“I will never stir from your side,” said I, “when I am suffered to be near you. Please God, I will be as true to you as you have been to me!”
– Charles Dickens
Great Expectations, Chapter 54. Pip says this to Magwitch after he urges Pip to leave him because it is better for a gentleman not to be publicly seen with a convict. Promising never to leave him, Pip pledges to be true to Magwitch like he has been true to Pip. Pip shows how he has improved and grown from being a shallow, superficial and selfish individual to honoring those who are true and loyal.