In Chapter 3, Volume 1 of Great Expectations, Pip ventures to the marsh to give the escaped convict his scrap food however on his way there he runs into a second escaped convict who startles him. Pip then meets up with the original escaped convict said to give him the food he promised and then runs of on his way.

Chapter 4 then starts with pip returning to Mrs. Joe’s house, expecting to be arrested but everything was running as normal. Pip then goes to church with Joe, excluding Mrs. Joe as she goes to church vicariously. After that, pip attends Christmas dinner with his close family who constantly ridicule him as he is unable to respond to there constant insults