Thank you LadyJean .... it is too easy to throw pearls before these fellows....and so I frequently refrain.... unless a kindred soul should step forward.

Congradulations...you....picked up one of the allusions from Great Expectations another would be when Herbert Pocket and Pip begin lodging together....Herbert begins to refer to Pip as HANDEL....out of tribute to Variations on Handel's 'The Harmonious Blacksmith ' ......

Sincerely,
Gargoyle