Quote: "But, sharpest and deepest pain of all–it was for the convict, guilty of I knew not what crimes, and liable to be taken out of those rooms where I sat thinking, and hanged at the Old Bailey door, that I had deserted Joe" (Chapter 39).
Analysis: Pip realizes he has been anything but a gentleman. The knowledge that his benefactor is a criminal forces Pip to acknowledge that Miss Havisham is not his benefactor, Estella and he are not betrothed, and he has turned his back to good.
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