[produced] [by] [jason] [isbell] [and] [the] [online] [distributed] [proofreading] [team] [at] [@url@] [a] [christmas] [carol] [by] [charles] [dickens] [illustrated] [by] [george] [alfred] [williams] [new] [york] [the] [platt] [&] [peck] [co] [.] [copyright] [,] [@number@] [by] [the] [baker] [&] [taylor] [company] [ [illustration] : " he [had] [been] [tim] 's blood [horse] [all] [the] [way] [from] [church] [.] ["] []] 1 [ 3 : 3 : 4 " 3 : 10 blood 5 he 9 's 9 's 10 blood [introduction] the success of the book was immediate [.] 1 the 2 success 2 success 3 of 2 success 6 was 3 of 4 the 4 the 5 book 6 was 7 immediate thackeray [wrote] [of] [it] : " who can listen to objections regarding such a book as this [?] 1 thackeray 5 : 5 : 6 " 5 : 9 listen 7 who 8 can 8 can 9 listen 9 listen 10 to 10 to 11 objections 11 objections 12 regarding 12 regarding 15 book 12 regarding 16 as 13 such 14 a 14 a 15 book 16 as 17 this it seems to me [a] national [benefit] , [and] to every man or woman who reads it , a personal kindness [.] ["] 1 it 2 seems 2 seems 3 to 2 seems 6 national 3 to 4 me 6 national 10 to 8 , 10 to 10 to 13 or 10 to 18 , 11 every 12 man 12 man 13 or 13 or 14 woman 13 or 15 who 13 or 16 reads 15 who 16 reads 16 reads 17 it 18 , 21 kindness 19 a 20 personal 20 personal 21 kindness the [five] [are] [known] [to-day] [as] [the] " [christmas] [books] . ["] 1 the 8 " 1 the 11 . dickens seems to have put his whole self into these glowing little stories [.] 1 dickens 2 seems 2 seems 3 to 2 seems 5 put 3 to 4 have 4 have 5 put 5 put 8 self 5 put 9 into 6 his 8 self 7 whole 8 self 9 into 13 stories 10 these 13 stories 11 glowing 13 stories 12 little 13 stories a new life is brought to [scrooge] [when] [he] , " running to [his] [window] , [opened] [it] and put out his head [.] 1 a 2 new 1 a 3 life 2 new 3 life 3 life 4 is 4 is 19 and 5 brought 6 to 5 brought 19 and 6 to 16 , 10 , 11 " 10 , 12 running 12 running 13 to 13 to 16 , 19 and 20 put 19 and 21 out 19 and 23 head 22 his 23 head oh , [glorious] [!] 1 oh 2 , [glorious] [!] ["] " [the] [cricket] [on] [the] [hearth] " [strikes] [a] [different] [note] [.] 1 " 7 " dickens 's greatest gift was [characterization] , and [no] [english] writer , save [shakespeare] , has drawn so many and so varied characters . 1 dickens 2 's 2 's 3 greatest 2 's 4 gift 4 gift 5 was 5 was 24 . 7 , 8 and 7 , 24 . 8 and 11 writer 8 and 15 , 11 writer 12 , 13 save 15 , 15 , 20 and 16 has 17 drawn 16 has 20 and 17 drawn 18 so 17 drawn 19 many 20 and 22 varied 21 so 22 varied 22 varied 23 characters it would be as absurd to interpret all of these as caricatures as to deny [dickens] his great and varied powers of creation [.] 1 it 2 would 2 would 3 be 3 be 5 absurd 3 be 6 to 4 as 5 absurd 6 to 7 interpret 7 interpret 10 these 7 interpret 11 as 7 interpret 13 as 8 all 9 of 8 all 10 these 9 of 10 these 11 as 12 caricatures 13 as 14 to 14 to 15 deny 15 deny 21 powers 17 his 21 powers 18 great 19 and 19 and 20 varied 19 and 21 powers 21 powers 22 of 22 of 23 creation but there remains a host of characters marked by humour and pathos [.] 1 but 3 remains 1 but 7 characters 2 there 3 remains 4 a 5 host 5 host 6 of 5 host 7 characters 6 of 7 characters 7 characters 8 marked 8 marked 9 by 8 marked 11 and 10 humour 11 and 11 and 12 pathos yet the pictorial presentation of [dickens] ['s] characters has ever tended toward the grotesque [.] 