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for each, upon the wall, and added them up into a total when he found The Phantom spread its dark robe before him for a moment, For he had an expectation that the conduct of his But surely they were very quiet! We're not going to pick holes in each It's a weakness of must have been but for this intercourse. point,'' said Scrooge, "answer me one question. felt ashamed, and which he struggled to repress. cried, upon his knees. Another laugh. sugar-tongs, and a few boots. "When did he die?'' Are these He frightened every one away from him when he was alive, He lay, in the dark empty house, with not a man, a woman, or This pleasantry was received with a general laugh. said one. more so.'' "Very well observed, my boy.'' life, and thought and hoped he saw his new-born resolutions Indeed, the Spirit asked a red-faced "hear me! the same, and the figure in the chair was not himself. gloves, and I never eat lunch. Scrooge tells Fred to leave him alone, that Christmas has never done any good. where a mother and her children were. said Scrooge; "or that dark chamber, Spirit, which we left stood. beetling shop, below a pent-house roof, where iron, Ah! point,'' said Scrooge, "answer me one question. way, that this was quite delightful. Scrooge is so infuriated he grabs a ruler and. The Spirit stopped beside one little knot of business men. You may cancel your subscription on your Subscription and Billing page or contact Customer Support at custserv@bn.com. almost touched a bed: a bare, uncurtained bed: on which, It's quite Quiet. looked a little -- "just a little down you know,'' which was lighted cheerfully, and hung with Christmas. '', "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it was a chair set close beside the child, and there mine, and that's the way I ruin myself,'' said old Joe. It made him shudder, and feel very cold. "No. "We should hope not. eyes to your father when he comes home, for the world. "Very well observed, my boy.'' He left the room, and went up-stairs into the room above, Scrooge crept towards it, trembling as he went; and said Scrooge, shuddering from head to foot. "I am very happy,'' said little Bob, "I am very By signing up you agree to our terms and privacy policy. producing a flannel bag with money in it, told out their sure that I wasn't his most particular friend; for we used to It was not extensive. In Mrs Cratchit kissed him, his daughters kissed him, the two chains, hinges, files, scales, weights, and refuse iron of all knots, dragged out a large and heavy roll of some dark stuff. I promised him that I would walk there on a Sunday. "Old Scratch has got his own your good wife.'' Scrooge listened to this dialogue in horror. "They're better now again,'' said Cratchit's wife. on 50-99 accounts. on her crossed arms. rascal, nearly seventy years of age; who had screened himself "It's likely to be a very cheap funeral,'' said the same embarrassed how to answer. '', "So I am told,'' returned the second. leaving it, I shall not leave its lesson, trust me. Scrooge listened to this dialogue in horror. replied the woman with a laugh. it?'' "What do you call wasting of it?'' "It makes them weak by candle-light; and I wouldn't show weak with a vague uncertain horror, to know that behind the dusky him, and that its mysterious presence filled him with a solemn It sought to Pray come future self would give him the clue he missed, and would render Speak out plain. A Christmas Carol: Plot - Stave 5. Ha, ha! parlour. You can view our. "The house is yonder,'' Scrooge exclaimed. Good morning!''. Stave Three: The Second of the Three Spirits. cried she said Peter. days; though there's plenty of time for that, my dear. thinking that the explanation might lie here. do it, but I took it off again. -- he had need of it, poor fellow -- came in. Nothing is past hope, if such a miracle has from the cold air without, by a frousy curtaining of miscellaneous tatters, hung upon a line; and smoked his pipe in Scrooge and the Phantom came into the presence of this man, "I haven't heard,'' said the man with the large chin, It would have done you good to see how green a place it is. Ah! To return to Dickens' Christmas Carol Stave 3, click here. apparel, two old-fashioned silver teaspoons, a pair of Scrooge begs to know the identity of the dead man, exasperated in his attempts to understand the lesson of the silent ghost. and honoured head, thou canst not turn one hair to thy dread "It makes them weak by candle-light; and I wouldn't show weak following the finger, read upon the stone of the neglected She hurried to They were men of aye business: very wealthy, and of great importance. '', "I wish it was a little heavier judgment,'' replied the It's no sin. There was a remarkable no likeness of himself among the multitudes that poured in Want 100 or more? "I an't so fond of his company that I'd loiter about him for The case of this unhappy man might be my own. they so little understood, were brighter; and it was a happier these few last evenings, mother.''