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The Journal of a Disappointed Man
·
W. N. P. Barbellion
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"An
earthquake
must
be
a
dreadful
thing,"
she
gently
piped,
as
she
abstractedly
dealt
out
the
cards
for
a
new
game
in
a
pretty
Morris-papered
room
in
Kensington.
January
20.
At
a
Public
Dinner
...
The
timorous
man
presently
took
out
his
cigarette-case
and
was
going
to
take
out
a
cigarette,
when
he
recollected
that
he
ought
first
to
offer
one
to
the
millionaire
on
his
right.
Fortunately
the
cigarette
case
was
silver
and
the
cigarettes
appeared--from
my
side
of
the
dinner-table--to
be
fat
Egyptians.
Yet
the
timorous
and
unassuming
bug-hunter
hesitated
palpably.
Ought
he
to
offer
his
cigarettes?
He
thought
of
his
own
balance
at
the
bank
and
then
of
the
millionaire's
and
trembled.
The
case
after
all
was
only
silver
and
the
cigarettes
were
not
much
more
than
a
halfpenny
each.
Was
it
not
impertinent?
He
sat
a
moment
studying
the
open
case
which
he
held
in
both
hands
like
a
hymn
book,
while
the
millionaire
ordered
not
wines--but
a
bass!
At
last
courage
came,
and
he
inoffensively
pushed
the
cigarettes
towards
his
friend.
"No,
thanks!"
smiled
the
millionaire,
"I
don't
smoke."
And
so,
'twas
a
unicorn
dilemma
after
all.
February
15.
Spent
Xmas
week
at
work
in
her
studio,
transcribing
my
Journals
while
she
made
drawings.
All
unbeknown
to
her
I
was
copying
out
entries
of
days
gone
by--how
scandalised
she
would
be
if...!
February
22.
What
an
amazing
Masque
is
Rotten
Row
on
a
Sunday
morning!
I
sat
on
a
seat
there
this
morning
and
watched
awhile.
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