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As Joe works, the middle-class guests—including the pompous and Mr. Wopsle —treat the impending manhunt like an entertaining "fox hunt". Pip, however, is consumed by dread. He is terrified that if the convicts are caught, his own secret theft of food and a file will be revealed. The Capture on the Marshes

: Before being led away to the prison ships (the Hulks), Magwitch tells the sergeant that he was the one who stole a pie and a file from the blacksmith's house. 5. Great Ex-pectations

Joe, Pip, and Mr. Wopsle follow the soldiers out into the raw, misty marshes. They eventually find the two escaped convicts, and his bitter enemy Compeyson , locked in a violent struggle in a ditch. He is terrified that if the convicts are

The story picks up on a cold, dreary Christmas Day. The festive dinner at the Gargery household is interrupted by a party of soldiers who need , the village blacksmith, to repair a pair of handcuffs. Wopsle follow the soldiers out into the raw, misty marshes

In Charles Dickens' classic Great Expectations , marks a pivotal and tense conclusion to the opening arc involving the escaped convicts. The Christmas Day Manhunt