Yes, Princess Puffer hates Jasper for some reason we don’t know, and so will presumably be a part of his downfall, having heard what he has said under the influence even of opium. Datchery, having observed her, will no doubt endeavour to track her down to learn more.
You can’t help wishing that Dickens had plotted out his book in at least some broad detail. I suppose he kept it all in his head. It wasn’t that he just made it up as he went along, as that example of the importance of Magwich shows.
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