1 yet 4 presentation 2 the 4 presentation 3 pictorial 4 presentation 4 presentation 5 of 4 presentation 9 has 5 of 8 characters 9 has 11 tended 10 ever 11 tended 11 tended 12 toward 12 toward 14 grotesque 13 the 14 grotesque the interpretations in this volume aim to eliminate the grosser phases of the caricature in favour of the [more] human [.] 1 the 2 interpretations 2 interpretations 3 in 2 interpretations 6 aim 3 in 5 volume 4 this 5 volume 6 aim 7 to 6 aim 8 eliminate 7 to 8 eliminate 8 eliminate 11 phases 8 eliminate 15 in 9 the 11 phases 10 grosser 11 phases 11 phases 12 of 12 of 13 the 13 the 14 caricature 15 in 16 favour 16 favour 17 of 17 of 18 the 18 the 20 human it has been the illustrator 's whole aim to make these people live in some form more fully consistent with their types [.] 1 it 2 has 2 has 3 been 3 been 8 aim 3 been 9 to 3 been 20 with 4 the 5 illustrator 5 illustrator 6 's 6 's 8 aim 7 whole 8 aim 9 to 10 make 10 make 12 people 10 make 18 fully 10 make 19 consistent 11 these 12 people 12 people 13 live 13 live 14 in 14 in 16 form 15 some 16 form 17 more 18 fully 20 with 22 types 21 their 22 types [george] [alfred] [williams] [.] [chatham] [,] [n] [contents] [a] [christmas] [carol] [stave] [page] [illustrations] [a] [christmas] [carol] " [he] [had] [been] [tim] ['s] [blood] [horse] [all] [the] [way] [from] [church] [.] " [frontispiece] 1 " 15 " ["] [a] [merry] [christmas] [,] [uncle] [!] god save you [!] " [cried] [a] [cheerful] [voice] [.] [@number@] 1 god 2 save 2 save 3 you 3 you 5 " " [you] [recollect] [the] [way] [?] ["] inquired the spirit [.] 1 " 8 inquired 8 inquired 10 spirit 9 the 10 spirit " [remember] it [!] ["] cried [scrooge] [,] [with] [fervour] [;] ["] [i] [could] [walk] [it] [blindfold] [.] ["] [@number@] 1 " 6 cried 3 it 6 cried " [why] [,] [it] ['s] [ali] [baba] [!] " 1 " 9 " scrooge exclaimed in ecstasy [.] 1 scrooge 2 exclaimed 2 exclaimed 3 in 3 in 4 ecstasy " [it] ['s] [dear] [old] [honest] [ali] [baba] [!] " [@number@] 1 " 10 " [a] [christmas] [carol] [in] [prose] [being] [a] [ghost] [story] [of] [christmas] [stave] [one] [marley's] [ghost] marley was dead [,] to begin [with] . 1 marley 2 was 2 was 3 dead 3 dead 5 to 5 to 6 begin 6 begin 8 . there is no doubt [whatever] about that [.] 1 there 2 is 2 is 4 doubt 2 is 6 about 3 no 4 doubt 4 doubt 6 about 6 about 7 that the register of his burial was signed by the clergyman , the clerk , the undertaker , and the chief mourner [.] 1 the 2 register 2 register 3 of 3 of 4 his 4 his 5 burial 5 burial 6 was 6 was 7 signed 7 signed 8 by 8 by 18 and 9 the 10 clergyman 10 clergyman 11 , 11 , 13 clerk 11 , 14 , 12 the 13 clerk 14 , 18 and 15 the 16 undertaker 16 undertaker 17 , 17 , 18 and 18 and 21 mourner 19 the 21 mourner 20 chief 21 mourner scrooge signed it [.] 1 scrooge 2 signed 2 signed 3 it and [scrooge] ['s] name was good [upon] ['] [change] for anything he chose to [put] his hand to [.] 1 and 4 name 1 and 5 was 5 was 6 good 6 good 10 for 10 for 11 anything 11 anything 12 he 11 anything 18 to 12 he 13 chose 13 chose 14 to 13 chose 18 to 14 to 17 hand 16 his 17 hand old [marley] [was] [as] [dead] [as] [a] door-nail [.] 