[Illustration: AT THE STATION THEY HAD BEEN SITTING ABOUT IN THEIR THREADBARE HOMESPUN GARMENTS ... SAD ENOUGH AT HEART, MOST OF THEM--_In the French-Flemish Country_] [Illustration: IT WAS AGREED THAT MR. BATTENS "OUGHT TO TAKE IT UP," AND MR. BATTENS WAS COMMUNICATED WITH ON THE SUBJECT--_Titbull's Almshouses_] [Illustration: AT THE UPPER END OF THIS DUNGEON ... THE ENGLISHMAN FIRST BEHELD HIM, SITTING ON AN IRON BEDSTEAD, TO WHICH HE WAS CHAINED BY A HEAVY CHAIN--_The Italian Prisoner_] [Illustration: TROTTING ABOUT AMONG THE BEDS, ON FAMILIAR TERMS WITH ALL THE PATIENTS, WAS A COMICAL MONGREL DOG CALLED POODLES--_A Small Star in the East_] [Illustration: OVER THE GROG, MIXED IN A BUCKET, PRESIDES THE BOATSWAIN'S MATE--_Aboard Ship_] [Illustration: THIS ENGAGING FIGURE APPROACHED THE FATAL LAMPS--_Mr. Barlow_] [Illustration: LOOK AT THIS GROUP AT A STREET CORNER--_The Ruffian_] [Illustration: AND WHITE RIDING HOOD WAS FINED TEN SHILLINGS--_The Ruffian_] GREAT EXPECTATIONS [Illustration] THIRTY ILLUSTRATIONS BY F. A. FRASER [Illustration: "HOLD YOUR NOISE!" CRIED A HORRIBLE VOICE ... "KEEP STILL, YOU LITTLE DEVIL, OR I'LL CUT YOUR THROAT"--Chap. i.] [Illustration: THE SERGEANT RAN IN FIRST--Chap. v.] [Illustration: "WHY, HERE'S A J!" SAID JOE, "AND A O EQUAL TO ANYTHINK!"--Chap. vii.] [Illustration: SHE GAVE A CONTEMPTUOUS TOSS ... AND LEFT ME--Chap. viii.] [Illustration: HE SAID, "AHA! WOULD YOU!" AND BEGAN DANCING BACKWARDS AND FORWARDS--Chap. xi.] [Illustration: "WELL, PIP, YOU KNOW, ... YOU YOURSELF SEE ME PUT 'EM IN MY 'AT, AND THEREFORE YOU KNOW AS THEY ARE HERE"--Chap. xiii.] [Illustration: ORLICK ... WAS VERY SOON AMONG THE COAL-DUST, AND IN NO HURRY TO COME OUT OF IT--Chap. xv.] [Illustration: THEN SHE SOFTLY PATTED MY SHOULDER IN A SOOTHING WAY--Chap. xvii.] [Illustration: "NOW, THIS," SAID MR. TRABB ... "IS A VERY SWEET ARTICLE"--Chap. xix] [Illustration: "SAY ANOTHER WORD--ONE SINGLE WORD--AND WEMMICK SHALL GIVE YOU YOUR MONEY BACK"--Chap. xx.] [Illustration: "THIS CHAP ... MURDERED HIS MASTER"--Chap. xxiv.] [Illustration: WE FOUND THE AGED HEATING THE POKER, WITH EXPECTANT EYES--Chap. xxv.] [Illustration: "DO YOU TAKE TEA, OR COFFEE, MR. GARGERY?"--Chap. xxvii.] [Illustration: DRAWLING TO HIS ATTENDANTS, "DON'T KNOW YAH, DON'T KNOW YAH!"--Chap. xxx] [Illustration: "OH, YOU MUST TAKE THE PURSE!"--Chap. xxxiii.] [Illustration: IT WAS FINE SUMMER WEATHER AGAIN--Chap. xxxv.] [Illustration: "IT IS OF NO USE," SAID BIDDY--Chap. xxxv.] [Illustration: "WHAT!" SAID ESTELLA, PRESERVING HER ATTITUDE OF INDIFFERENCE AS SHE LEANED AGAINST THE GREAT CHIMNEY-PIECE, AND ONLY MOVING HER EYES, "DO YOU REPROACH ME FOR BEING COLD! YOU!"--Chap. xxxviii.] [Illustration: "WHY SHOULD I LOOK AT HIM?" RETURNED ESTELLA--Chap. xxxviii.] [Illustration: I ROSE OUT OF MY CHAIR, AND STOOD WITH MY HAND UPON THE BACK OF IT, LOOKING WILDLY AT HIM--Chap. xxxix.]