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The Diary of a Nobody
·
George Grossmith Weedon Grossmith
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I
don’t
think
I
was
ever
so
surprised
in
my
life,
and
had
only
sufficient
breath
to
inform
him
that
I
had
received
a
private
invitation,
to
which
he
answered
that
he
was
perfectly
well
aware
of
that;
but
that
the
invitation
didn’t
include
eatables
and
drinkables.
A
gentleman
who
was
standing
at
the
bar
corroborated
the
waiter’s
statement,
and
assured
me
it
was
quite
correct.
The
waiter
said
he
was
extremely
sorry
if
I
had
been
under
any
misapprehension;
but
it
was
not
his
fault.
Of
course
there
was
nothing
to
be
done
but
to
pay.
So,
after
turning
out
my
pockets,
I
just
managed
to
scrape
up
sufficient,
all
but
nine
shillings;
but
the
manager,
on
my
giving
my
card
to
him,
said:
“That’s
all
right.”
I
don’t
think
I
ever
felt
more
humiliated
in
my
life,
and
I
determined
to
keep
this
misfortune
from
Carrie,
for
it
would
entirely
destroy
the
pleasant
evening
she
was
enjoying.
I
felt
there
was
no
more
enjoyment
for
me
that
evening,
and
it
being
late,
I
sought
Carrie
and
Mrs.
Lupkin.
Carrie
said
she
was
quite
ready
to
go,
and
Mrs.
Lupkin,
as
we
were
wishing
her
“Good-night,”
asked
Carrie
and
myself
if
we
ever
paid
a
visit
to
Southend?
On
my
replying
that
I
hadn’t
been
there
for
many
years,
she
very
kindly
said:
“Well,
why
don’t
you
come
down
and
stay
at
our
place?”
As
her
invitation
was
so
pressing,
and
observing
that
Carrie
wished
to
go,
we
promised
we
would
visit
her
the
next
Saturday
week,
and
stay
till
Monday.
Mrs.
Lupkin
said
she
would
write
to
us
to-morrow,
giving
us
the
address
and
particulars
of
trains,
etc.
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