“Can I only serve you, Pip, by serving your friend? Regarding that as done, is there nothing I can do for you yourself?” “Nothing. I thank you for the question. I thank you even more for the tone of the question. But there is nothing.”
– Charles Dickens
Great Expectations, Chapter 49. Miss Havisham attempts to redeem herself by her generous gesture to Pip and his friend Herbert Pocket. Showing how truly sorry she is for past behavior, she anonymously supplies Pip with 900 pounds to help Herbert establish his career. When she asks if there is nothing she can do for Pip himself, he declines.