"'I haven't begun insuring yet,' he replied. 'I am looking about me.'
Somehow, that pursuit seemed more in keeping with Barnard's Inn." (Dickens 236).
This is another example of a message Dickens is trying to pass on. He is suggesting that people think twice before they make quick decisions, especially ones involving money; Pip does not do this and ends up in debt because of it. At this point, he is in Barnard's Inn, a seemingly cheap, unpleasant place, to Pip. He wants to get ahead and out of it too quickly, whereas Herbert, as he says, is "looking about [him]," before he makes any financial decisions and invests his money. As a result, Herbert ends up happy and successful.
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