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The Diary of a Nobody
·
George Grossmith Weedon Grossmith
69
“I
have
registered
a
vow
to
mount
the
steps
of
fame.
I
may
crawl,
I
may
slip,
I
may
even
falter
(we
are
all
weak),
but
reach
the
top
rung
of
the
ladder
I
will!!!
When
there,
my
voice
shall
be
heard,
for
I
will
shout
to
the
multitudes
below:
‘Vici!’
For
the
present
I
am
only
an
amateur,
and
my
work
is
unknown,
forsooth,
save
to
a
party
of
friends,
with
here
and
there
an
enemy.
“But,
Mr.
Pooter,
let
me
ask
you,
‘What
is
the
difference
between
the
amateur
and
the
professional?’
“None!!!
“Stay!
Yes,
there
is
a
difference.
One
is
paid
for
doing
what
the
other
does
as
skilfully
for
nothing!
“But
I
will
be
paid,
too!
For
I,
contrary
to
the
wishes
of
my
family
and
friends,
have
at
last
elected
to
adopt
the
stage
as
my
profession.
And
when
the
farce
craze
is
over—
and,
mark
you,
that
will
be
soon—
I
will
make
my
power
known;
for
I
feel—
pardon
my
apparent
conceit—
that
there
is
no
living
man
who
can
play
the
hump-backed
Richard
as
I
feel
and
know
I
can.
“And
you
will
be
the
first
to
come
round
and
bend
your
head
in
submission.
There
are
many
matters
you
may
understand,
but
knowledge
of
the
fine
art
of
acting
is
to
you
an
unknown
quantity.
“Pray
let
this
discussion
cease
with
this
letter.
Vale!
Yours
truly,
“BURWIN-FOSSELTON.”
I
was
disgusted.
When
Lupin
came
in,
I
handed
him
this
impertinent
letter,
and
said:
“My
boy,
in
that
letter
you
can
see
the
true
character
of
your
friend.”
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