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CHAPTER 8
Pip gets the opportunity to examine Mr. Pumblechook's shop, which is full of packaged seeds and bulbs. All the tradesmen seem to keep an eye on each other, with the exception of the watchmaker, who seems absorbed in his tasks.
Pip doesn't enjoy his visit. Mr. Pumblechook shares Mrs. Joe's ideas that Pip shouldn't be indulged in any way. He tests Pip on arithmetic first thing in the morning before breakfast. Though uneasy about what he is to do at Miss Havisham's, Pip is glad to escape his uncle.
Miss Havisham lives in a brick house whose windows are either covered with iron bars or walled up. The
