Pip attends his sister's funeral, run by Mr. Trabb. It is a ridiculous affair, with grown men wrapped in cloaks with large bows tied under their chins. Joe is careful at dinner to properly use his knife and fork but is more relaxed when he goes outside with Pip to smoke his pipe. He is delighted when Pip asks to stay in his old room and Pip feels pleased with himself. Pip has some harsh words with Biddy as to why she did not write him about things. She calls him Mr. Pip now, and she stands her ground. She also lets Pip know that Orlick is working in a quarry and hangs around watching them. They have more angry words after she questions his resolve to visit Joe more often. When he leaves the next day, he tells her he is hurt, but as he leaves town he suspects she is right.
Back in London, Pip comes of age. Jaggers tells Pip he is aware of Pip's debts. He also gives him a five-hundred-pound note for his birthday from his benefactor and tells him his financial affairs are now in his own hands. He will get 125 pounds per quarter to spend as he sees fit, until such time as the benefactor makes himself known. At that point, Jaggers' connection in all this is over. Jaggers comes to dinner at Pip's apartment to celebrate his birthday, but the attorney's presence leaves both Pip and Herbert in a melancholy and guilty frame of mind.
