Far into the night, Miss Havisham’s words, “Love her, love her, love her!” sounded in my ears. I adapted them for my own repetition, and said to my pillow, “I love her, I love her, I love her!” hundreds of times. Then, a burst of gratitude came upon me, that she should be destined for me, once the blacksmith’s boy.
– Charles Dickens
Great Expectations, Chapter 29. This passage shows how Miss Havisham’s manipulation of Pip has worked. Suffering from love sickness, he has fallen hopelessly and obsessively in love with Estella. The theme of social class is illustrated, as he expresses gratitude that a girl from a high-class family should be destined for someone who was once a blacksmith’s boy.