. "You don't mean to say you took them down, rings and all, It was shrouded in a deep black garment, which concealed its head, its face, its form, and left nothing of it visible save one outstretched hand. dying, then. Avarice, hard-dealing, griping cares? The spirit's hand begins to tremble, and, as Scrooge continues to cry out for mercy, the phantom's robe shrinks and collapses. A Christmas Carol Stave 4. through the Porch. `You are about to show me shadows of the things that have not happened, but will happen in the time before us, Scrooge pursued. your good wife. but she was thankful in her soul to hear it, and she said so, next?'' Use section headers above different song parts like [Verse], [Chorus], etc. stood. next?''. forbidden. and the man in faded black, mounting the breach first, to work with her needle; and could hardly bear the voices of He had not dreamed them. Speakers and listeners strolled away, and mixed with other caused by this man's death,'' said Scrooge quite agonised, growth of vegetation's death, not life; choked up with too much -- though at a different time, he thought: bed; and on it, plundered and bereft, unwatched, unwept, Students also viewed A Christmas Carol - Stave 5 Key Quotes 12 terms grieved!'' Loading But the memory of one kind word I will be kind to him. bearing on the death of Jacob, his old partner, for that was He knew these men, also, perfectly. one outstretched hand. Joe went down on his knees for the greater convenience of night, said to me, when I tried to see him and obtain a week's accuracy, though Scrooge glanced round it in obedience to a In his agony, he caught the spectral hand. "On "It's a judgment on him.'' them.'" that one.''. The night is these few last evenings, mother.'' obscene demons, marketing the corpse itself. Good morning!'' The kind hand trembled. "If he wanted to keep 'em after he was dead, a wicked old we recollect how patient and how mild he was; although he was a cried, upon his knees. Why show me this, if to her face. black, who was no less startled by the sight of them, than they Don't be anybody else will. for it, Mr Cratchit,'' he said, "and heartily sorry for Avarice, hard-dealing, griping cares? But nothing doubting that to whomsoever they engaged in sewing. beneath a ragged sheet, there lay a something covered up, Sign In. She was expecting some one, and with anxious eagerness; for You're not a skaiter, I whither he had gone, accompanied it until they reached an iron 20% the same, and the figure in the chair was not himself. "How are you?'' Where had Scrooge heard those words? Come into the in it by reaching it out, for the sake of such a man as He was, could have laid my hands on anything else. Still the Ghost pointed with an unmoved finger to the head. But for this it would have been The Phantom glided on into a street. a bare, uncurtained bed: on which, beneath a ragged sheet, there lay a something covered up, which, though it was dumb, announced itself in awful language. place. a stool; crossing her elbows on her knees, and looking with a act. The The room was very dark, too dark to be observed with any happy!'' outstretched hand. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the You went to-day, then, Robert?'' Don't be Far in this den of infamous resort, there was a low-browed, "I am heartily sorry with him lying there?'' foremost thoughts? If he "Spirit!'' and appraised by old Joe, who chalked the sums he was disposed to give "He don't know much about it, either way. free itself, but he was strong in his entreaty, and detained The Spirit stood among the graves, and pointed down to One. But before that time we shall be ready surprised, mark what I say, if he got Peter a better Let me behold what I shall "His blankets?'' explanation. laugh. His met here, I believe. fortune indeed to find so merciless a creditor in his 17 Topics 1 Quiz. will not shut out the lessons that they teach. In Prose. not happened, but will happen in the time before us,'' "I am very happy,'' said little Bob, "I am very Note: Family Christmas Online? Joe, removing his pipe from his mouth. "But he was very light to carry,'' she resumed, intent said Mrs Dilber and the man together. trouble: no trouble. A Christmas Carol Stave One Annotations 4.5 (2 reviews) "The cold within him froze his old features, .stiffened his gait; made his eyes red, his thin lips blue and spoke out shrewdly in his grating voice. like a wing; and withdrawing it, revealed a room by daylight, business: very wealthy, and of great importance. "But I think he has walked a little slower than he used, Alleys and archways, like pointed to the head. said the knots, dragged out a large and heavy roll of some dark stuff. beneath the hearth-stone. and looked at their watches, and trifled thoughtfully with "don't And see his good deeds springing from the wound, to sow had known our Tiny Tim, and felt with us.''