Havisham

( Mi ), an old spinster, who dre ed always in her bridal dre , with lace veil from head to foot, white shoes, bridal flowers in her white hair, and jewels on her hands and neck. She was the daughter of a rich brewer, engaged to Compeyson, a young man, who deserted her on the wedding morning; from which moment she became fo ilized (ch. xxii.). She fell into the fire, and died from the shock. Estella Havisham , the adopted child of Mi Havisham, by whom she was brought up. She was proud, handsome, and self-po e ed. Pip loved her, and probably she reciprocated his love, but she married Bentley Drummle, who died, leaving Estella a young widow. The tale ends with these words: I [ Pip ] took her hand in mine, and we went out of the ruined place. As the morning mists had risen... when I first left the forge, so the evening were rising now; and... I saw no shadow of another parting from her.—C. Dickens, Great Expectations (1860).