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The Diary of a Nobody
·
George Grossmith Weedon Grossmith
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CHAPTER
XVI
We
lose
money
over
Lupin’s
advice
as
to
investment,
so
does
Cummings.
Murray
Posh
engaged
to
Daisy
Mutlar.
FEBRUARY
18.—
Carrie
has
several
times
recently
called
attention
to
the
thinness
of
my
hair
at
the
top
of
my
head,
and
recommended
me
to
get
it
seen
to.
I
was
this
morning
trying
to
look
at
it
by
the
aid
of
a
small
hand-glass,
when
somehow
my
elbow
caught
against
the
edge
of
the
chest
of
drawers
and
knocked
the
glass
out
of
my
hand
and
smashed
it.
Carrie
was
in
an
awful
way
about
it,
as
she
is
rather
absurdly
superstitious.
To
make
matters
worse,
my
large
photograph
in
the
drawing-room
fell
during
the
night,
and
the
glass
cracked.
Carrie
said:
“Mark
my
words,
Charles,
some
misfortune
is
about
to
happen.”
I
said:
“Nonsense,
dear.”
In
the
evening
Lupin
arrived
home
early,
and
seemed
a
little
agitated.
I
said:
“What’s
up,
my
boy?”
He
hesitated
a
good
deal,
and
then
said:
“You
know
those
Parachikka
Chlorates
I
advised
you
to
invest
£20
in?”
I
replied:
“Yes,
they
are
all
right,
I
trust?”
He
replied:
“Well,
no!
To
the
surprise
of
everybody,
they
have
utterly
collapsed.”
My
breath
was
so
completely
taken
away,
I
could
say
nothing.
Carrie
looked
at
me,
and
said:
“What
did
I
tell
you?”
Lupin,
after
a
while,
said:
“However,
you
are
specially
fortunate.
I
received
an
early
tip,
and
sold
out
yours
immediately,
and
was
fortunate
to
get
£2
for
them.
So
you
get
something
after
all.”
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