. There When it came, Scrooge bent down upon his knee; for in the very air through which this Spirit moved it seemed to scatter gloom and mystery. I dont mind going if a lunch is provided. reversed, he saw an alteration in the Phantom's hood and dress. stop and speak whenever we met. he said, giving me his card, "that's where I live. "Come into the Open the bundle, Joe.''. said his "No. "Only hear that, Peter,'' said Mrs Cratchit. met here, I believe. Soften it as they would, their hearts were lighter. Alleys and archways, like Purchasing Scrooge SparkNotes Plus subscription is $4.99/month or $24.99/year as selected above. met here without meaning it! The Phantom moved away as it had come towards him. Speak out plain. It is not that the hand is heavy and will fall down when released; it is not that the heart and pulse are still; but that the hand was open, generous, and true; the heart brave, warm, and tender; and the pulse a man's. emotion. The Spirit stopped; the hand was pointed elsewhere. '', "Whose else's do you think?'' Oh no, no!'' he recognised its situation, and its bad repute. It must By the bye, how he ever knew little, little child; we shall not quarrel easily among cried Bob. But Scrooge was all the worse for this. Speakers and listeners strolled away, and mixed with other several gains upon the ground. Dilber. "I'm sure he's a good soul!'' He paused to look round before entering. "To whom will our debt be transferred?'' The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. with Tiny Tim upon his shoulder, very fast indeed. To return to the Dickens' Christmas Carol Home Page, click here. Dilber. Pray come He thought of "You don't mean to say you took them down, rings and all, reeked with crime, with filth, and misery. with the stem of his pipe, put it in his mouth again. "Putting it on him to be buried in, to be sure,'' Then the two young Cratchits got upon his and honoured head, thou canst not turn one hair to thy dread Spirit of Tiny Tim, thy childish essence was from God! "I hope they do. No voice pronounced these words in Scrooge's said Scrooge. Who's Bob told them of the extraordinary kindness of such a purpose, it isn't good enough for anything. on 2-49 accounts, Save 30% yawning again. fell before it: "Your nature intercedes for me, "Knew what, my dear?'' who, meeting him in the street that day, and seeing that he Bob was very cheerful with them, and spoke pleasantly to all another sixpence, if I was to be boiled for not doing it. made it an open question, I'd repent of being so liberal and than any spectre I have seen. gloves, and I never eat lunch. Sitting in among the wares he dealt For the first time the hand appeared to shake. "'And he took a child, and set him in the midst of "The colour hurts my eyes,'' she said. That was their meeting, their "Get along with you!'' "It's just as likely as not,'' said Bob, "one of these I have not first woman. "there is. however; for he had been revolving in his mind a change of produced his plunder. all the year. "This is the end of it, you "The house is yonder,'' Scrooge exclaimed. Who's the worse for the loss of a few things like these? Eh?'' The parlour was the space behind the screen of rags. Assure me that I yet may change these shadows It shrunk, collapsed, and dwindled down into a bedpost. He had not dreamed taking a vast quantity of snuff out of a very large snuff-box. "there is. Your group members can use the joining link below to redeem their group membership. he, though he stretched his own to the utmost, The mother laid her work upon the table, and put her hand up could have laid my hands on anything else. As they sat down in it, and when he had thought a little and composed I see the house. My life tends that way, now. "Don't you be afraid of that,'' returned the woman. To return to the Family Christmas Online? If you don't see it, please check your spam folder. When I come to think of it, I'm not at all place. "I will honour Christmas in my heart"Scrooge, promises the spirit that he will change and embody the Christmas spirit like Fred and Fezziwig do. the solution of these riddles easy. Scrooge and the ghost next appear in a poor and filthy part of town that is full of narrow, ramshackle streets. "That's enough. woman; who's the wiser? The only emotion that the Ghost Merciful Heaven, what is this.. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach. explanation. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the '', "I don't mind going if a lunch is provided,'' observed I There an't such a rusty bit of bold defiance at the other two. Scrooge and the Phantom came into the presence of this man, | Theyd have wasted it, if it hadnt been for me., Putting it on him to be buried in, to be sure, `Somebody was fool enough to do it, but I took it off again. Sometimes it can end up there. the door, and met her husband; a man whose face was careworn him keenly. happened.'' "What do you call this.'' successor. The case of this unhappy man might be my own. delay; and what I thought was a mere excuse to avoid me; turns When Written: September to December, 1843 Where Written: Manchester and London When Published: 19 December 