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The Diary of a Nobody
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George Grossmith Weedon Grossmith
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MAY
24.—
Carrie
back.
Hoorah!
She
looks
wonderfully
well,
except
that
the
sun
has
caught
her
nose.
MAY
25.—
Carrie
brought
down
some
of
my
shirts
and
advised
me
to
take
them
to
Trillip’s
round
the
corner.
She
said:
“The
fronts
and
cuffs
are
much
frayed.”
I
said
without
a
moment’s
hesitation:
“I’m
’frayed
they
are.”
Lor!
how
we
roared.
I
thought
we
should
never
stop
laughing.
As
I
happened
to
be
sitting
next
the
driver
going
to
town
on
the
’bus,
I
told
him
my
joke
about
the
“frayed”
shirts.
I
thought
he
would
have
rolled
off
his
seat.
They
laughed
at
the
office
a
good
bit
too
over
it.
MAY
26.—
Left
the
shirts
to
be
repaired
at
Trillip’s.
I
said
to
him:
“I’m
’fraid
they
are
frayed.”
He
said,
without
a
smile:
“They’re
bound
to
do
that,
sir.”
Some
people
seem
to
be
quite
destitute
of
a
sense
of
humour.
JUNE
1.—
The
last
week
has
been
like
old
times,
Carrie
being
back,
and
Gowing
and
Cummings
calling
every
evening
nearly.
Twice
we
sat
out
in
the
garden
quite
late.
This
evening
we
were
like
a
pack
of
children,
and
played
“consequences.”
It
is
a
good
game.
JUNE
2.—
“Consequences”
again
this
evening.
Not
quite
so
successful
as
last
night;
Gowing
having
several
times
overstepped
the
limits
of
good
taste.
JUNE
4.—
In
the
evening
Carrie
and
I
went
round
to
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Cummings’
to
spend
a
quiet
evening
with
them.
Gowing
was
there,
also
Mr.
Stillbrook.
It
was
quiet
but
pleasant.
Mrs.
Cummings
sang
five
or
six
songs,
“No,
Sir,”
and
“The
Garden
of
Sleep,”
being
best
in
my
humble
judgment;
but
what
pleased
me
most
was
the
duet
she
sang
with
Carrie—
classical
duet,
too.
I
think
it
is
called,
“I
would
that
my
love!”
It
was
beautiful.
If
Carrie
had
been
in
better
voice,
I
don’t
think
professionals
could
have
sung
it
better.
After
supper
we
made
them
sing
it
again.
I
never
liked
Mr.
Stillbrook
since
the
walk
that
Sunday
to
the
“Cow
and
Hedge,”
but
I
must
say
he
sings
comic-songs
well.
His
song:
“We
don’t
Want
the
old
men
now,”
made
us
shriek
with
laughter,
especially
the
verse
referring
to
Mr.
Gladstone;
but
there
was
one
verse
I
think
he
might
have
omitted,
and
I
said
so,
but
Gowing
thought
it
was
the
best
of
the
lot.
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