As the two convicts are being discovered, they almost turn
themselves in because they are being so loud. The search party has the great opportunity
of overhearing what seems to be a great fight between the
two:
As we
came nearer to the shouting, it became more and more apparent that it was made by more
than one voice. Sometimes it seemed to stop altogether, and then the soldiers stopped.
When it broke out again, the soldiers made for it at a greater rate than ever, and we
after them. After a while, we had so run it down that we could hear one voice calling
"Murder!" and another voice, "Convicts! Runaways! Guard! This way for the runaway
convicts!" Then both voices would seem to be stifled in a struggle, and then would break
out again. And when it had come to this, the soldiers ran like deer, and Joe
too.
The convicts' noise led
the search party to them. As time goes on and discussion between the convicts and their
captors, the second convict tries to claim that the first tried to murder him. The
second is not Pip's convict, so as Pip reports these details, we almost feel him siding
with the first (my) convict.
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