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The Diary of a Nobody
·
George Grossmith Weedon Grossmith
87
JANUARY
22.—
I
don’t
generally
lose
my
temper
with
servants;
but
I
had
to
speak
to
Sarah
rather
sharply
about
a
careless
habit
she
has
recently
contracted
of
shaking
the
table-cloth,
after
removing
the
breakfast
things,
in
a
manner
which
causes
all
the
crumbs
to
fall
on
the
carpet,
eventually
to
be
trodden
in.
Sarah
answered
very
rudely:
“Oh,
you
are
always
complaining.”
I
replied:
“Indeed,
I
am
not.
I
spoke
to
you
last
week
about
walking
all
over
the
drawing-room
carpet
with
a
piece
of
yellow
soap
on
the
heel
of
your
boot.”
She
said:
“And
you’re
always
grumbling
about
your
breakfast.”
I
said:
“No,
I
am
not;
but
I
feel
perfectly
justified
in
complaining
that
I
never
can
get
a
hard-boiled
egg.
The
moment
I
crack
the
shell
it
spurts
all
over
the
plate,
and
I
have
spoken
to
you
at
least
fifty
times
about
it.”
She
began
to
cry
and
make
a
scene;
but
fortunately
my
’bus
came
by,
so
I
had
a
good
excuse
for
leaving
her.
Gowing
left
a
message
in
the
evening,
that
we
were
not
to
forget
next
Saturday.
Carrie
amusingly
said:
“As
he
has
never
asked
any
friends
before,
we
are
not
likely
to
forget
it.”
JANUARY
23.—
I
asked
Lupin
to
try
and
change
the
hard
brushes,
he
recently
made
me
a
present
of,
for
some
softer
ones,
as
my
hair-dresser
tells
me
I
ought
not
to
brush
my
hair
too
much
just
now.
JANUARY
24.—
The
new
chimney-glass
came
home
for
the
back
drawing-room.
Carrie
arranged
some
fans
very
prettily
on
the
top
and
on
each
side.
It
is
an
immense
improvement
to
the
room.
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