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The Diary of a Nobody
·
George Grossmith Weedon Grossmith
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When
he
had
gone
outside,
I
picked
up
the
battered
hat,
and
saw
inside
“Posh’s
Patent.”
Poor
Lupin!
I
can
forgive
him.
It
seemed
hours
before
we
reached
the
office.
Mr.
Perkupp
sent
for
Lupin,
who
was
with
him
nearly
an
hour.
He
returned,
as
I
thought,
crestfallen
in
appearance.
I
said:
“Well,
Lupin,
how
about
Mr.
Perkupp?”
Lupin
commenced
his
song:
“What’s
the
matter
with
Perkupp?
He’s
all
right!”
I
felt
instinctively
my
boy
was
engaged.
I
went
to
Mr.
Perkupp,
but
I
could
not
speak.
He
said:
“Well,
Mr.
Pooter,
what
is
it?”
I
must
have
looked
a
fool,
for
all
I
could
say
was:
“Mr.
Perkupp,
you
are
a
good
man.”
He
looked
at
me
for
a
moment,
and
said:
“No,
Mr.
Pooter,
you
are
the
good
man;
and
we’ll
see
if
we
cannot
get
your
son
to
follow
such
an
excellent
example.”
I
said:
“Mr.
Perkupp,
may
I
go
home?
I
cannot
work
any
more
to-day.”
My
good
master
shook
my
hand
warmly
as
he
nodded
his
head.
It
was
as
much
as
I
could
do
to
prevent
myself
from
crying
in
the
’bus;
in
fact,
I
should
have
done
so,
had
my
thoughts
not
been
interrupted
by
Lupin,
who
was
having
a
quarrel
with
a
fat
man
in
the
’bus,
whom
he
accused
of
taking
up
too
much
room.
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