Chapter 18 begins with Pip listening in on a story Mr wopsle is sharing about a murder trial from the newspaper. A large dark man began to question wopsle but he seemed rather familiar to Pip. He looked like the man that was on the staircase in miss Haivshams house. He introduces himself as the lawyer Jaggers and explains that Pip will inherit a large fortune if Pip moves to London and become educated as a gentleman. However Pip must never know the name of the man that is giving him this money. Pip is rather struck by this and cant quite believe what he has just been asked.