“First,” said Mr. Jaggers, “you should have some new clothes to come in, and they should not be working-clothes. Say this day week. You’ll want some money. Shall I leave you twenty guineas?”
– Charles Dickens
Great Expectations, Chapter 18. Pip’s upwardly mobile journey to being a gentleman begins following the news that he is to benefit from a large amount of money from an anonymous benefactor. Lawyer Jaggers presents him with twenty guineas to divest himself of his working class clothes and change to more suitable apparel.