"'Nothing but beggar my neighbour, Miss.'
'Beggar him,' said Miss Havisham to Estella." (Dickens 79).
This reference is not only a joke added in by Dickens, but a pointed remark juxtaposing Pip and the Havishams. "Beggar my neighbour" is a card game in which cards are given up to the other player as "payment." The first player to run out of cards loses. This game is appropriate for Estella and Pip to be playing because of their contrasting financial situations; in comparison to Estella, Pip is a beggar. Adding this game into the story only emphasizes this point.
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