealous dismay.
– Charles Dickens
Great Expectations, Chapter 19. Miss Havisham plays the deception game well in this exchange between herself and Pip in front of her relatives. They believe she has given Pip a large amount of money. Pip, thinking that Miss Havisham is the rich fairy godmother who has adopted him, has gone to see her to thank her for her supposed generosity. Here she is happy to discuss news of his “great expectations” in front of her cousin Sarah Pocket. She is encouraging the belief that she is Pip’s benefactor in order to spite her relatives. But it is also to manipulate Pip into falling in love with Estella so she can break his heart, part of Miss Havisham’s twisted plot to get revenge on men.