Pip arrives in London. While waiting for Jaggers he takes a turn around the streets, by way of Smithfield and Newgate. He witnesses some of Jaggers' legal dealings, is told briefly of the accommodation and allowance that have been provided for him.
The streets are not paved with gold, but with straw and filth. The lawyer's office, Smithfield meat market and Newgate prison, felons, convicts and all, are the background to Pip's introduction to the Capital. Everywhere are shady customers and shadier dealings. Money rules - a shilling to be conveyed in a coach, a shilling to be rid of a rogue's company and an undisclosed fee to bear false witness. However, Jaggers rules even more powerfully: 'Oh Jaggerth, Jaggerth, Jaggerth! all otherth ith Cag-Maggerth, give me Jaggerth
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