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The Diary of a Nobody
·
George Grossmith Weedon Grossmith
85
JANUARY
5.—
I
can
scarcely
write
the
news.
Mr.
Perkupp
told
me
my
salary
would
be
raised
£100!
I
stood
gaping
for
a
moment
unable
to
realise
it.
I
annually
get
£10
rise,
and
I
thought
it
might
be
£15
or
even
£20;
but
£100
surpasses
all
belief.
Carrie
and
I
both
rejoiced
over
our
good
fortune.
Lupin
came
home
in
the
evening
in
the
utmost
good
spirits.
I
sent
Sarah
quietly
round
to
the
grocer’s
for
a
bottle
of
champagne,
the
same
as
we
had
before,
“Jackson
Frères.”
It
was
opened
at
supper,
and
I
said
to
Lupin:
“This
is
to
celebrate
some
good
news
I
have
received
to-day.”
Lupin
replied:
“Hooray,
Guv.!
And
I
have
some
good
news,
also;
a
double
event,
eh?”
I
said:
“My
boy,
as
a
result
of
twenty-one
years’
industry
and
strict
attention
to
the
interests
of
my
superiors
in
office,
I
have
been
rewarded
with
promotion
and
a
rise
in
salary
of
£100.”
Lupin
gave
three
cheers,
and
we
rapped
the
table
furiously,
which
brought
in
Sarah
to
see
what
the
matter
was.
Lupin
ordered
us
to
“fill
up”
again,
and
addressing
us
upstanding,
said:
“Having
been
in
the
firm
of
Job
Cleanands,
stock
and
share-brokers,
a
few
weeks,
and
not
having
paid
particular
attention
to
the
interests
of
my
superiors
in
office,
my
Guv’nor,
as
a
reward
to
me,
allotted
me
£5
worth
of
shares
in
a
really
good
thing.
The
result
is,
to-day
I
have
made
£200.”
I
said:
“Lupin,
you
are
joking.”
“No,
Guv.,
it’s
the
good
old
truth;
Job
Cleanands
put
me
on
to
Chlorates.”
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