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As Pip takes on his Great Expectations, he meets the pale young gentle man again.  Herbert Pocket and Pip become good friends as he takes on the challenge of becoming a gentleman.  This relates to the first stage when Pip first meets his new companion. Pip spends some of his time at Barnard's Inn with Herbert and lives at the Pocket household also.  At Herbert's house, he and Pip relax by boating on the river with some of the other residents of their living spaces, Startop and Drummle.

This corresponds to the "becoming a gentleman" motif.   Pip and Herbert are both taking on their Expectations together which is their biggest challenge growing up.  The contrast between them is Pip doesn't seem to have much direction in his life, so far, and has used his time for recreational purposes and Herbert has a job and his future mapped out in his head.  This growing up motif relates to the first stage of where the two young men meet.  They first come upon eachother at Miss Havisham's one day.  This was the original start of Pip's unsatisfaction with his common life that started his need for advancement and then meets with Herbert again as he is fulfilling his wishes.