If you can take me with all my faults and disappointments on my head, if you can receive me like a forgiven child (and indeed I am as sorry, Biddy, and have as much need of a hushing voice and a soothing hand), I hope I am a little worthier of you than I was.
– Charles Dickens
Great Expectations, Chapter 57. Pip has become more self-aware regarding his past mistakes and shows humility in this passage. He rehearses what he will say to Biddy when he asks for her forgiveness on his return to the forge.