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The Diary of a Nobody
·
George Grossmith Weedon Grossmith
73
I
had
to
buy
more
and
pay
more
than
intended.
Unfortunately
I
did
not
examine
them
all,
and
when
I
got
home
I
discovered
a
vulgar
card
with
a
picture
of
a
fat
nurse
with
two
babies,
one
black
and
the
other
white,
and
the
words:
“We
wish
Pa
a
Merry
Christmas.”
I
tore
up
the
card
and
threw
it
away.
Carrie
said
the
great
disadvantage
of
going
out
in
Society
and
increasing
the
number
of
our
friends
was,
that
we
should
have
to
send
out
nearly
two
dozen
cards
this
year.
DECEMBER
21.—
To
save
the
postman
a
miserable
Christmas,
we
follow
the
example
of
all
unselfish
people,
and
send
out
our
cards
early.
Most
of
the
cards
had
finger-marks,
which
I
did
not
notice
at
night.
I
shall
buy
all
future
cards
in
the
daytime.
Lupin
(who,
ever
since
he
has
had
the
appointment
with
a
stock
and
share
broker,
does
not
seem
over-scrupulous
in
his
dealings)
told
me
never
to
rub
out
the
pencilled
price
on
the
backs
of
the
cards.
I
asked
him
why.
Lupin
said:
“Suppose
your
card
is
marked
9d.
Well,
all
you
have
to
do
is
to
pencil
a
3—
and
a
long
down-stroke
after
it—
in
front
of
the
ninepence,
and
people
will
think
you
have
given
five
times
the
price
for
it.”
In
the
evening
Lupin
was
very
low-spirited,
and
I
reminded
him
that
behind
the
clouds
the
sun
was
shining.
He
said:
“Ugh!
it
never
shines
on
me.”
I
said:
“Stop,
Lupin,
my
boy;
you
are
worried
about
Daisy
Mutlar.
Don’t
think
of
her
any
more.
You
ought
to
congratulate
yourself
on
having
got
off
a
very
bad
bargain.
Her
notions
are
far
too
grand
for
our
simple
tastes.”
He
jumped
up
and
said:
“I
won’t
allow
one
word
to
be
uttered
against
her.
She’s
worth
the
whole
bunch
of
your
friends
put
together,
that
inflated,
sloping-head
of
a
Perkupp
included.”
I
left
the
room
with
silent
dignity,
but
caught
my
foot
in
the
mat.
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