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The Diary of a Nobody
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George Grossmith Weedon Grossmith
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Then
imagine
my
astonishment
on
perceiving
both
Cummings
and
Gowing
perfectly
silent,
and
without
a
smile
on
their
faces.
After
rather
an
unpleasant
pause,
Cummings,
who
had
opened
a
cigar-case,
closed
it
up
again
and
said:
“Yes—
I
think,
after
that,
I
shall
be
going,
and
I
am
sorry
I
fail
to
see
the
fun
of
your
jokes.”
Gowing
said
he
didn’t
mind
a
joke
when
it
wasn’t
rude,
but
a
pun
on
a
name,
to
his
thinking,
was
certainly
a
little
wanting
in
good
taste.
Cummings
followed
it
up
by
saying,
if
it
had
been
said
by
anyone
else
but
myself,
he
shouldn’t
have
entered
the
house
again.
This
rather
unpleasantly
terminated
what
might
have
been
a
cheerful
evening.
However,
it
was
as
well
they
went,
for
the
charwoman
had
finished
up
the
remains
of
the
cold
pork.
APRIL
28.—
At
the
office,
the
new
and
very
young
clerk
Pitt,
who
was
very
impudent
to
me
a
week
or
so
ago,
was
late
again.
I
told
him
it
would
be
my
duty
to
inform
Mr.
Perkupp,
the
principal.
To
my
surprise,
Pitt
apologised
most
humbly
and
in
a
most
gentlemanly
fashion.
I
was
unfeignedly
pleased
to
notice
this
improvement
in
his
manner
towards
me,
and
told
him
I
would
look
over
his
unpunctuality.
Passing
down
the
room
an
hour
later.
I
received
a
smart
smack
in
the
face
from
a
rolled-up
ball
of
hard
foolscap.
I
turned
round
sharply,
but
all
the
clerks
were
apparently
riveted
to
their
work.
I
am
not
a
rich
man,
but
I
would
give
half-a-sovereign
to
know
whether
that
was
thrown
by
accident
or
design.
Went
home
early
and
bought
some
more
enamel
paint—
black
this
time—
and
spent
the
evening
touching
up
the
fender,
picture-frames,
and
an
old
pair
of
boots,
making
them
look
as
good
as
new.
Also
painted
Gowing’s
walking-stick,
which
he
left
behind,
and
made
it
look
like
ebony.
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