10- "And I promised, that if I ever got a guinea, that that guinea would go to you..."

Pip's twenty-first birthday had arrived along with it, Pip expected that the name of his benefactor would be revealed. When he visits Jaggers, he is met with a cold and brief response. Jaggers does not reveal to Pip the identity of his benefactor, but he instead he plainly tells Pip what his annual income will be, and that he was not responsible for Pip or his outcome anymore. All this suspense and mystery about Pip's benefactor only makes him even more certain that it is Miss Havisham, and that she would still wish to have Pip and Estella wed. Time passes, and Pip is now twenty-three years old. One night, during a thunderstorm, Pip hears heavy footsteps coming up his staircase. An old, ragged, sailor enters his home and warmly greets him, while Pip is still nervous about this man's identity. Then, Pip recognizes the man, he is the terrible, haunting convict whom Pip aided in the shivering marshes so so long ago. The convict, whose name is Magwitch, claims to have moved to Australia, where he tirelessly worked in the sheep ranching industry and accumulated a large fortune. Magwitch arranged that his wealth would be used to help Pip become a gentleman. There really is no milder way to put it, than Pip really was crestfallen, crushed and deceived. The convict, not Miss Havisham, is Pip's benefactor, which means that he was never meant to marry Estella at all. This realization is heart-wrenching for Pip, because he dedicated his life to gaining Estella's affection, and he dedicated his life to becoming a gentleman, even at the cost of losing a few of the people closest to his heart. In short, Pip's life is not what he had ever wished for, because the fulfillment of his hope of being raised to a higher social class turns out to be the work of a man from a class even lower than his own.

Pip feels disgust and disappointment, but he still helps the convict, and wants to protect him. This really marks the true inner goodness of Pip, and his sense of duty and loyalty is one that makes him such a remarkable person.