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The Diary of a Nobody
·
George Grossmith Weedon Grossmith
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I
think
I
ate
too
heartily
of
the
“side
dishes,”
as
the
waiter
called
them.
I
said
to
Carrie:
“I
wish
I
had
put
those
‘side
dishes’
aside.”
I
repeated
this,
but
Carrie
was
busy,
packing
up
the
teaspoons
we
had
borrowed
of
Mrs.
Cummings
for
the
party.
It
was
just
half-past
eleven,
and
I
was
starting
for
the
office,
when
Lupin
appeared,
with
a
yellow
complexion,
and
said:
“Hulloh!
Guv.,
what
priced
head
have
you
this
morning?”
I
told
him
he
might
just
as
well
speak
to
me
in
Dutch.
He
added:
“When
I
woke
this
morning,
my
head
was
as
big
as
Baldwin’s
balloon.”
On
the
spur
of
the
moment
I
said
the
cleverest
thing
I
think
I
have
ever
said;
viz.:
“Perhaps
that
accounts
for
the
parashooting
pains.”
We
roared.
NOVEMBER
17.—
Still
feel
tired
and
headachy!
In
the
evening
Gowing
called,
and
was
full
of
praise
about
our
party
last
Wednesday.
He
said
everything
was
done
beautifully,
and
he
enjoyed
himself
enormously.
Gowing
can
be
a
very
nice
fellow
when
he
likes,
but
you
never
know
how
long
it
will
last.
For
instance,
he
stopped
to
supper,
and
seeing
some
blanc-mange
on
the
table,
shouted
out,
while
the
servant
was
in
the
room:
“Hulloh!
The
remains
of
Wednesday?”
NOVEMBER
18.—
Woke
up
quite
fresh
after
a
good
night’s
rest,
and
feel
quite
myself
again.
I
am
satisfied
a
life
of
going-out
and
Society
is
not
a
life
for
me;
we
therefore
declined
the
invitation
which
we
received
this
morning
to
Miss
Bird’s
wedding.
We
only
met
her
twice
at
Mrs.
James’,
and
it
means
a
present.
Lupin
said:
“I
am
with
you
for
once.
To
my
mind
a
wedding’s
a
very
poor
play.
There
are
only
two
parts
in
it—
the
bride
and
bridegroom.
The
best
man
is
only
a
walking
gentleman.
With
the
exception
of
a
crying
father
and
a
snivelling
mother,
the
rest
are
supers
who
have
to
dress
well
and
have
to
pay
for
their
insignificant
parts
in
the
shape
of
costly
presents.”
I
did
not
care
for
the
theatrical
slang,
but
thought
it
clever,
though
disrespectful.
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