The Diary of a Nobody

Next-door neighbours are a little troublesome. Some onetampers with m

wool mats to stand vases on. Fripps, Janus and Co. write to saythey

brown. They will look just the thing for our little hall, andgive it style; the heads

little down, Carrie invited Mrs. James to come up from Suttonand spend two or thr

e more I see of MrsJames the nicer I think she is, and she is devoted to Carrie. She went intoCarrie's room to take of

t was surpr

what to wear all the morning. Lupin does not seem toget on very well with Mrs. James. I am

drive up in dog-carts, have alre

and looking like an American, commenced singing some vulgar nonsense about "I HAD THIRTEENDOLLARS IN MY WAISTCOAT POCKET." I fancied it was meant forme, and my suspicions wer

saw the man who was in the cartretre

e. Judging from the subsequentconversation, I am afraid Mrs. James is filling Carrie's head with a lot ofn

prise, in fact disgust, Lupin got up in the middle,and, in a most sarcastic tone, said: "Pardon me, this sort of thing is too fastfor me, I shall go and enjoy a quiet game of marbles in the back-garden."Things might have become rather disagreeable but for Gowing (whoseems to have taken to Lupin) suggesting they should invent games. Lupinsaid: "Let's play 'monkeys.

bed of geraniums,evidently come from next door.

e. I replied it put me in a rage. She also had on a hat as big as a kitchen coal-scuttle, and the same shape. Mrs. James went home, andboth Lupin a

w who has wilfully tornthe last five or six we

for the record of myeveryday events, and in keeping up

thesweeps in the house. I said that was not an answer to my question. Thisretort of mine, which I thought extremely smart, would have b

for it was one of a pair ofvases which cannot be

of Carrie's cousins, the P

d left, Mrs. Birrell (thecharwoman) had cleaned the room and lighted the fire herself. Finding aburnt piece of paper in the

Birrell to be sen

is, ina measure, consoles me for the loss of a portion of my diary; for I ambound to confess the last few weeks have been devoted to the recor

ld do her best to help me; but she remembered the sweep lighting thefire with a bit of the ECHO. I requested the sweep to be sent to me to mor

soot on thedoor-step. He, however, was so polite, I could not rebuke him. He saidSarah lighted the fire. Unfortunately, Sarah heard this, for she was dustingthe banisters, and she ran down, and flew into a temper with the sweep,causing a row on the front door-steps, which I

pastmidnight. We were startled by hearing the door slam violently. Lupinhad come in. He made no attempt to turn down the gas in the passage, oreven to look into the room where we were, but went straight up to bed,making a terrible noise. I asked him to come down f

go and see about it on Monday. Oh,how my mind is relieved! I went to Lupin's room to take the

tic Club, called the "Holloway Comedians"; and, though it was a plea

pin being in for a wonder, we filled ourglasses, and I said: "Lupin my boy, I have some good and unexpectedn

e some good andunexpected news for you."I had some sligh

news."Lupin said: "Oh, it's all