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The Diary of a Nobody
·
George Grossmith Weedon Grossmith
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Another
thing
that
annoyed
me
at
dinner
was
that
the
collie
dog,
which
jumped
up
at
Carrie,
was
allowed
to
remain
under
the
dining-room
table.
It
kept
growling
and
snapping
at
my
boots
every
time
I
moved
my
foot.
Feeling
nervous
rather,
I
spoke
to
Mrs.
Finsworth
about
the
animal,
and
she
remarked:
“It
is
only
his
play.”
She
jumped
up
and
let
in
a
frightfully
ugly-looking
spaniel
called
Bibbs,
which
had
been
scratching
at
the
door.
This
dog
also
seemed
to
take
a
fancy
to
my
boots,
and
I
discovered
afterwards
that
it
had
licked
off
every
bit
of
blacking
from
them.
I
was
positively
ashamed
of
being
seen
in
them.
Mrs.
Finsworth,
who,
I
must
say,
is
not
much
of
a
Job’s
comforter,
said:
“Oh!
we
are
used
to
Bibbs
doing
that
to
our
visitors.”
Mr.
Finsworth
had
up
some
fine
port,
although
I
question
whether
it
is
a
good
thing
to
take
on
the
top
of
beer.
It
made
me
feel
a
little
sleepy,
while
it
had
the
effect
of
inducing
Mr.
Short
to
become
“privileged”
to
rather
an
alarming
extent.
It
being
cold
even
for
April,
there
was
a
fire
in
the
drawing-room;
we
sat
round
in
easy-chairs,
and
Teddy
and
I
waxed
rather
eloquent
over
the
old
school
days,
which
had
the
effect
of
sending
all
the
others
to
sleep.
I
was
delighted,
as
far
as
Mr.
Short
was
concerned,
that
it
did
have
that
effect
on
him.
We
stayed
till
four,
and
the
walk
home
was
remarkable
only
for
the
fact
that
several
fools
giggled
at
the
unpolished
state
of
my
boots.
Polished
them
myself
when
I
got
home.
Went
to
church
in
the
evening,
and
could
scarcely
keep
awake.
I
will
not
take
port
on
the
top
of
beer
again.
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