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The Diary of a Nobody
·
George Grossmith Weedon Grossmith
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Lupin,
to
my
surprise,
said:
“Oh
yes.
He
showed
me
the
letter
before
he
sent
it.
I
think
he
is
right,
and
you
ought
to
apologise.”
CHAPTER
XII
A
serious
discussion
concerning
the
use
and
value
of
my
diary.
Lupin’s
opinion
of
’Xmas.
Lupin’s
unfortunate
engagement
is
on
again.
DECEMBER
17.—
As
I
open
my
scribbling
diary
I
find
the
words
“Oxford
Michaelmas
Term
ends.”
Why
this
should
induce
me
to
indulge
in
retrospective
I
don’t
know,
but
it
does.
The
last
few
weeks
of
my
diary
are
of
minimum
interest.
The
breaking
off
of
the
engagement
between
Lupin
and
Daisy
Mutlar
has
made
him
a
different
being,
and
Carrie
a
rather
depressing
companion.
She
was
a
little
dull
last
Saturday,
and
I
thought
to
cheer
her
up
by
reading
some
extracts
from
my
diary;
but
she
walked
out
of
the
room
in
the
middle
of
the
reading,
without
a
word.
On
her
return,
I
said:
“Did
my
diary
bore
you,
darling?”
She
replied,
to
my
surprise:
“I
really
wasn’t
listening,
dear.
I
was
obliged
to
leave
to
give
instructions
to
the
laundress.
In
consequence
of
some
stuff
she
puts
in
the
water,
two
more
of
Lupin’s
coloured
shirts
have
run
and
he
says
he
won’t
wear
them.”
I
said:
“Everything
is
Lupin.
It’s
all
Lupin,
Lupin,
Lupin.
There
was
not
a
single
button
on
my
shirt
yesterday,
but
I
made
no
complaint.”
Carrie
simply
replied:
“You
should
do
as
all
other
men
do,
and
wear
studs.
In
fact,
I
never
saw
anyone
but
you
wear
buttons
on
the
shirt-fronts.”
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