As a child of the streets of London, unloved with no one
to care for him, and as a man who was once married to a termagant who threatened to kill
their child, a child whom he has not seen for many, many years, Provis feels that he
finally has someone to love, someone to whom he can be like a father and to whom
he can give his property. With this one love Provis has found solace in his life as
well as value. For, if his money turns Pip into a gentleman, does not he,
Magwitch/Provis, not, then, have some worth?
Provis is
proud to tell Pip,
"Yes, Pip, dear boy, I've made a gentlman on
you! It's me wot has done it!...Do I tell it fur you to feel a obligation? Not a bit.
I tell it fur you to know as that there hunted dog wot you kept life in
got his head so high that he could make a gentleman--and,
Pip, you're him!"
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