The excitement of all these events made me seriously ill for several
weeks. Herbert was abroad, on business for Clarrikers, and there would
have been nobody to look after me, if Joe had not heard about my illness
and come to London to nurse me. When I was getting better, he told me
some of the local news. Miss Havisham had died, and left all her fortune
to Estella, except for £4000, which Matthew Pocket inherited. And Orlick
had been arrested for breaking into Pumblechook's house and stealing his
money. Dear old Joe seemed just the same, but as I got better, he began
to remember I was a gentleman, and call me sir again, and when I got up
one morning, I discovered he had gone.
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