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The Diary of a Nobody
·
George Grossmith Weedon Grossmith
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He
was
brought
in,
Gowing
entering
at
the
same
time.
Mr.
Murray
Posh
was
a
tall,
fat
young
man,
and
was
evidently
of
a
very
nervous
disposition,
as
he
subsequently
confessed
he
would
never
go
in
a
hansom
cab,
nor
would
he
enter
a
four-wheeler
until
the
driver
had
first
got
on
the
box
with
his
reins
in
his
hands.
On
being
introduced,
Gowing,
with
his
usual
want
of
tact,
said:
“Any
relation
to
‘Posh’s
three-shilling
hats’?”
Mr.
Posh
replied:
“Yes;
but
please
understand
I
don’t
try
on
hats
myself.
I
take
no
active
part
in
the
business.”
I
replied:
“I
wish
I
had
a
business
like
it.”
Mr.
Posh
seemed
pleased,
and
gave
a
long
but
most
interesting
history
of
the
extraordinary
difficulties
in
the
manufacture
of
cheap
hats.
Murray
Posh
evidently
knew
Daisy
Mutlar
very
intimately
from
the
way
he
was
talking
of
her;
and
Frank
said
to
Lupin
once,
laughingly:
“If
you
don’t
look
out,
Posh
will
cut
you
out!”
When
they
had
all
gone,
I
referred
to
this
flippant
conversation;
and
Lupin
said,
sarcastically:
“A
man
who
is
jealous
has
no
respect
for
himself.
A
man
who
would
be
jealous
of
an
elephant
like
Murray
Posh
could
only
have
a
contempt
for
himself.
I
know
Daisy.
She
would
wait
ten
years
for
me,
as
I
said
before;
in
fact,
if
necessary,
she
would
wait
twenty
years
for
me.”
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