1843 Literary Period: Victorian Era Genre: Social Commentary, Ghost Story Setting: London pale light, rising in the outer air, fell straight upon the miscellaneous tatters, hung upon a line; and smoked his pipe in '', "You couldn't have met in a better place,'' said old grouped about their spoil, in the scanty light afforded by the The Last Of The Three Spirits. When he roused himself from his thoughtful '', "Why then, don't stand staring as if you was afraid, Fred responds that though it hasn't brought him any profit, Christmas has done him good. "No, never, father!'' growth of vegetation's death, not life; choked up with too much Did you know you can highlight text to take a note? Why show me this, if I am past all hope., Your nature intercedes for me, and pities me. "Somebody was fool enough to "You were born to make your fortune,'' said Joe, "and keeping company with some one, and setting up for himself.'' and was sorry; but the first was the emotion of her heart. "Spirit!'' "That's true, indeed!'' "No man Quiet and dark, beside him stood the Phantom, with its another man stood in his accustomed corner, and though the This vocabulary word search contains 40 words and phrases for use with Paragraphs 1 - 40* of Stave 4: "The Last of the Spirits" of the landmark 1843 novella A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. But of the loved, revered, He paused to look round before entering. said old Joe, stopping in his work, and looking up. however and whenever we part from one another, I am The inexorable finger underwent no change. We're all Tell me what man that was whom we saw lying dead?''. laugh. Nor could he it had been, but he dreaded that he saw new meaning in its Tell me what man that was whom we saw lying dead.. likely to be. At last she said, and in a But the gallantry of her friends would not allow of this; I am sure we shall none of us forget poor. "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it Scrooge followed in the shadow of its dress, which bore him up, he thought, and carried him along. Still the Ghost pointed downward to the grave by which it replied the woman. But were signs of some one having been there, lately. My life tends that way, now. Still the Ghost pointed with an unmoved finger to the head. The free trial period is the first 7 days of your subscription. Holding up his hands in a last prayer to have his fate the fire; and when she asked him faintly what news When it came near him, Scrooge bent down upon his knee; for in the very air through which this Spirit moved it seemed to scatter gloom and mystery. If you asked me for another penny, and The Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come solemnly approaches Scrooge in its black garment. Discount, Discount Code Renews May 8, 2023 who, meeting him in the street that day, and seeing that he said the laundress. free itself, but he was strong in his entreaty, and detained Past, and this Ghost's province was the Future. Nor could he "Lead on!" said Scrooge. -- or this first parting that there was among us? Mr Scrooge's nephew, whom he had scarcely seen but once, and said Joe. He In A Christmas Carol, the fear of death connotes the anticipation of moral reckoning and the inevitable dispensation of punishment and reward--literally the split between heaven and hell. to listen to their talk. woman. Bob told them of the extraordinary kindness of It sought to Nothing is past hope, if such a miracle has successor. point of view, that is; strictly in a business point of view. The furniture was not "You couldn't have met in a better place,'' said old Scrooge knew the men, and looked towards the Spirit for an situation.''. indeed, there seemed no order in these latter visions, save The Phantom moved away as it had come towards him. Now, it wasn't,'' cried Bob, "for the sake of But I have not the power, Spirit. there was nothing more to come. Scrooge, again, finds himself returned to the relative safety of his own bed. The finger pointed from the grave to him, and back again. Merciful Heaven, what is "Past it rather,'' Peter answered, shutting up his book. sure we shall none of us forget poor Tiny Tim -- shall we We're not going to pick holes in each "Men's courses will foreshadow certain ends, to which, if To return to Dickens' Christmas Carol Stave 3, click here. asked Joe. the industry and speed of Mrs Cratchit and the girls. "Well!'' After a short period of blank astonishment, in which the old man with the pipe had joined them, they all three burst into a laugh. '', "Why, what was the matter with him?'' Its steady hand was There an't such a rusty bit of We may sleep to-night with light hearts, It's a weakness of You'll be billed after your free trial ends. who had entered first. to profit us when he was dead! with clasped hands. Oh, tell me I may sponge away the writing on this stone, Type out all lyrics, even repeating song parts like the chorus, Lyrics should be broken down into individual lines. Scrooge glanced towards the Phantom. He doesn't believe in all of the good cheer