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The Diary of a Nobody
·
George Grossmith Weedon Grossmith
78
We
were
rather
jolly
at
supper,
and
Daisy
made
herself
very
agreeable,
especially
in
the
earlier
part
of
the
evening,
when
she
sang.
At
supper,
however,
she
said:
“Can
you
make
tee-to-tums
with
bread?”
and
she
commenced
rolling
up
pieces
of
bread,
and
twisting
them
round
on
the
table.
I
felt
this
to
be
bad
manners,
but
of
course
said
nothing.
Presently
Daisy
and
Lupin,
to
my
disgust,
began
throwing
bread-pills
at
each
other.
Frank
followed
suit,
and
so
did
Cummings
and
Gowing,
to
my
astonishment.
They
then
commenced
throwing
hard
pieces
of
crust,
one
piece
catching
me
on
the
forehead,
and
making
me
blink.
I
said:
“Steady,
please;
steady!”
Frank
jumped
up
and
said:
“Tum,
tum;
then
the
band
played.”
I
did
not
know
what
this
meant,
but
they
all
roared,
and
continued
the
bread-battle.
Gowing
suddenly
seized
all
the
parsley
off
the
cold
mutton,
and
threw
it
full
in
my
face.
I
looked
daggers
at
Gowing,
who
replied:
“I
say,
it’s
no
good
trying
to
look
indignant,
with
your
hair
full
of
parsley.”
I
rose
from
the
table,
and
insisted
that
a
stop
should
be
put
to
this
foolery
at
once.
Frank
Mutlar
shouted:
“Time,
gentlemen,
please!
time!”
and
turned
out
the
gas,
leaving
us
in
absolute
darkness.
I
was
feeling
my
way
out
of
the
room,
when
I
suddenly
received
a
hard
intentional
punch
at
the
back
of
my
head.
I
said
loudly:
“Who
did
that?”
There
was
no
answer;
so
I
repeated
the
question,
with
the
same
result.
I
struck
a
match,
and
lighted
the
gas.
They
were
all
talking
and
laughing,
so
I
kept
my
own
counsel;
but,
after
they
had
gone,
I
said
to
Carrie;
“The
person
who
sent
me
that
insulting
post-card
at
Christmas
was
here
to-night.”
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