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I
replied
:
"
I
am
sure
it
would
prove
quite
as
interesting
as
some
of
the
ridiculous
reminiscences
that
have
been
published
lately
.
Besides
,
it
's
the
diary
that
makes
the
man
.
Where
would
Evelyn
and
Pepys
have
been
if
it
had
not
been
for
their
diaries
?
"
Carrie
said
I
was
quite
a
philosopher
;
but
Lupin
,
in
a
jeering
tone
,
said
:
"
If
it
had
been
written
on
larger
paper
,
Guv.
,
we
might
get
a
fair
price
from
a
butterman
for
it
.
"
As
I
am
in
the
prospective
vein
,
I
vow
the
end
of
this
year
will
see
the
end
of
my
diary
.
December
19
.
--
The
annual
invitation
came
to
spend
Christmas
with
Carrie
's
mother
--
the
usual
family
festive
gathering
to
which
we
always
look
forward
.
Lupin
declined
to
go
.
I
was
astounded
,
and
expressed
my
surprise
and
disgust
.
Lupin
then
obliged
us
with
the
following
Radical
speech
:
"
I
hate
a
family
gathering
at
Christmas
.
What
does
it
mean
?
Why
someone
says
:
'
Ah
!
we
miss
poor
Uncle
James
,
who
was
here
last
year
,
'
and
we
all
begin
to
snivel
.
Someone
else
says
:
'
It
's
two
years
since
poor
Aunt
Liz
used
to
sit
in
that
corner
.
'
Then
we
all
begin
to
snivel
again
.
Then
another
gloomy
relation
says
'
Ah
!
I
wonder
whose
turn
it
will
be
next
?
'
Then
we
all
snivel
again
,
and
proceed
to
eat
and
drink
too
much
;
and
they
do
n't
discover
until
I
get
up
that
we
have
been
seated
thirteen
at
dinner
.
"
December
20
.
--
Went
to
Smirksons
'
,
the
drapers
,
in
the
Strand
,
who
this
year
have
turned
out
everything
in
the
shop
and
devoted
the
whole
place
to
the
sale
of
Christmas
cards
.
Shop
crowded
with
people
,
who
seemed
to
take
up
the
cards
rather
roughly
,
and
,
after
a
hurried
glance
at
them
,
throw
them
down
again
.
I
remarked
to
one
of
the
young
persons
serving
,
that
carelessness
appeared
to
be
a
disease
with
some
purchasers
.
The
observation
was
scarcely
out
of
my
mouth
,
when
my
thick
coat-sleeve
caught
against
a
large
pile
of
expensive
cards
in
boxes
one
on
top
of
the
other
,
and
threw
them
down
.
The
manager
came
forward
,
looking
very
much
annoyed
,
and
picking
up
several
cards
from
the
ground
,
said
to
one
of
the
assistants
,
with
a
palpable
side-glance
at
me
:
"
Put
these
amongst
the
sixpenny
goods
;
they
ca
n't
be
sold
for
a
shilling
now
.
"
The
result
was
,
I
felt
it
my
duty
to
buy
some
of
these
damaged
cards
.
I
had
to
buy
more
and
pay
more
than
intended
.
Unfortunately
I
did
not
examine
them
all
,
and
when
I
got
home
I
discovered
a
vulgar
card
with
a
picture
of
a
fat
nurse
with
two
babies
,
one
black
and
the
other
white
,
and
the
words
:
"
We
wish
Pa
a
Merry
Christmas
.
"
I
tore
up
the
card
and
threw
it
away
.
Carrie
said
the
great
disadvantage
of
going
out
in
Society
and
increasing
the
number
of
our
friends
was
,
that
we
should
have
to
send
out
nearly
two
dozen
cards
this
year
.
December
21
.
--
To
save
the
postman
a
miserable
Christmas
,
we
follow
the
example
of
all
unselfish
people
,
and
send
out
our
cards
early
.
Most
of
the
cards
had
finger-marks
,
which
I
did
not
notice
at
night
.
I
shall
buy
all
future
cards
in
the
daytime
.
Lupin
(
who
,
ever
since
he
has
had
the
appointment
with
a
stock
and
share
broker
,
does
not
seem
over-scrupulous
in
his
dealings
)
told
me
never
to
rub
out
the
pencilled
price
on
the
backs
of
the
cards
.
I
asked
him
why
.
Lupin
said
:
"
Suppose
your
card
is
marked
9d
.
Well
,
all
you
have
to
do
is
to
pencil
a
3
--
and
a
long
down-stroke
after
it
--
in
front
of
the
ninepence
,
and
people
will
think
you
have
given
five
times
the
price
for
it
.
"
In
the
evening
Lupin
was
very
low-spirited
,
and
I
reminded
him
that
behind
the
clouds
the
sun
was
shining
.
He
said
:
"
Ugh
!
it
never
shines
on
me
.
"
I
said
:
"
Stop
,
Lupin
,
my
boy
;
you
are
worried
about
Daisy
Mutlar
.
Do
n't
think
of
her
any
more
.
You
ought
to
congratulate
yourself
on
having
got
off
a
very
bad
bargain
.
Her
notions
are
far
too
grand
for
our
simple
tastes
.
"
He
jumped
up
and
said
:
"
I
wo
n't
allow
one
word
to
be
uttered
against
her
