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The Diary of a Nobody
·
George Grossmith Weedon Grossmith
49
NOVEMBER
6.—
Lupin
went
with
me
to
the
office,
and
had
a
long
conversation
with
Mr.
Perkupp,
our
principal,
the
result
of
which
was
that
he
accepted
a
clerkship
in
the
firm
of
Job
Cleanands
and
Co.,
Stock
and
Share
Brokers.
Lupin
told
me,
privately,
it
was
an
advertising
firm,
and
he
did
not
think
much
of
it.
I
replied:
“Beggars
should
not
be
choosers;”
and
I
will
do
Lupin
the
justice
to
say,
he
looked
rather
ashamed
of
himself.
In
the
evening
we
went
round
to
the
Cummings’,
to
have
a
few
fireworks.
It
began
to
rain,
and
I
thought
it
rather
dull.
One
of
my
squibs
would
not
go
off,
and
Gowing
said:
“Hit
it
on
your
boot,
boy;
it
will
go
off
then.”
I
gave
it
a
few
knocks
on
the
end
of
my
boot,
and
it
went
off
with
one
loud
explosion,
and
burnt
my
fingers
rather
badly.
I
gave
the
rest
of
the
squibs
to
the
little
Cummings’
boy
to
let
off.
Another
unfortunate
thing
happened,
which
brought
a
heap
of
abuse
on
my
head.
Cummings
fastened
a
large
wheel
set-piece
on
a
stake
in
the
ground
by
way
of
a
grand
finale.
He
made
a
great
fuss
about
it;
said
it
cost
seven
shillings.
There
was
a
little
difficulty
in
getting
it
alight.
At
last
it
went
off;
but
after
a
couple
of
slow
revolutions
it
stopped.
I
had
my
stick
with
me,
so
I
gave
it
a
tap
to
send
it
round,
and,
unfortunately,
it
fell
off
the
stake
on
to
the
grass.
Anybody
would
have
thought
I
had
set
the
house
on
fire
from
the
way
in
which
they
stormed
at
me.
I
will
never
join
in
any
more
firework
parties.
It
is
a
ridiculous
waste
of
time
and
money.
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