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May
13
.
--
A
terrible
misfortune
has
happened
:
Lupin
is
discharged
from
Mr.
Perkupp
's
office
;
and
I
scarcely
know
how
I
am
writing
my
diary
.
I
was
away
from
office
last
Sat.
,
the
first
time
I
have
been
absent
through
illness
for
twenty
years
.
I
believe
I
was
poisoned
by
some
lobster
.
Mr.
Perkupp
was
also
absent
,
as
Fate
would
have
it
;
and
our
most
valued
customer
,
Mr.
Crowbillon
,
went
to
the
office
in
a
rage
,
and
withdrew
his
custom
.
My
boy
Lupin
not
only
had
the
assurance
to
receive
him
,
but
recommended
him
the
firm
of
Gylterson
,
Sons
and
Co.
Limited
.
In
my
own
humble
judgment
,
and
though
I
have
to
say
it
against
my
own
son
,
this
seems
an
act
of
treachery
.
This
morning
I
receive
a
letter
from
Perkupp
,
informing
me
that
Lupin
's
services
are
no
longer
required
,
and
an
interview
with
me
is
desired
at
eleven
o'clock
.
I
went
down
to
the
office
with
an
aching
heart
,
dreading
an
interview
with
Mr.
Perkupp
,
with
whom
I
have
never
had
a
word
.
I
saw
nothing
of
Lupin
in
the
morning
.
He
had
not
got
up
when
it
was
time
for
me
to
leave
,
and
Carrie
said
I
should
do
no
good
by
disturbing
him
.
My
mind
wandered
so
at
the
office
that
I
could
not
do
my
work
properly
.
As
I
expected
,
I
was
sent
for
by
Mr.
Perkupp
,
and
the
following
conversation
ensued
as
nearly
as
I
can
remember
it
.
Mr.
Perkupp
said
:
"
Good-morning
,
Mr.
Pooter
!
This
is
a
very
serious
business
.
I
am
not
referring
so
much
to
the
dismissal
of
your
son
,
for
I
knew
we
should
have
to
part
sooner
or
later
.
I
am
the
head
of
this
old
,
influential
,
and
much-respected
firm
;
and
when
I
consider
the
time
has
come
to
revolutionise
the
business
,
I
will
do
it
myself
.
"
I
could
see
my
good
master
was
somewhat
affected
,
and
I
said
:
"
I
hope
,
sir
,
you
do
not
imagine
that
I
have
in
any
way
countenanced
my
son
's
unwarrantable
interference
?
"
Mr.
Perkupp
rose
from
his
seat
and
took
my
hand
,
and
said
:
"
Mr.
Pooter
,
I
would
as
soon
suspect
myself
as
suspect
you
.
"
I
was
so
agitated
that
in
the
confusion
,
to
show
my
gratitude
I
very
nearly
called
him
a
"
grand
old
man
.
"
Fortunately
I
checked
myself
in
time
,
and
said
he
was
a
"
grand
old
master
.
"
I
was
so
unaccountable
for
my
actions
that
I
sat
down
,
leaving
him
standing
.
Of
course
,
I
at
once
rose
,
but
Mr.
Perkupp
bade
me
sit
down
,
which
I
was
very
pleased
to
do
.
Mr.
Perkupp
,
resuming
,
said
:
"
You
will
understand
,
Mr.
Pooter
,
that
the
high-standing
nature
of
our
firm
will
not
admit
of
our
bending
to
anybody
.
If
Mr.
Crowbillon
chooses
to
put
his
work
into
other
hands
--
I
May
add
,
less
experienced
hands
--
it
is
not
for
us
to
bend
and
beg
back
his
custom
.
"
"
You
shall
not
do
it
,
sir
,
"
I
said
with
indignation
.
"
Exactly
,
"
replied
Mr.
Perkupp
;
"
I
shall
not
do
it
.
But
I
was
thinking
this
,
Mr.
Pooter
.
Mr.
Crowbillon
is
our
most
valued
client
,
and
I
will
even
confess
--
for
I
know
this
will
not
go
beyond
ourselves
--
that
we
can
not
afford
very
well
to
lose
him
,
especially
in
these
times
,
which
are
not
of
the
brightest
.
Now
,
I
fancy
you
can
be
of
service
.
"
I
replied
:
"
Mr.
Perkupp
,
I
will
work
day
and
night
to
serve
you
!
"
Mr.
Perkupp
said
:
"
I
know
you
will
.
Now
,
what
I
should
like
you
to
do
is
this
.
You
yourself
might
write
to
Mr.
Crowbillon
--
you
must
not
,
of
course
,
lead
him
to
suppose
I
know
anything
about
your
doing
so
--
and
explain
to
him
that
your
son
was
only
taken
on
as
a
clerk
--
quite
an
inexperienced
one
in
fact
--
out
of
the
respect
the
firm
had
for
you
,
Mr.
Pooter
.
This
is
,
of
course
,
a
fact
.
I
do
n't
suggest
that
you
should
speak
in
too
strong
terms
of
your
own
son
's
conduct
;
but
I
May
add
,
that
had
he
been
a
son
of
mine
,
I
should
have
condemned
his
interference
with
no
measured
terms
.
That
I
leave
to
you
.
I
think
the
result
will
be
that
Mr.
Crowbillon
will
see
the
force
of
the
foolish
step
he
has
taken
,
and
our
firm
will
neither
suffer
in
dignity
nor
in
pocket
.
"
