I chapter 5, Pip, Joe and Mr Pumblechook go with the soldiers to find the convicts that are running loose. They find the convicts in a ditch. The convict that Pip helped, saves Pip from being caught by saying that he stole the pie. They arrested the convicts and Pip, Joe and Mr Pumblechook watch the soldiers leave with the convicts on a boat and then head back home.

In chapter 6,