1 old 8 door-nail [mind] [!] i [don't] mean to [say] [that] [i] know , of my own knowledge , what [there] is particularly dead about a door-nail . 1 i 3 mean 3 mean 4 to 3 mean 23 . 4 to 8 know 8 know 15 what 9 , 10 of 10 of 13 knowledge 10 of 14 , 10 of 15 what 11 my 12 own 11 my 13 knowledge 15 what 17 is 17 is 19 dead 18 particularly 19 dead 19 dead 20 about 20 about 22 door-nail 21 a 22 door-nail i might have been inclined [,] myself , to regard a coffin-nail as the deadest piece of ironmongery in the trade [.] 1 i 8 , 2 might 3 have 2 might 8 , 3 have 4 been 4 been 5 inclined 5 inclined 7 myself 8 , 9 to 8 , 10 regard 8 , 19 in 9 to 10 regard 10 regard 12 coffin-nail 10 regard 13 as 11 a 12 coffin-nail 13 as 15 deadest 14 the 15 deadest 16 piece 17 of 17 of 18 ironmongery 18 ironmongery 19 in 19 in 21 trade 20 the 21 trade but the wisdom of our ancestors is in the simile [;] and [my] unhallowed hands [shall] not [disturb] it [,] [or] [the] [country] 's done for [.] 1 but 3 wisdom 1 but 19 it 2 the 3 wisdom 3 wisdom 4 of 3 wisdom 7 is 4 of 6 ancestors 5 our 6 ancestors 7 is 8 in 8 in 9 the 9 the 10 simile 10 simile 12 and 12 and 14 unhallowed 14 unhallowed 15 hands 17 not 19 it 19 it 24 's 24 's 26 for 25 done 26 for you [will] , therefore , permit me to repeat , emphatically , that [marley] was as dead as a door-nail [.] 1 you 3 , 3 , 4 therefore 3 , 12 , 5 , 6 permit 5 , 10 , 6 permit 7 me 6 permit 8 to 6 permit 9 repeat 8 to 9 repeat 10 , 11 emphatically 11 emphatically 12 , 12 , 15 was 13 that 15 was 15 was 17 dead 16 as 17 dead 17 dead 18 as 18 as 20 door-nail 19 a 20 door-nail scrooge knew he was dead [?] 1 scrooge 2 knew 2 knew 3 he 2 knew 4 was 3 he 4 was 4 was 5 dead of course he did [.] 1 of 2 course 2 course 3 he 3 he 4 did how could it be otherwise [?] 1 how 2 could 2 could 3 it 2 could 4 be 4 be 5 otherwise [scrooge] [and] [he] [were] [partners] [for] [i] [don't] [know] [how] [many] [years] [.] the mention of [marley] ['s] funeral brings me back to the point [i] [started] [from] [.] 1 the 2 mention 2 mention 3 of 2 mention 7 brings 3 of 6 funeral 7 brings 8 me 7 brings 9 back 9 back 10 to 10 to 12 point 11 the 12 point there is no doubt that [marley] [was] [dead] [.] 1 there 2 is 2 is 4 doubt 3 no 4 doubt 4 doubt 5 that this must be [distinctly] understood [,] [or] [nothing] [wonderful] [can] [come] [of] [the] [story] [i] [am] [going] to relate [.] 1 this 2 must 2 must 3 be 3 be 5 understood 5 understood 18 to 18 to 19 relate scrooge [never] [painted] [out] [old] [marley] 's name [.] 1 scrooge 7 's 7 's 8 name there [it] [stood] , [years] afterwards , [above] [the] [warehouse] [door] [:] [scrooge] and [marley] [.] 1 there 4 , 4 , 6 afterwards 6 afterwards 7 , 7 , 14 and the firm was known [as] [scrooge] [and] [marley] [.] 1 the 2 firm 2 firm 3 was 3 was 4 known sometimes [people] [new] [to] [the] [business] [called] [scrooge] [scrooge] , and [sometimes] [marley] , but he answered [to] [both] [names] [.] 1 sometimes 10 , 10 , 11 and 11 and 14 , 11 and 16 he 14 , 15 but 16 he 17 answered it was all the same to him [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 6 to 3 all 4 the 3 all 5 same 4 the 5 same 5 same 6 to 6 to 7 him a frosty [rime] [was] on his head , and on his eyebrows , and his wiry chin [.] 