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The Diary of a Nobody
·
George Grossmith Weedon Grossmith
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He
detached
his
chronometer
from
the
chain
and
made
his
watch
strike
six.
To
our
horror,
the
child
snatched
it
from
his
hand
and
bounced
it
down
upon
the
ground
like
one
would
a
ball.
Mr.
Birks
Spooner
was
most
amiable,
and
said
he
could
easily
get
a
new
glass
put
in,
and
did
not
suppose
the
works
were
damaged.
To
show
you
how
people’s
opinions
differ,
Carrie
said
the
child
was
bad-tempered,
but
it
made
up
for
that
defect
by
its
looks,
for
it
was—
in
her
mind—
an
unquestionably
beautiful
child.
I
may
be
wrong,
but
I
do
not
think
I
have
seen
a
much
uglier
child
myself.
That
is
my
opinion.
MAY
30.—
I
don’t
know
why
it
is,
but
I
never
anticipate
with
any
pleasure
the
visits
to
our
house
of
Mrs.
James,
of
Sutton.
She
is
coming
again
to
stay
for
a
few
days.
I
said
to
Carrie
this
morning,
as
I
was
leaving:
“I
wish,
dear
Carrie,
I
could
like
Mrs.
James
better
than
I
do.”
Carrie
said:
“So
do
I,
dear;
but
as
for
years
I
have
had
to
put
up
with
Mr.
Gowing,
who
is
vulgar,
and
Mr.
Cummings,
who
is
kind
but
most
uninteresting,
I
am
sure,
dear,
you
won’t
mind
the
occasional
visits
of
Mrs.
James,
who
has
more
intellect
in
her
little
finger
than
both
your
friends
have
in
their
entire
bodies.”
I
was
so
entirely
taken
back
by
this
onslaught
on
my
two
dear
old
friends,
I
could
say
nothing,
and
as
I
heard
the
’bus
coming,
I
left
with
a
hurried
kiss—
a
little
too
hurried,
perhaps,
for
my
upper
lip
came
in
contact
with
Carrie’s
teeth
and
slightly
cut
it.
It
was
quite
painful
for
an
hour
afterwards.
When
I
came
home
in
the
evening
I
found
Carrie
buried
in
a
book
on
Spiritualism,
called
There
is
no
Birth,
by
Florence
Singleyet.
I
need
scarcely
say
the
book
was
sent
her
to
read
by
Mrs.
James,
of
Sutton.
As
she
had
not
a
word
to
say
outside
her
book,
I
spent
the
rest
of
the
evening
altering
the
stair-carpets,
which
are
beginning
to
show
signs
of
wear
at
the
edges.
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