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In
the
evening
Carrie
sent
round
for
dear
old
friend
Cummings
and
his
wife
,
and
also
to
Gowing
.
We
all
sat
round
the
fire
,
and
in
a
bottle
of
"
Jackson
Frères
,
"
which
Sarah
fetched
from
the
grocer
's
,
drank
Lupin
's
health
.
I
lay
awake
for
hours
,
thinking
of
the
future
.
My
boy
in
the
same
office
as
myself
--
we
can
go
down
together
by
the
'
bus
,
come
home
together
,
and
who
knows
but
in
the
course
of
time
he
May
take
great
interest
in
our
little
home
.
That
he
May
help
me
to
put
a
nail
in
here
or
a
nail
in
there
,
or
help
his
dear
mother
to
hang
a
picture
.
In
the
summer
he
May
help
us
in
our
little
garden
with
the
flowers
,
and
assist
us
to
paint
the
stands
and
pots
.
(
By-the-by
,
I
must
get
in
some
more
enamel
paint
.
)
All
this
I
thought
over
and
over
again
,
and
a
thousand
happy
thoughts
beside
.
I
heard
the
clock
strike
four
,
and
soon
after
fell
asleep
,
only
to
dream
of
three
happy
people
--
Lupin
,
dear
Carrie
,
and
myself
April
8
.
--
No
events
of
any
importance
,
except
that
Gowing
strongly
recommended
a
new
patent
stylographic
pen
,
which
cost
me
nine-and-sixpence
,
and
which
was
simply
nine-and-sixpence
thrown
in
the
mud
.
It
has
caused
me
constant
annoyance
and
irritability
of
temper
.
The
ink
oozes
out
of
the
top
,
making
a
mess
on
my
hands
,
and
once
at
the
office
when
I
was
knocking
the
palm
of
my
hand
on
the
desk
to
jerk
the
ink
down
,
Mr.
Perkupp
,
who
had
just
entered
,
called
out
:
"
Stop
that
knocking
!
I
suppose
that
is
you
,
Mr.
Pitt
?
"
That
young
monkey
,
Pitt
,
took
a
malicious
glee
in
responding
quite
loudly
:
"
No
,
sir
;
I
beg
pardon
,
it
is
Mr.
Pooter
with
his
pen
;
it
has
been
going
on
all
the
morning
.
"
To
make
matters
worse
,
I
saw
Lupin
laughing
behind
his
desk
.
I
thought
it
wiser
to
say
nothing
.
I
took
the
pen
back
to
the
shop
and
asked
them
if
they
would
take
it
back
,
as
it
did
not
act
.
I
did
not
expect
the
full
price
returned
,
but
was
willing
to
take
half
.
The
man
said
he
could
not
do
that
--
buying
and
selling
were
two
different
things
.
Lupin
's
conduct
during
the
period
he
has
been
in
Mr.
Perkupp
's
office
has
been
most
exemplary
.
My
only
fear
is
,
it
is
too
good
to
last
.
April
9
.
--
Gowing
called
,
bringing
with
him
an
invitation
for
Carrie
and
myself
to
a
ball
given
by
the
East
Acton
Rifle
Brigade
,
which
he
thought
would
be
a
swell
affair
,
as
the
member
for
East
Acton
(
Sir
William
Grime
)
had
promised
his
patronage
.
We
accepted
of
his
kindness
,
and
he
stayed
to
supper
,
an
occasion
I
thought
suitable
for
trying
a
bottle
of
the
sparkling
Algéra
that
Mr.
James
(
of
Sutton
)
had
sent
as
a
present
.
Gowing
sipped
the
wine
,
observing
that
he
had
never
tasted
it
before
,
and
further
remarked
that
his
policy
was
to
stick
to
more
recognised
brands
.
I
told
him
it
was
a
present
from
a
dear
friend
,
and
one
must
n't
look
a
gift-horse
in
the
mouth
.
Gowing
facetiously
replied
:
"
And
he
did
n't
like
putting
it
in
the
mouth
either
.
"
I
thought
the
remarks
were
rude
without
being
funny
,
but
on
tasting
it
myself
,
came
to
the
conclusion
there
was
some
justification
for
them
.
The
sparkling
Algéra
is
very
like
cider
,
only
more
sour
.
I
suggested
that
perhaps
the
thunder
had
turned
it
a
bit
acid
.
He
merely
replied
:
"
Oh
!
I
do
n't
think
so
.
"
We
had
a
very
pleasant
game
of
cards
,
though
I
lost
four
shillings
and
Carrie
lost
one
,
and
Gowing
said
he
had
lost
about
sixpence
:
how
he
could
have
lost
,
considering
that
Carrie
and
I
were
the
only
other
players
,
remains
a
mystery
.
April
14
,
Sunday
.
--
Owing
,
I
presume
,
to
the
unsettled
weather
,
I
awoke
with
a
feeling
that
my
skin
was
drawn
over
my
face
as
tight
as
a
drum
.
Walking
round
the
garden
with
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Treane
,
members
of
our
congregation
who
had
walked
back
with
us
,
I
was
much
annoyed
to
find
a
large
newspaper
full
of
bones
on
the
gravel-path
,
evidently
thrown
over
by
those
young
Griffin
boys
next
door
;
who
,
whenever
we
have
friends
,
climb
up
the
empty
steps
inside
their
conservatory
,
tap
at
the
windows
,
making
faces
,
whistling
,
and
imitating
birds
.
April
15
.
--
Burnt
my
tongue
most
awfully
with
the
Worcester
sauce
,
through
that
stupid
girl
Sarah
shaking
the
bottle
violently
before
putting
it
on
the
table
.
April
16
.
--
The
night
of
the
East
Acton
Volunteer
Ball
.
On
my
advice
,
Carrie
put
on
the
same
dress
that
she
looked
so
beautiful
in
at
the
Mansion
House
,
for
it
had
occurred
to
me
,
being
a
military
ball
,
that
Mr.
Perkupp
,
who
,
I
believe
,
is
an
officer
in
the
Honorary
Artillery
Company
,
would
in
all
probability
be
present
.
Lupin
,
in
his
usual
incomprehensible
language
,
remarked
that
he
had
heard
it
was
a
"
bounders
'
ball
.
"
I
did
n't
ask
him
what
he
meant
though
I
did
n't
understand
.
Where
he
gets
these
expressions
from
I
do
n't
know
;
he
certainly
does
n't
learn
them
at
home
.
The
invitation
was
for
half-past
eight
,
so
I
concluded
if
we
arrived
an
hour
later
we
should
be
in
good
time
,
without
being
"
unfashionable
,
"
as
Mrs.
James
says
.
It
was
very
difficult
to
find
--
the
cabman
having
to
get
down
several
times
to
inquire
at
different
public-houses
where
the
Drill
Hall
was
.
I
wonder
at
people
living
in
such
out-of-the-way
places
.
No
one
seemed
to
know
it
.
However
,
after
going
up
and
down
a
good
many
badly-lighted
streets
we
arrived
at
our
destination
.
I
had
no
idea
it
was
so
far
from
Holloway
.
I
gave
the
cabman
five
shillings
,
who
only
grumbled
,
saying
it
was
dirt
cheap
at
half-a-sovereign
,
and
was
impertinent
enough
to
advise
me
the
next
time
I
went
to
a
ball
to
take
a
'
bus
.
