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Its dark-brown curls were long and free; free as its genial face, its sparkling eye, its open hand, its cheery voice, its unconstrained demeanour, and its joyful air. Girded round its middle was an antique scabbard: but no sword was in it, and the ancient sheath was eaten up with rust. 'You have never seen the like of me before! exclaimed the Spirit. 'Never, Scrooge made answer to it.
He thinks that what all of us want is fair play, and so he goes straight for that without much regard for special interests. It is a simple programme, but it's wonderful what a difference it makes. "There never was a time, Scrooge, when the message of good-will was so widely interpreted in action, or when it took hold of so many kinds of men.
'But she had a large heart! 'So she had, cried Scrooge. 'You're right. I will not gainsay it, Spirit. God forbid! 'She died a woman, said the Ghost, 'and had, as I think, children. 'One child, Scrooge returned. 'True, said the Ghost. 'Your nephew! Scrooge seemed uneasy in his mind, and answered briefly, 'Yes.
When I come to think of it, I'm not at all sure that I wasn't his most particular friend; for we used to stop and speak whenever we met. Bye, bye! Speakers and listeners strolled away, and mixed with other groups. Scrooge knew the men, and looked towards the Spirit for an explanation. The phantom glided on into a street. Its finger pointed to two persons meeting.
"Ask me who I was." "Who were you, then?" "In life I was your partner, Jacob Marley." "Can you can you sit down?" "I can." "Do it, then." Scrooge asked the question, because he didn't know whether a ghost so transparent might find himself in a condition to take a chair; and felt that, in the event of its being impossible, it might involve the necessity of an embarrassing explanation.
As one might say quoting here a single morsel from the animated description of Scrooge, that was actually illustrated by Scrooge's impersonator it all "spoke out shrewdly in his grating voice!"
The clerk, in letting Scrooge's nephew out, had let two other people in. They were portly gentlemen, pleasant to behold, and now stood, with their hats off, in Scrooge's office. They had books and papers in their hands, and bowed to him. "Scrooge and Marley's, I believe," said one of the gentlemen, referring to his list. "Have I the pleasure of addressing Mr. Scrooge, or Mr. Marley?" "Mr.
Why did his cold eye glisten, and his heart leap up as they went past? Why was he filled with gladness when he heard them give each other Merry Christmas, as they parted at cross-roads and by-ways for their several homes? What was merry Christmas to Scrooge? Out upon merry Christmas! What good had it ever done to him? "The school is not quite deserted," said the Ghost.
The upper portion of the garment was contracted for an instant in its folds, as if the Spirit had inclined its head. That was the only answer he received. Although well used to ghostly company by this time, Scrooge feared the silent shape so much that his legs trembled beneath him, and he found that he could hardly stand when he prepared to follow it.
"A merry Christmas, Bob!" said Scrooge, with an earnestness that could not be mistaken, as he clapped him on the back. "A merrier Christmas, Bob, my good fellow, than I have given you, for many a year! I'll raise your salary, and endeavour to assist your struggling family, and we will discuss your affairs this very afternoon, over a Christmas bowl of smoking bishop, Bob!
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