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The Diary of a Nobody
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George Grossmith Weedon Grossmith
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I
must
say
it
was
quite
a
distinguished
party,
and
although
we
did
not
know
anybody
personally,
they
all
seemed
to
be
quite
swells.
Franching
had
got
a
professional
waiter,
and
evidently
spared
no
expense.
There
were
flowers
on
the
table
round
some
fairy-lamps
and
the
effect,
I
must
say,
was
exquisite.
The
wine
was
good
and
there
was
plenty
of
champagne,
concerning
which
Franching
said
he
himself,
never
wished
to
taste
better.
We
were
ten
in
number,
and
a
menû
card
to
each.
One
lady
said
she
always
preserved
the
menû
and
got
the
guests
to
write
their
names
on
the
back.
We
all
of
us
followed
her
example,
except
Mr.
Huttle,
who
was
of
course
the
important
guest.
The
dinner-party
consisted
of
Mr.
Franching,
Mr.
Hardfur
Huttle,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Samuel
Hillbutter,
Mrs.
Field,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Purdick,
Mr.
Pratt,
Mr.
R.
Kent,
and,
last
but
not
least,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Charles
Pooter.
Franching
said
he
was
sorry
he
had
no
lady
for
me
to
take
in
to
dinner.
I
replied
that
I
preferred
it,
which
I
afterwards
thought
was
a
very
uncomplimentary
observation
to
make.
I
sat
next
to
Mrs.
Field
at
dinner.
She
seemed
a
well-informed
lady,
but
was
very
deaf.
It
did
not
much
matter,
for
Mr.
Hardfur
Huttle
did
all
the
talking.
He
is
a
marvellously
intellectual
man
and
says
things
which
from
other
people
would
seem
quite
alarming.
How
I
wish
I
could
remember
even
a
quarter
of
his
brilliant
conversation.
I
made
a
few
little
reminding
notes
on
the
menû
card.
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