Hey everyone, when I was reading the first few chapters of Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, I came across this passage on page 48 in chapter five, "My convict looked round him for the first time, and saw me . . . I looked at him eagerly when he looked at me, and slightly moved my hands and shook my head. I had been waiting for him to see me, that I might try to assure him of my innocence. It was not at all expressed to me that he even comprehended my intention, for he gave me a look that I did not understand, and it all passed in a moment. But if he had looked at me for an hour or for a day, I could not have remembered his face ever afterwards as having been more attentive." I had to go back and read through it a few times and still couldn't completely grasp what it meant. I thought that this may be because it was close to midnight and my mind just wasn't working correctly, but going back over it now i still don't know what it means. I don't understand what actually happened in the scene and this whole passage seems to be muddled with parts that don't really seem to go with the rest.
I guess my question would be: What is happening in this scene? Is it literal or metaphoric? and What does the last sentance in particular have to do with the rest?
Please Help!!
