Es she? "yes, pip," said joe, "and what's worse, she's got tickler with her." at this dismal intelligence, i twisted the only button on my waistcoat round and round, and looked in great depression at the fire. tickler was a 60 wax-ended piece of cane, worn smooth by collision with my tickled frame. "she got down," said joe, "and she got up, and she made a grab at tickler, and she ram-paged out. that's what she did," said joe, slowly clearing 65 the fire between the lower bars with the poker and looking at it, "she ram-paged out, pip." "has she been gone long, joe?" i always treated him as a larger species of child, and as no more than my equal. "well," said joe, glancing up at the dutch clock, "she's been on the ram-page, this last spell, about five minutes, pip. she's a-coming! get behind the door, old chap, and have the jack-towel betwixt 70 you 75 1 took the advice. my sister, mrs joe, throwing the door wide open and finding an obstruction iminediately behind it, immediately divined the cause, and applied tickler to its further 118 investigation. she concluded by throwing me -1 80 often served her as a connubial missile - at loe, who, glad to get hold of me on any terms, passed me on into the chimney and quietly fenced me up there with his great leg. "where have you been, you young monkey 85 said mrs. joe, stamping her foot. "tell me directly what you've been doing to wear me away with fret and fright and worrit, or i'd have you out of that corner if you was fifty pips, and he was five hundred gargerys." 90 "i have only been to the churchyard," said l. from my stool, crying and rubbing myself. "churchyard!" repeated my sister. "if it wan't for me you'd have been to the churchyard long ago, and stayed there. who brought you up by hand "you did," said l "and why did i do it, i should like to know? exclaimed my sister. 95 i whimpered, "i don't know." "i don't!" said my sister. "i'd never do it again! i 100 know that i may truly say i've never had this apron of mine off, since born you were. it's bad enough to be a blacksmith's wife (and him a gargery) without being your mother" answer the questions. 1. how does pip interpret the expression to be brought up by handhat do you think is the true meaning of this phrase? and her husband 2. what do you learn about the relationship between pip's sister, mr from the first paragraph? 3. what impression is conveyed by saying that joe has eyes of a very ecided blue? 4. explain the meaning of the underlined phrases in this sentence: shiele it a powerful merit in herself and a strong reproach against joe that she wore this so much. 5. what is implied by the phrase joe and i being fellow-sufferers? 6. what do we learn from the phrase worn smooth by collision with my tched frame? (lines 60-61) rewrite this phrase in your own words. unit 11 7. how would you describe the relationship between pip and joe gargery! give evidence from the text to support your answer. 8. what does mrs joe mean by saying if it warn't for me, you'd have been to the churchyant long ago, and stayed there? 9. why do you think mrs joe punished pip? do you think he deserved to be punished? why? why not? 10. from what you have read so far, do you think that pip has had an unhappy childhood? why? why not? de 14
