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The Diary of a Nobody
·
George Grossmith Weedon Grossmith
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Lupin
burst
out
laughing,
and,
in
the
most
unseemly
manner,
said:
“Alas,
poor
Cummings.
He’ll
lose
£35.”
At
that
moment
there
was
a
ring
at
the
bell.
Lupin
said:
“I
don’t
want
to
meet
Cummings.”
If
he
had
gone
out
of
the
door
he
would
have
met
him
in
the
passage,
so
as
quickly
as
possible
Lupin
opened
the
parlour
window
and
got
out.
Gowing
jumped
up
suddenly,
exclaiming:
“I
don’t
want
to
see
him
either!”
and,
before
I
could
say
a
word,
he
followed
Lupin
out
of
the
window.
For
my
own
part,
I
was
horrified
to
think
my
own
son
and
one
of
my
most
intimate
friends
should
depart
from
the
house
like
a
couple
of
interrupted
burglars.
Poor
Cummings
was
very
upset,
and
of
course
was
naturally
very
angry
both
with
Lupin
and
Gowing.
I
pressed
him
to
have
a
little
whisky,
and
he
replied
that
he
had
given
up
whisky;
but
would
like
a
little
“Unsweetened,”
as
he
was
advised
it
was
the
most
healthy
spirit.
I
had
none
in
the
house,
but
sent
Sarah
round
to
Lockwood’s
for
some.
FEBRUARY
20.—
The
first
thing
that
caught
my
eye
on
opening
the
Standard
was—
“Great
Failure
of
Stock
and
Share
Dealers!
Mr.
Job
Cleanands
absconded!”
I
handed
it
to
Carrie,
and
she
replied:
“Oh!
perhaps
it’s
for
Lupin’s
good.
I
never
did
think
it
a
suitable
situation
for
him.”
I
thought
the
whole
affair
very
shocking.
Lupin
came
down
to
breakfast,
and
seeing
he
looked
painfully
distressed,
I
said:
“We
know
the
news,
my
dear
boy,
and
feel
very
sorry
for
you.”
Lupin
said:
“How
did
you
know?
who
told
you?”
I
handed
him
the
Standard.
He
threw
the
paper
down,
and
said:
“Oh
I
don’t
care
a
button
for
that!
I
expected
that,
but
I
did
not
expect
this.”
He
then
read
a
letter
from
Frank
Mutlar,
announcing,
in
a
cool
manner,
that
Daisy
Mutlar
is
to
be
married
next
month
to
Murray
Posh.
I
exclaimed,
“Murray
Posh!
Is
not
that
the
very
man
Frank
had
the
impudence
to
bring
here
last
Tuesday
week?”
Lupin
said:
“Yes;
the
‘Posh’s-three-shilling-hats’
chap.”
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