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The Diary of a Nobody
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George Grossmith Weedon Grossmith
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Cummings
said
surely
some
imitations
were
better
than
the
originals.
I
made
what
I
considered
a
very
clever
remark:
“Without
an
original
there
can
be
no
imitation.”
Mr.
Burwin-Fosselton
said
quite
impertinently:
“Don’t
discuss
me
in
my
presence,
if
you
please;
and,
Mr.
Pooter,
I
should
advise
you
to
talk
about
what
you
understand;”
to
which
that
cad
Padge
replied:
“That’s
right.”
Dear
Carrie
saved
the
whole
thing
by
suddenly
saying:
“I’ll
be
Ellen
Terry.”
Dear
Carrie’s
imitation
wasn’t
a
bit
liked,
but
she
was
so
spontaneous
and
so
funny
that
the
disagreeable
discussion
passed
off.
When
they
left,
I
very
pointedly
said
to
Mr.
Burwin-Fosselton
and
Mr.
Padge
that
we
should
be
engaged
to-morrow
evening.
NOVEMBER
25.—
Had
a
long
letter
from
Mr.
Fosselton
respecting
last
night’s
Irving
discussion.
I
was
very
angry,
and
I
wrote
and
said
I
knew
little
or
nothing
about
stage
matters,
was
not
in
the
least
interested
in
them
and
positively
declined
to
be
drawn
into
a
discussion
on
the
subject,
even
at
the
risk
of
its
leading
to
a
breach
of
friendship.
I
never
wrote
a
more
determined
letter.
On
returning
home
at
the
usual
hour
on
Saturday
afternoon
I
met
near
the
Archway
Daisy
Mutlar.
My
heart
gave
a
leap.
I
bowed
rather
stiffly,
but
she
affected
not
to
have
seen
me.
Very
much
annoyed
in
the
evening
by
the
laundress
sending
home
an
odd
sock.
Sarah
said
she
sent
two
pairs,
and
the
laundress
declared
only
a
pair
and
a
half
were
sent.
I
spoke
to
Carrie
about
it,
but
she
rather
testily
replied:
“I
am
tired
of
speaking
to
her;
you
had
better
go
and
speak
to
her
yourself.
She
is
outside.”
I
did
so,
but
the
laundress
declared
that
only
an
odd
sock
was
sent.
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