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The Diary of a Nobody
·
George Grossmith Weedon Grossmith
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Gowing
said:
“I
always
said
he
would
get
on,
and,
take
my
word,
he
has
more
in
his
head
than
we
three
put
together.”
Carrie
said:
“He
is
a
second
Hardfur
Huttle.”
CHAPTER
XXII
Master
Percy
Edgar
Smith
James.
Mrs.
James
(of
Sutton)
visits
us
again
and
introduces
“Spiritual
Séances.”
MAY
26,
Sunday.—
We
went
to
Sutton
after
dinner
to
have
meat-tea
with
Mr.
and
Mrs.
James.
I
had
no
appetite,
having
dined
well
at
two,
and
the
entire
evening
was
spoiled
by
little
Percy—
their
only
son—
who
seems
to
me
to
be
an
utterly
spoiled
child.
Two
or
three
times
he
came
up
to
me
and
deliberately
kicked
my
shins.
He
hurt
me
once
so
much
that
the
tears
came
into
my
eyes.
I
gently
remonstrated
with
him,
and
Mrs.
James
said:
“Please
don’t
scold
him;
I
do
not
believe
in
being
too
severe
with
young
children.
You
spoil
their
character.”
Little
Percy
set
up
a
deafening
yell
here,
and
when
Carrie
tried
to
pacify
him,
he
slapped
her
face.
I
was
so
annoyed,
I
said:
“That
is
not
my
idea
of
bringing
up
children,
Mrs.
James.”
Mrs.
James
said.
“People
have
different
ideas
of
bringing
up
children—
even
your
son
Lupin
is
not
the
standard
of
perfection.”
A
Mr.
Mezzini
(an
Italian,
I
fancy)
here
took
Percy
in
his
lap.
The
child
wriggled
and
kicked
and
broke
away
from
Mr.
Mezzini,
saying:
“I
don’t
like
you—
you’ve
got
a
dirty
face.”
A
very
nice
gentleman,
Mr.
Birks
Spooner,
took
the
child
by
the
wrist
and
said:
“Come
here,
dear,
and
listen
to
this.”
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