nine o'clock
Of the manner and extent to which he took our trumps into custody , and came out with mean little cards at the ends of hands , before which the glory of our Kings and Queens was utterly abased , I say nothing ; nor , of the feeling that I had , respecting his looking upon us personally in the light of three very obvious and poor riddles that he had found out long ago . What I suffered from , was the incompatibility between his cold presence and my feelings towards Estella . It was not that I knew I could never bear to speak to him about her , that I knew I could never bear to hear him creak his boots at her , that I knew I could never bear to see him wash his hands of her ; it was , that my admiration should be within a foot or two of him , -- it was , that my feelings should be in the same place with him , -- that , was the agonizing circumstance . We played until nine o'clock , and then it was arranged that when Estella came to London I should be forewarned of her coming and should meet her at the coach ; and then I took leave of her , and touched her and left her . My guardian lay at the Boar in the next room to mine . Far into the night , Miss Havisham 's words , `` Love her , love her , love her ! '' sounded in my ears .