“Is he changed?” Miss Havisham asked her. “Very much,” said Estella, looking at me. “Less coarse and common?” said Miss Havisham, playing with Estella’s hair.
– Charles Dickens
Great Expectations, Chapter 29. This is the scene where Pip and Estella first meet as adults. The exchange between Miss Havisham and Estella highlights Pip’s journey to escape his working class roots to become more refined. It also points to Miss Havisham’s role as the manipulating puppet master in the lives of Estella and Pip.