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The Diary of a Nobody
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George Grossmith Weedon Grossmith
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I
must
say
we
were
all
astounded.
I
never
saw
such
a
resemblance.
It
was
astonishing.
The
only
person
who
did
not
appear
interested
was
the
man
Padge,
who
had
got
the
best
arm-chair,
and
was
puffing
away
at
a
foul
pipe
into
the
fireplace.
After
some
little
time
I
said;
“Why
do
actors
always
wear
their
hair
so
long?”
Carrie
in
a
moment
said,
“Mr.
Hare
doesn’t
wear
long
hair.”
How
we
laughed
except
Mr.
Fosselton,
who
said,
in
a
rather
patronising
kind
of
way,
“The
joke,
Mrs.
Pooter,
is
extremely
appropriate,
if
not
altogether
new.”
Thinking
this
rather
a
snub,
I
said:
“Mr.
Fosselton,
I
fancy—”
He
interrupted
me
by
saying:
“Mr.
Burwin-Fosselton,
if
you
please,”
which
made
me
quite
forget
what
I
was
going
to
say
to
him.
During
the
supper
Mr.
Burwin-Fosselton
again
monopolised
the
conversation
with
his
Irving
talk,
and
both
Carrie
and
I
came
to
the
conclusion
one
can
have
even
too
much
imitation
of
Irving.
After
supper,
Mr.
Burwin-Fosselton
got
a
little
too
boisterous
over
his
Irving
imitation,
and
suddenly
seizing
Gowing
by
the
collar
of
his
coat,
dug
his
thumb-nail,
accidentally
of
course,
into
Gowing’s
neck
and
took
a
piece
of
flesh
out.
Gowing
was
rightly
annoyed,
but
that
man
Padge,
who
having
declined
our
modest
supper
in
order
that
he
should
not
lose
his
comfortable
chair,
burst
into
an
uncontrollable
fit
of
laughter
at
the
little
misadventure.
I
was
so
annoyed
at
the
conduct
of
Padge,
I
said:
“I
suppose
you
would
have
laughed
if
he
had
poked
Mr.
Gowing’s
eye
out?”
to
which
Padge
replied:
“That’s
right,”
and
laughed
more
than
ever.
I
think
perhaps
the
greatest
surprise
was
when
we
broke
up,
for
Mr.
Burwin-Fosselton
said:
“Good-night,
Mr.
Pooter.
I’m
glad
you
like
the
imitation,
I’ll
bring
the
other
make-up
to-morrow
night.”
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