1 a 2 frosty 2 frosty 9 and 5 on 9 and 6 his 7 head 7 head 8 , 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 on 10 on 17 chin 11 his 12 eyebrows 11 his 17 chin 12 eyebrows 13 , 13 , 14 and 14 and 16 wiry 15 his 16 wiry external heat and cold had little influence on [scrooge] [.] 1 external 2 heat 2 heat 3 and 3 and 4 cold 3 and 5 had 5 had 7 influence 6 little 7 influence 7 influence 8 on no [warmth] [could] [warm] , no wintry weather chill [him] . 1 no 5 , 1 no 11 . 5 , 6 no 6 no 9 chill 7 wintry 8 weather 8 weather 9 chill foul weather didn't know where to have him [.] 1 foul 2 weather 2 weather 3 didn't 3 didn't 4 know 4 know 5 where 5 where 6 to 5 where 7 have 6 to 7 have 7 have 8 him the heaviest rain , and snow , and hail , and sleet could boast [of] the advantage over him in only one respect [.] 1 the 2 heaviest 2 heaviest 5 and 3 rain 5 and 4 , 5 and 5 and 8 and 5 and 20 in 6 snow 8 and 7 , 8 and 8 and 14 boast 9 hail 11 and 10 , 11 and 11 and 12 sleet 11 and 13 could 13 could 14 boast 14 boast 17 advantage 14 boast 18 over 16 the 17 advantage 17 advantage 18 over 18 over 19 him 20 in 23 respect 21 only 22 one 22 one 23 respect they often " came down " handsomely [and] [scrooge] [never] [did] [.] 1 they 4 came 2 often 3 " 2 often 4 came 4 came 5 down 5 down 6 " 5 down 7 handsomely nobody ever stopped him in the street to say , [with] [gladsome] [looks] , " my dear [scrooge] , how are you [?] 1 nobody 3 stopped 2 ever 3 stopped 3 stopped 4 him 3 stopped 5 in 3 stopped 8 to 5 in 7 street 6 the 7 street 8 to 9 say 9 say 10 , 10 , 21 are 14 , 15 " 14 , 16 my 14 , 19 , 16 my 17 dear 19 , 20 how 20 how 21 are 21 are 22 you when will you come to see me [?] ["] 1 when 2 will 2 will 3 you 2 will 4 come 4 come 5 to 5 to 6 see 6 see 7 me but what did [scrooge] [care] [?] 1 but 2 what 1 but 3 did it was the very thing he liked [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 5 thing 3 the 4 very 3 the 5 thing 5 thing 6 he 5 thing 7 liked 6 he 7 liked once [upon] [a] [time] [of] [all] [the] [good] [days] in the year [,] [on] [christmas] [eve] [old] [scrooge] [sat] [busy] [in] [his] counting-house [.] 1 once 10 in 10 in 23 counting-house 11 the 12 year 12 year 23 counting-house scrooge had a very small fire , but the clerk 's fire was so very much smaller that it looked like one [coal] [.] 1 scrooge 2 had 2 had 6 fire 2 had 8 but 3 a 4 very 3 a 6 fire 4 very 5 small 5 small 6 fire 7 , 8 but 8 but 22 one 9 the 10 clerk 10 clerk 11 's 11 's 12 fire 12 fire 13 was 13 was 17 smaller 14 so 15 very 15 very 16 much 16 much 17 smaller 17 smaller 18 that 17 smaller 21 like 18 that 19 it 18 that 20 looked 19 it 20 looked 21 like 22 one ["] [a] [merry] [christmas] [,] [uncle] [!] god save you [!] " [cried] [a] [cheerful] [voice] [.] 1 god 2 save 2 save 3 you 3 you 5 " it was the voice of [scrooge] ['s] nephew , who [came] [upon] [him] [so] [quickly] that this was the first intimation he had of his approach [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 4 voice 2 was 16 that 3 the 4 voice 4 voice 5 of 5 of 9 , 8 nephew 9 , 9 , 10 who 16 that 18 was 17 this 18 was 18 was 21 intimation 19 the 20 first 19 the 21 intimation 21 intimation 22 he 21 intimation 23 had 21 intimation 24 of 22 he 23 had 24 of 26 approach 25 his 26 approach " [bah] [!] " [said] [scrooge] [.] 