END OF THIS CHAPTER PIP OVERCOME AND HIS FEAR
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The second convict says he was being murdered. The sergeant replies that it makes little difference, and they set off for the landing-place. Pip's convict, to whom Pip has been able to give an indication that he was not responsible for the capture, announces that he stole food from Joe's house, including the pork pie which Mrs. joe missed just as the soldiers arrived. Joe assures him that he is welcome to it. The boats then return the convicts to the Hulks.Pip is miserable over not tellong Joe about what he has done, but he is afraid of losing Joe's confidence and friendship. "In a word, I was too cowardly to do what I knew to be right, as I had been too cowardly to avoid doing what I knew to be wrong."Joe carries the sleepy boy home on his back, and Pip gets the usual stuff reception from his sister and Mr.Pumblechook, who has an ingenious theory about how the convict got in the house and stole the pork