The more you work on a lie, the more you lie, the more clear it becomes to others that the truth is not being spoken. Likewise that is the same for the truth aspect, the more the truth is told, the more clear it becomes to others. This quote can relate to Estella. In the terms that she has never lied to Pip. Estella Havisham may just be one of Great Expectations' only honest characters. She's never tried to lead Pip on, but she's been cold and haughty all of her life. She just doesn't care enough to lie. “Do you want me then," said Estella, turning suddenly with a fixed and serious, if not angry, look, "to deceive and entrap you?" (page 393). She has made her point, without lying to anyone.
The characters of Great Expectations can be broken down into groups. There are characters who lie, who get caught up into the lie, and those who do not lie. In which all cases of when there is lying, it is always deemed to be