On December 27, 1662, Samuel Pepys mentioned in his diary that he’d spent time that day in uninteresting company. The star of the day’s shorty is having a rough week that culminates in a nasty break of temper at a party he really wishes he wasn’t attending.
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1st Sentence: It happened the first time at work, while he was on an important conference call with a client last week.
Favorite Sentence: All these shiny, over-tanned people with too-ready smiles and unnaturally bright hair put him on edge.
Word Length: 634
Photo of a page in H.B. Wheatley, ed, The Diary of Samuel Pepys: Pepysiana (London, 1899).
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