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The Diary of a Nobody
·
George Grossmith Weedon Grossmith
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For
a
moment
I
could
not
speak.
When
my
speech
came
again,
I
said:
“How
dare
you,
sir?
How
dare
you
take
such
a
serious
step
without
consulting
me?
Don’t
answer
me,
sir!—
you
will
sit
down
immediately,
and
write
a
note
at
my
dictation,
withdrawing
your
resignation
and
amply
apologising
for
your
thoughtlessness.”
Imagine
my
dismay
when
he
replied
with
a
loud
guffaw:
“It’s
no
use.
If
you
want
the
good
old
truth,
I’ve
got
the
chuck!”
AUGUST
7.—
Mr.
Perkupp
has
given
me
leave
to
postpone
my
holiday
a
week,
as
we
could
not
get
the
room.
This
will
give
us
an
opportunity
of
trying
to
find
an
appointment
for
Willie
before
we
go.
The
ambition
of
my
life
would
be
to
get
him
into
Mr.
Perkupp’s
firm.
AUGUST
11.—
Although
it
is
a
serious
matter
having
our
boy
Lupin
on
our
hands,
still
it
is
satisfactory
to
know
he
was
asked
to
resign
from
the
Bank
simply
because
“he
took
no
interest
in
his
work,
and
always
arrived
an
hour
(sometimes
two
hours)
late.”
We
can
all
start
off
on
Monday
to
Broadstairs
with
a
light
heart.
This
will
take
my
mind
off
the
worry
of
the
last
few
days,
which
have
been
wasted
over
a
useless
correspondence
with
the
manager
of
the
Bank
at
Oldham.
AUGUST
13.—
Hurrah!
at
Broadstairs.
Very
nice
apartments
near
the
station.
On
the
cliffs
they
would
have
been
double
the
price.
The
landlady
had
a
nice
five
o’clock
dinner
and
tea
ready,
which
we
all
enjoyed,
though
Lupin
seemed
fastidious
because
there
happened
to
be
a
fly
in
the
butter.
It
was
very
wet
in
the
evening,
for
which
I
was
thankful,
as
it
was
a
good
excuse
for
going
to
bed
early.
Lupin
said
he
would
sit
up
and
read
a
bit.
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