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The Diary of a Nobody
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George Grossmith Weedon Grossmith
28
MAY
9.—
Still
a
little
shaky,
with
black
specks.
The
Blackfriars
Bi-weekly
News
contains
a
long
list
of
the
guests
at
the
Mansion
House
Ball.
Disappointed
to
find
our
names
omitted,
though
Farmerson’s
is
in
plainly
enough
with
M.L.L.
after
it,
whatever
that
may
mean.
More
than
vexed,
because
we
had
ordered
a
dozen
copies
to
send
to
our
friends.
Wrote
to
the
Blackfriars
Bi-weekly
News,
pointing
out
their
omission.
Carrie
had
commenced
her
breakfast
when
I
entered
the
parlour.
I
helped
myself
to
a
cup
of
tea,
and
I
said,
perfectly
calmly
and
quietly:
“Carrie,
I
wish
a
little
explanation
of
your
conduct
last
night.”
She
replied,
“Indeed!
and
I
desire
something
more
than
a
little
explanation
of
your
conduct
the
night
before.”
I
said,
coolly:
“Really,
I
don’t
understand
you.”
Carrie
said
sneeringly:
“Probably
not;
you
were
scarcely
in
a
condition
to
understand
anything.”
I
was
astounded
at
this
insinuation
and
simply
ejaculated:
“Caroline!”
She
said:
“Don’t
be
theatrical,
it
has
no
effect
on
me.
Reserve
that
tone
for
your
new
friend,
Mister
Farmerson,
the
ironmonger.”
I
was
about
to
speak,
when
Carrie,
in
a
temper
such
as
I
have
never
seen
her
in
before,
told
me
to
hold
my
tongue.
She
said:
“Now
I’m
going
to
say
something!
After
professing
to
snub
Mr.
Farmerson,
you
permit
him
to
snub
you,
in
my
presence,
and
then
accept
his
invitation
to
take
a
glass
of
champagne
with
you,
and
you
don’t
limit
yourself
to
one
glass.
You
then
offer
this
vulgar
man,
who
made
a
bungle
of
repairing
our
scraper,
a
seat
in
our
cab
on
the
way
home.
I
say
nothing
about
his
tearing
my
dress
in
getting
in
the
cab,
nor
of
treading
on
Mrs.
James’s
expensive
fan,
which
you
knocked
out
of
my
hand,
and
for
which
he
never
even
apologised;
but
you
smoked
all
the
way
home
without
having
the
decency
to
ask
my
permission.
That
is
not
all!
At
the
end
of
the
journey,
although
he
did
not
offer
you
a
farthing
towards
his
share
of
the
cab,
you
asked
him
in.
Fortunately,
he
was
sober
enough
to
detect,
from
my
manner,
that
his
company
was
not
desirable.”
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