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CHAPTER 4
Pip expects to find the constable in his kitchen, but he isn't there. His sister has not discovered that the pie is missing. She has put her husband out of the house to keep him from being underfoot while she prepares for the festivities.
Mrs. Joe asks Pip where he has been. Pip says he went to hear the Carols. Mrs. Joe complains that she never gets to hear the Carols, and probably it is because she wants to. She is practically a slave who always has to work. Joe gestures to Pip that Mrs. Joe is crosser than usual.
Mrs. Joe tidies up the house, making it more uncomfortable in its cleanliness. Pip
