Friday, March 4, 2011

Joe 31-39

I thought much of Pip and Wopsle in London. They both fit in there but I seemed so out of place. Mrs. Joe had been in a bad state for around four days, but she suddenly seemed to be doing better for a while. She sat up and even called my name. Biddy placed her arms around my neck and she said "Joe" again, then "pardon," then "pip." We sat there for a while, but when we laid her back down on her bead she was gone. It was good to see pip at the funeral, but the rest wasn't enjoyable at all. The funeral was not what I had wanted, but Mrs. Joe would have liked having the attention of the entire town when we marched her to the cemetery. Afterward, Me Biddy and Pip had dinner in the best parlor, but the change of setting and the realization that Pip was a gentleman and would expect me to have better manners made me nervous. Now everyone has left and my house is empty and quiet.What am I to do without my wife? What am I to do with Pip off to London? What am I to do with Biddy gone?

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  1. Joe, I have been doing a lot of thinking lately, and I have treated you horribly lately. The night that you left to go back home, I didn't sleep. If you could be here, I would tell you how sorry I was for treating you like you were so inferior to me. This training to be a gentleman is changing me. I can feel it. I don't understand it, Joe. Everything I do, I fear, drives my friends and family away. If I don't change myself soon, I fear there will be no way to recover my old relationships.

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  3. I don't wish for you to be nervous around me but it is better to be a gentleman. I am a gentleman and I do feel like I fit in London. I am sure you will be able to figure something out on what to do being by yourself and all. I was glad to see you too and hope to see you again.
    Pip

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  4. Dear Joe,
    I am truly sorry for your loss, but then again she was of little importance it should be easy for you to move on. Maybe Pip has a point about your manners though.

    -Estella

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