Chapter 3 begins with pip is ventouring out to to meet the escaped prisoner to deilver what he recently stole but on his way runs into another escaped convict who he mistook for the other prisoner who asked pip to get the food for him. The other prisoner then runs away after seeing the orginal convict he met. He then meets up with the first convict he met and delivers his food that he stole from his own house. After running out into the marshes and delivering his food to the prisoner he goes back to his house expecting to find a constable in the kitchen but just found mrs joe questiong where hes been. Pip reply s with down to hear the carols which mrs joe believes. His sister and himself then go to attend church  however mrs joe attended church vicariously.  They then return for a christmas dinner with the pumblechook family where pip is almost verbally abused but knows he cannot say anything back. He then hands uncle pumblechhok the brandy which pip had filled with tar as he thought it was too strong.