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241
I
wonder
I
waste
my
time
entering
his
insulting
observations
in
my
diary
.
242
The
next
arrivals
were
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Cummings
.
The
former
said
:
"
As
you
did
n't
say
anything
about
dress
,
I
have
come
'
half
dress
.
"'
He
had
on
a
black
frock-coat
and
white
tie
.
The
James
'
,
Mr.
Merton
,
and
Mr.
Stillbrook
arrived
,
but
Lupin
was
restless
and
unbearable
till
his
Daisy
Mutlar
and
Frank
arrived
.
243
Carrie
and
I
were
rather
startled
at
Daisy
's
appearance
.
She
had
a
bright-crimson
dress
on
,
cut
very
low
in
the
neck
.
I
do
not
think
such
a
style
modest
.
She
ought
to
have
taken
a
lesson
from
Carrie
,
and
covered
her
shoulders
with
a
little
lace
.
Mr.
Nackles
,
Mr.
Sprice
--
Hogg
and
his
four
daughters
came
;
so
did
Franching
,
and
one
or
two
of
Lupin
's
new
friends
,
members
of
the
"
Holloway
Comedians
.
"
Some
of
these
seemed
rather
theatrical
in
their
manner
,
especially
one
,
who
was
posing
all
the
evening
,
and
leant
on
our
little
round
table
and
cracked
it
.
Lupin
called
him
"
our
Henry
,
"
and
said
he
was
"
our
lead
at
the
H.C.
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's
,
"
and
was
quite
as
good
in
that
department
as
Harry
Mutlar
was
as
the
low-comedy
merchant
.
All
this
is
Greek
to
me
.
245
We
had
some
music
,
and
Lupin
,
who
never
left
Daisy
's
side
for
a
moment
,
raved
over
her
singing
of
a
song
,
called
"
Some
Day
.
"
It
seemed
a
pretty
song
,
but
she
made
such
grimaces
,
and
sang
,
to
my
mind
,
so
out
of
tune
,
I
would
not
have
asked
her
to
sing
again
;
but
Lupin
made
her
sing
four
songs
right
off
,
one
after
the
other
.
246
At
ten
o'clock
we
went
down
to
supper
,
and
from
the
way
Gowing
and
Cummings
ate
you
would
have
thought
they
had
not
had
a
meal
for
a
month
.
I
told
Carrie
to
keep
something
back
in
case
Mr.
Perkupp
should
come
by
mere
chance
.
Gowing
annoyed
me
very
much
by
filling
a
large
tumbler
of
champagne
,
and
drinking
it
straight
off
.
He
repeated
this
action
,
and
made
me
fear
our
half-dozen
of
champagne
would
not
last
out
.
I
tried
to
keep
a
bottle
back
,
but
Lupin
got
hold
of
it
,
and
took
it
to
the
side-table
with
Daisy
and
Frank
Mutlar
.
247
We
went
upstairs
,
and
the
young
fellows
began
skylarking
.
Carrie
put
a
stop
to
that
at
once
.
Stillbrook
amused
us
with
a
song
,
"
What
have
you
done
with
your
Cousin
John
?
"
I
did
not
notice
that
Lupin
and
Frank
had
disappeared
.
I
asked
Mr.
Watson
,
one
of
the
Holloways
,
where
they
were
,
and
he
said
:
"
It
's
a
case
of
'
Oh
,
what
a
surprise
!
"'
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We
were
directed
to
form
a
circle
--
which
we
did
.
Watson
then
said
:
"
I
have
much
pleasure
in
introducing
the
celebrated
Blondin
Donkey
.
"
Frank
and
Lupin
then
bounded
into
the
room
.
249
Lupin
had
whitened
his
face
like
a
clown
,
and
Frank
had
tied
round
his
waist
a
large
hearthrug
.
He
was
supposed
to
be
the
donkey
,
and
he
looked
it
.
They
indulged
in
a
very
noisy
pantomime
,
and
we
were
all
shrieking
with
laughter
.
250
I
turned
round
suddenly
,
and
then
I
saw
Mr.
Perkupp
standing
half-way
in
the
door
,
he
having
arrived
without
our
knowing
it
.
I
beckoned
to
Carrie
,
and
we
went
up
to
him
at
once
.
He
would
not
come
right
into
the
room
.
I
apologised
for
the
foolery
,
but
Mr.
Perkupp
said
:
"
Oh
,
it
seems
amusing
.
"
I
could
see
he
was
not
a
bit
amused
.