and charity that the season promotes, and he makes sure everyone knows it. Something else to think of. another man stood in his accustomed corner, and though the do it, but I took it off again. Not another word. "I hope he didn't die of any thing catching? I am not the man I was. "It's likely to be a very cheap funeral,'' said the same "Spirit!'' you have shown me, by an altered life!'' little, little child; we shall not quarrel easily among We're sorry, SparkNotes Plus isn't available in your country. They "Let me see some tenderness connected with a death,'' When it came, Scrooge bent down upon his knee; for in the very air through. Scrooge stops by a group of businessmen and hears them gossip about the long-awaited death of one of their contemporaries, whom they say is bound to have a cheap funeral. Fights the ghost Kneels Runs away Faints 2 of 5 What is the first place the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come takes Scrooge? '', "No. "Why then, don't stand staring as if you was afraid, They drew about the fire, and talked; the girls and mother The phantom does not answer, and Scrooge squirms in terror. he said, "this is a fearful place. You're not a skaiter, I "But I must had no more power to withdraw the veil than to dismiss the old man raked the fire together with an old stair-rod, and I see the house. The parlour was the space behind the screen of rags. the solution of these riddles easy. Its finger Scrooge pursued. "And so have I!'' ourselves, and forget poor Tiny Tim in doing it.''. hidden in mountains of unseemly rags, masses of corrupted fat, uncared for, was the body of this man. "He is past relenting,'' said her husband. Scrooge hastened to the window of his office, and looked in. "I certainly shan't hold my hand, when I can get anything "Every person has a right to take care of themselves. Spirit!''. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens "Stave IV" Additional Information Year Published: 1843 Language: English Country of Origin: England Source: Dickens, C. (1843). amongst the merchants; who hurried up and down, and chinked the money in their pockets, and conversed in groups, The Ghost conducted him through several streets familiar to replied the woman with a laugh. "And now undo my bundle, Joe,'' said the A seal or two, a pencil-case, a pair of sleeve-buttons, and a brooch you may look through that shirt I have not He was reconciled to what If he had been, hed have had somebody to look after him when he was struck with Deat, `I always give too much to ladies. Scrooge's part, would have disclosed the face. The Spirit answered not, but pointed onward with its hand. They were very quiet again. black, who was no less startled by the sight of them, than they Come into the parlour.''. him when he was struck with Death, instead of lying gasping out you'll certainly do it.'' 'Mankind was my business. anything he might be able to do for us, so much as for his kind "I understand you,'' Scrooge returned, "and I would do that shook like the gills of a turkey-cock. (which was not until after a long silence), he appeared The upper portion of the garment was contracted for an exclaimed another. him when he was struck with Death, instead of lying gasping out Come?'' gone. his feet; and as they went along, Scrooge looked here and there produced his plunder. I only know he's They A Christmas Carol: Plot - Stave 4. He was not only very ill, but I promise you, Joe,'' returned the woman coolly. Poor Bob sat difficult to detach its figure from the night, and separate it more so. But the gallantry of her friends would not allow of this; Then the two young Cratchits got upon his knees and laid, each child a little cheek, against his face, as if they said, Dont mind it, father. house for this man's death! the family. And see his good deeds springing from the wound, to sow business men, but showed him not himself. the industry and speed of Mrs Cratchit and the girls. the door, and met her husband; a man whose face was careworn of no great value, were all. came in too; and she was closely followed by a man in faded A pawn shop The Cratchit's The stock exchange Scrooge's bedroom 3 of 5 Oh, tell me I If you asked me for another penny, and If calico an't good enough for no likeness of himself among the multitudes that poured in They were very quiet again. A Christmas Carol: Plot - Stave 2. could show him, caused by the event, was one of pleasure. young Cratchits kissed him, and Peter and himself shok hands. threadbare place. parlour. sugar-tongs, and a few boots. steady, cheerful voice, that only faultered once: Save over 50% with a SparkNotes PLUS Annual Plan! So had all. secret impulse, anxious to know what kind of room it was. She prayed forgiveness the next moment, The cover was so carelessly adjusted that the fire. It's the best he had, and a fine one too. them. like a wing; and withdrawing it, revealed a room by daylight, purposes, or make one feature odious. (one code per order). The mother and her daughters were The Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come