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The Diary of a Nobody
·
George Grossmith Weedon Grossmith
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Carrie,
who
had
listened
to
the
above
conversation
with
apparent
annoyance,
directed
a
well-aimed
shaft
at
Lupin.
She
said:
“Lupin,
why
do
you
object
to
Daisy
meeting
your
father’s
friends?
Is
it
because
they
are
not
good
enough
for
her,
or
(which
is
equally
possible)
she
is
not
good
enough
for
them?”
Lupin
was
dumbfounded,
and
could
make
no
reply.
When
he
left
the
room,
I
gave
Carrie
a
kiss
of
approval.
DECEMBER
28—
Lupin,
on
coming
down
to
breakfast,
said
to
his
mother:
“I
have
not
put
off
Daisy
and
Frank,
and
should
like
them
to
join
Gowing
and
Cummings
this
evening.”
I
felt
very
pleased
with
the
boy
for
this.
Carrie
said,
in
reply:
“I
am
glad
you
let
me
know
in
time,
as
I
can
turn
over
the
cold
leg
of
mutton,
dress
it
with
a
little
parsley,
and
no
one
will
know
it
has
been
cut.”
She
further
said
she
would
make
a
few
custards,
and
stew
some
pippins,
so
that
they
would
be
cold
by
the
evening.
Finding
Lupin
in
good
spirits,
I
asked
him
quietly
if
he
really
had
any
personal
objection
to
either
Gowing
or
Cummings.
He
replied:
“Not
in
the
least.
I
think
Cummings
looks
rather
an
ass,
but
that
is
partly
due
to
his
patronising
‘the
three-and-six-one-price
hat
company,’
and
wearing
a
reach-me-down
frock-coat.
As
for
that
perpetual
brown
velveteen
jacket
of
Gowing’s—
why,
he
resembles
an
itinerant
photographer.”
I
said
it
was
not
the
coat
that
made
the
gentleman;
whereupon
Lupin,
with
a
laugh,
replied:
“No,
and
it
wasn’t
much
of
a
gentleman
who
made
their
coats.”
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