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CHAPTER 12
Pip becomes concerned as he thinks about the fight he had with the red-headed boy. He believes he really injured the boy and is destined to be punished for it. He expects to be sent to prison and stays close to home, fearing arrest by the Constable. He tries to erase evidence of the fight-blood from the boy's nose on his trousers and on the ground-and tries to think up an explanation for the scrapes on his fingers.
He is terrified the day he has to return to Miss Havisham's. He is expecting to be arrested by the police, to be shot by Miss Havisham, or to be done in by hired mercenaries. He doesn'
