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The Diary of a Nobody
·
George Grossmith Weedon Grossmith
79
DECEMBER
29.—
I
had
a
most
vivid
dream
last
night.
I
woke
up,
and
on
falling
asleep,
dreamed
the
same
dream
over
again
precisely.
I
dreamt
I
heard
Frank
Mutlar
telling
his
sister
that
he
had
not
only
sent
me
the
insulting
Christmas
card,
but
admitted
that
he
was
the
one
who
punched
my
head
last
night
in
the
dark.
As
fate
would
have
it,
Lupin,
at
breakfast,
was
reading
extracts
from
a
letter
he
had
just
received
from
Frank.
I
asked
him
to
pass
the
envelope,
that
I
might
compare
the
writing.
He
did
so,
and
I
examined
it
by
the
side
of
the
envelope
containing
the
Christmas
card.
I
detected
a
similarity
in
the
writing,
in
spite
of
the
attempted
disguise.
I
passed
them
on
to
Carrie,
who
began
to
laugh.
I
asked
her
what
she
was
laughing
at,
and
she
said
the
card
was
never
directed
to
me
at
all.
It
was
“L.
Pooter,”
not
“C.
Pooter.”
Lupin
asked
to
look
at
the
direction
and
the
card,
and
exclaimed,
with
a
laugh:
“Oh
yes,
Guv.,
it’s
meant
for
me.”
I
said:
“Are
you
in
the
habit
of
receiving
insulting
Christmas
cards?”
He
replied:
“Oh
yes,
and
of
sending
them,
too.”
In
the
evening
Gowing
called,
and
said
he
enjoyed
himself
very
much
last
night.
I
took
the
opportunity
to
confide
in
him,
as
an
old
friend,
about
the
vicious
punch
last
night.
He
burst
out
laughing,
and
said:
“Oh,
it
was
your
head,
was
it?
I
know
I
accidentally
hit
something,
but
I
thought
it
was
a
brick
wall.”
I
told
him
I
felt
hurt,
in
both
senses
of
the
expression.
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