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The Diary of a Nobody
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George Grossmith Weedon Grossmith
21
MAY
1.—
Carrie
said:
“I
should
like
to
send
mother
the
invitation
to
look
at.”
I
consented,
as
soon
as
I
had
answered
it.
I
told
Mr.
Perkupp,
at
the
office,
with
a
feeling
of
pride,
that
we
had
received
an
invitation
to
the
Mansion
House;
and
he
said,
to
my
astonishment,
that
he
himself
gave
in
my
name
to
the
Lord
Mayor’s
secretary.
I
felt
this
rather
discounted
the
value
of
the
invitation,
but
I
thanked
him;
and
in
reply
to
me,
he
described
how
I
was
to
answer
it.
I
felt
the
reply
was
too
simple;
but
of
course
Mr.
Perkupp
knows
best.
MAY
2.—
Sent
my
dress-coat
and
trousers
to
the
little
tailor’s
round
the
corner,
to
have
the
creases
taken
out.
Told
Gowing
not
to
call
next
Monday,
as
we
were
going
to
the
Mansion
House.
Sent
similar
note
to
Cummings.
MAY
3.—
Carrie
went
to
Mrs.
James,
at
Sutton,
to
consult
about
her
dress
for
next
Monday.
While
speaking
incidentally
to
Spotch,
one
of
our
head
clerks,
about
the
Mansion
House,
he
said:
“Oh,
I’m
asked,
but
don’t
think
I
shall
go.”
When
a
vulgar
man
like
Spotch
is
asked,
I
feel
my
invitation
is
considerably
discounted.
In
the
evening,
while
I
was
out,
the
little
tailor
brought
round
my
coat
and
trousers,
and
because
Sarah
had
not
a
shilling
to
pay
for
the
pressing,
he
took
them
away
again.
MAY
4.—
Carrie’s
mother
returned
the
Lord
Mayor’s
invitation,
which
was
sent
to
her
to
look
at,
with
apologies
for
having
upset
a
glass
of
port
over
it.
I
was
too
angry
to
say
anything.
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