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The Diary of a Nobody
·
George Grossmith Weedon Grossmith
74
DECEMBER
23.—
I
exchanged
no
words
with
Lupin
in
the
morning;
but
as
he
seemed
to
be
in
exuberant
spirits
in
the
evening,
I
ventured
to
ask
him
where
he
intended
to
spend
his
Christmas.
He
replied:
“Oh,
most
likely
at
the
Mutlars’.”
In
wonderment,
I
said:
“What!
after
your
engagement
has
been
broken
off?”
Lupin
said:
“Who
said
it
is
off?”
I
said:
“You
have
given
us
both
to
understand—”
He
interrupted
me
by
saying:
“Well,
never
mind
what
I
said.
It
is
on
again—
there!”
CHAPTER
XIII
I
receive
an
insulting
Christmas
card.
We
spend
a
pleasant
Christmas
at
Carrie’s
mother’s.
A
Mr.
Moss
is
rather
too
free.
A
boisterous
evening,
during
which
I
am
struck
in
the
dark.
I
receive
an
extraordinary
letter
from
Mr.
Mutlar,
senior,
respecting
Lupin.
We
miss
drinking
out
the
Old
Year.
DECEMBER
24.—
I
am
a
poor
man,
but
I
would
gladly
give
ten
shillings
to
find
out
who
sent
me
the
insulting
Christmas
card
I
received
this
morning.
I
never
insult
people;
why
should
they
insult
me?
The
worst
part
of
the
transaction
is,
that
I
find
myself
suspecting
all
my
friends.
The
handwriting
on
the
envelope
is
evidently
disguised,
being
written
sloping
the
wrong
way.
I
cannot
think
either
Gowing
or
Cummings
would
do
such
a
mean
thing.
Lupin
denied
all
knowledge
of
it,
and
I
believe
him;
although
I
disapprove
of
his
laughing
and
sympathising
with
the
offender.
Mr.
Franching
would
be
above
such
an
act;
and
I
don’t
think
any
of
the
Mutlars
would
descend
to
such
a
course.
I
wonder
if
Pitt,
that
impudent
clerk
at
the
office,
did
it?
Or
Mrs.
Birrell,
the
charwoman,
or
Burwin-Fosselton?
The
writing
is
too
good
for
the
former.
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