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The Diary of a Nobody
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George Grossmith Weedon Grossmith
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CHAPTER
II
Tradesmen
and
the
scraper
still
troublesome.
Gowing
rather
tiresome
with
his
complaints
of
the
paint.
I
make
one
of
the
best
jokes
of
my
life.
Delights
of
Gardening.
Mr.
Stillbrook,
Gowing,
Cummings,
and
I
have
a
little
misunderstanding.
Sarah
makes
me
look
a
fool
before
Cummings.
APRIL
9.—
Commenced
the
morning
badly.
The
butcher,
whom
we
decided
not
to
arrange
with,
called
and
blackguarded
me
in
the
most
uncalled-for
manner.
He
began
by
abusing
me,
and
saying
he
did
not
want
my
custom.
I
simply
said:
“Then
what
are
you
making
all
this
fuss
about
it
for?”
And
he
shouted
out
at
the
top
of
his
voice,
so
that
all
the
neighbours
could
hear:
“Pah!
go
along.
Ugh!
I
could
buy
up
‘things’
like
you
by
the
dozen!”
I
shut
the
door,
and
was
giving
Carrie
to
understand
that
this
disgraceful
scene
was
entirely
her
fault,
when
there
was
a
violent
kicking
at
the
door,
enough
to
break
the
panels.
It
was
the
blackguard
butcher
again,
who
said
he
had
cut
his
foot
over
the
scraper,
and
would
immediately
bring
an
action
against
me.
Called
at
Farmerson’s,
the
ironmonger,
on
my
way
to
town,
and
gave
him
the
job
of
moving
the
scraper
and
repairing
the
bells,
thinking
it
scarcely
worth
while
to
trouble
the
landlord
with
such
a
trifling
matter.
Arrived
home
tired
and
worried.
Mr.
Putley,
a
painter
and
decorator,
who
had
sent
in
a
card,
said
he
could
not
match
the
colour
on
the
stairs,
as
it
contained
Indian
carmine.
He
said
he
spent
half-a-day
calling
at
warehouses
to
see
if
he
could
get
it.
He
suggested
he
should
entirely
repaint
the
stairs.
It
would
cost
very
little
more;
if
he
tried
to
match
it,
he
could
only
make
a
bad
job
of
it.
It
would
be
more
satisfactory
to
him
and
to
us
to
have
the
work
done
properly.
I
consented,
but
felt
I
had
been
talked
over.
Planted
some
mustard-and-cress
and
radishes,
and
went
to
bed
at
nine.
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