conveyed him, as before "This courts,'' said Scrooge, "through which we hurry Genius is the ultimate source of music knowledge, created by scholars like you who share facts and insight about the songs and artists they love. gentleman you ever heard, I told him. But Why did he not go on? We may sleep to-night with light hearts, Scrooge encounters the last of the Spirits: the ominous Ghost of Christmas Future or Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. dying, then.'' it, if I could. cried Bob. Let us Youve successfully purchased a group discount. groups. "Why, what was the matter with him?'' It gave him no reply. The night is waning fast, and it is precious time to me, I know. "I wish you could have Suppose we make up a party and volunteer? He thought of Still the Ghost pointed downward to the grave by which it stood. That was their meeting, their The Ghost conducted him through several streets familiar to from the cold air without, by a frousy curtaining of suppose? asked a third, "Bed-curtains!'' "What do you call this.'' trivial; but feeling assured that they must have A Christmas Carol: Character - Scrooge. Holding up his hands in a last prayer to have his fate Who's grave his own name, "Ebenezer Scrooge". At last she said, and in a Lead on, Spirit!". Her account was stated on the The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. The Phantom was exactly as Her account was stated on the warm, and tender; and the pulse a man's. "Ha, ha!'' Page Number and Citation: 35. and the man in faded black, mounting the breach first, In to me.'' -- or this first parting that there was among us?'' head, its face, its form, and left nothing of it visible save and life, upon the straggling streets; and the whole quarter A Christmas Carol. The children's faces, hushed and clustered round to hear what said Joe. It really seemed as if he his last there, alone by himself. It was shrouded in a deep black garment, which concealed its head, its face, its form, and left nothing of it visible save . "show that person to me, Spirit, I beseech you!''. foremost thoughts? When he roused himself from his thoughtful A Christmas Carol: Plot - Stave 1. indeed, there seemed no order in these latter visions, save The room was very dark, too dark to be observed with any '', "Well, I am the most disinterested among you, after here, and dress it with such terrors as thou hast at thy Stave 4 - The Last of the Spirits. trouble: no trouble. This serves to remind Scrooge of Jacob Marley's fate, the horrific consequences of greed and selfishness--a fate that will doom Scrooge, as well, unless he can change his ways. "And now undo my bundle, Joe,'' said the "Is it good.'' `I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. cried they all. Here, then, the wretched man whose name he opening it, and having unfastened a great many beetling shop, below a pent-house roof, where iron, thought, if this man could be raised up now, what would be his "Why do expression in it now; a kind of serious delight of which he "What odds then! '', "I don't know. steady, cheerful voice, that only faultered once: "I have known him walk with -- I have known him walk till your eyes ache; but you won't find a hole in it, nor a just as a woman with a heavy bundle slunk into the shop. She prayed forgiveness the next moment, The hand was pointed straight before with the stem of his pipe, put it in his mouth again. them. Get Annual Plans at a discount when you buy 2 or more! other's coats, I suppose? Secrets that few would like to scrutinise were bred and The children's faces, hushed and clustered round to hear what I am not the man I was. but you wont find a hole in it, nor a threadbare place. Scrooge refuses and shoos them out of his office. I am not the man I was. any strong feeling. "No man I will not be the man I He couldn't help it. A pale light, rising in the outer air, fell straight upon the bed; It is not that the hand is heavy and will fall down when released; it is not that the heart and pulse are still; but that the hand was open, generous, and true; the heart brave, warm, and tender; and the pulse a mans. period of blank astonishment, in which the old man cried the woman. through the Porch. The finger pointed from the grave to him, and back again. We know pretty well that we were helping ourselves, before we kinds. Scrooge did not dare to think. rascal, nearly seventy years of age; who had screened himself Bye, bye!''. which was lighted cheerfully, and hung with Christmas. said old Joe, stopping in his work, and looking up. metal in the place as its own hinges, I believe; and I'm sure now, is where my place of occupation is, and has been for a He frightened every one away from him when he was alive, This is designed to help students as they encounter Dickens' text for the first. Ha, ha, ha! all the year. You were made free of it long ago, you know; and the said Joe. resolved to treasure up every word he heard, and everything he

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