I imparted to Mr. Jaggers my design of keeping him in ignorance of the fate of his wealth. Mr. Jaggers was querulous and angry with me for having “let it slip through my fingers,” and said we must memorialize by and by, and try at all events for some of it…I had no claim, and I finally resolved, and ever afterwards abided by the resolution, that my heart should never be sickened with the hopeless task of attempting to establish one.
– Charles Dickens
Great Expectations, Chapter 55. Jaggers is angry at Pip for failing to make a claim on Magwitch’s wealth and property which will be forfeited to the Crown. However, Pip is not interested in the money and believes that with no legal ties to Magwitch a claim would not succeed.