Chapter four ended with Pip discovering soldiers at his front door. He believed that they had come for him, that they were going to arrest him because he had helped the convict. However, the sergeant announces his true business for being there. Announcing that "I am on a chase in the name of the King, and I want the blacksmith." page 29. The sergeant needs Joe to fix his handcuffs for him and Joe agrees to help. Slowly Pip begins to calm himself down. "...I collected a little more of my scattered wits." page 30. This quote shows that Pip was really shaken by the appearance of the soldiers and believed that he was truly going to be caught. Joe informs the sergeant that it will take about an hour or so for him to fix the handcuffs. The sergeant says that this is fine and that it should still give him and his men enough time to close in on the convicts.
Having heard the sergeant mention convicts the dinner party convergences around him and he explains the situation to them. Mr. Pumblechook offers the sergeant a glass of wine and that seems to lighten the mood somewhat of everyone in attendance. Once the drinking stops everyone gathers around Joe's forge and watches him work on repairing the handcuffs. Repetition of the phrase "for the fugitives" or "for them" page 31/32 draws a sense of urgency to the whole situation. The sergeant agrees to let Pip, Joe and Mr. Wopsle join in on the manhunt. At one point during the manhunt Pip comes to a realization. He thinks about the fact of whether or not "his convict" will think that he purposefully joined the manhunt against him or that he is being treacherous.
On page 33 Pip uses a simile to explain his feelings a states "With my heart thumping like a blacksmith at Joe's broad shoulder, I looked all about for any sign of the convicts." page 33. From this quote it can be seen that Pip draws a connect with Joe and that he relates to him. This is just evidence for how important Joe is to Pip. Eventually the soldiers catch up with the two convicts and capture them. Pip's convict saves Pip from getting into trouble by stating that it was him that broke into Pip's house and stole the food. He did this so Pip would not get in trouble for helping him. At the end of the chapter symbolism is used when it discuses the torches being thrown over board and extinguishing. "Then, the ends of the torches were flung hissing into the water, and went out , as if it were all over with him." page 39. This is symbolic in that it directly relates to the fate of the convicts. In chapter six Pip contemplates on his guilty conscious and the fact that he has not told Joe the truth. He fears that if he were to reveal the truth to Joe, that he would look at him differently from then on. Pip states that "But I loved Joe - perhaps for no better reason in those early days than because the dear fellow let me love him - and as to him my inner self was not so easily composed." page 40. Pip is scared that if he reveals the truth he will be in danger of losing the love of the only person that cares about him.
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