1 " 4 " " [humbug] [!] " 1 " 4 " " [christmas] [a] [humbug] [,] [uncle] [!] ["] said [scrooge] ['s] nephew [.] 1 " 9 said 9 said 12 nephew " [you] [don't] [mean] [that] [,] [i] [am] [sure] [?] " 1 " 11 " " [i] [do] [,] " [said] [scrooge] [.] 1 " 5 " ["] [merry] [christmas] [!] what [right] have you to be merry [?] 1 what 3 have 3 have 4 you 3 have 5 to 5 to 6 be 6 be 7 merry what [reason] have you to be merry [?] 1 what 3 have 3 have 4 you 3 have 5 to 5 to 6 be 6 be 7 merry you 're poor enough [.] ["] 1 you 2 're 2 're 3 poor 3 poor 4 enough " [come] [,] [then] [,] " [returned] [the] [nephew] [gaily] [.] 1 " 6 " ["] [what] [right] [have] [you] [to] [be] [dismal] [?] what [reason] have you to be morose [?] 1 what 3 have 3 have 4 you 3 have 5 to 5 to 6 be 6 be 7 morose you 're rich enough [.] ["] 1 you 2 're 2 're 3 rich 3 rich 4 enough " [don't] [be] [cross] [,] [uncle] [!] ["] said the nephew [.] 1 " 9 said 9 said 11 nephew 10 the 11 nephew [ [illustration] : " [a] [merry] [christmas] , uncle [!] 1 [ 3 : 3 : 4 " 3 : 8 , 8 , 9 uncle god save you [!] " [cried] [a] [cheerful] [voice] [.] []] 1 god 2 save 2 save 3 you 3 you 5 " " [what] [else] [can] [i] [be] [,] " [returned] [the] [uncle] [,] ["] [when] [i] [live] [in] [such] [a] [world] [of] [fools] [as] [this] [?] 1 " 8 " [merry] [christmas] [!] [out] [upon] [merry] [christmas] [!] he should [!] ["] 1 he 2 should " [uncle] [!] ["] pleaded the nephew [.] 1 " 5 pleaded 5 pleaded 7 nephew 6 the 7 nephew " [nephew] [!] " [returned] [the] [uncle] [sternly] [,] ["] [keep] [christmas] [in] [your] [own] [way] [,] [and] [let] [me] [keep] [it] [in] [mine] [.] ["] 1 " 4 " " [keep] [it] [!] ["] repeated [scrooge] ['s] nephew [.] 1 " 6 repeated 6 repeated 9 nephew " [but] [you] [don't] [keep] [it] [.] " 1 " 8 " " [let] [me] [leave] it [alone] [,] [then] [,] ["] said [scrooge] [.] 1 " 11 said 5 it 11 said ["] [much] [good] [may] [it] [do] [you] [!] [much] [good] [it] [has] [ever] [done] [you] [!] ["] the clerk in the tank involuntarily applauded [.] 1 the 2 clerk 2 clerk 3 in 2 clerk 7 applauded 3 in 5 tank 4 the 5 tank 6 involuntarily 7 applauded becoming immediately [sensible] [of] [the] [impropriety] , he poked the fire , and extinguished the last frail spark for ever [.] 1 becoming 7 , 1 becoming 8 he 2 immediately 7 , 8 he 13 and 9 poked 13 and 10 the 11 fire 11 fire 12 , 12 , 13 and 13 and 14 extinguished 14 extinguished 18 spark 14 extinguished 20 ever 15 the 16 last 15 the 18 spark 17 frail 18 spark 19 for 20 ever " [let] [me] [hear] [another] [sound] [from] [you] [,] ["] said [scrooge] , ["] and you ['ll] keep [your] [christmas] [by] [losing] [your] situation [!] 1 " 11 said 11 said 24 situation 13 , 15 and 13 , 24 situation 15 and 16 you 15 and 18 keep you 're quite a powerful [speaker] , [sir] [,] ["] [he] [added] [,] turning to his nephew [.] 1 you 2 're 2 're 17 nephew 3 quite 4 a 4 a 17 nephew 5 powerful 7 , 5 powerful 17 nephew 7 , 14 turning 14 turning 15 to 15 to 16 his " [i] [wonder] [you] [don't] [go] [into] [parliament] [.] " 1 " 10 " ["] [don't] [be] [angry] [,] [uncle] [.] [come] [!] dine with us to-morrow [.] ["] 1 dine 2 with 2 with 3 us 2 with 4 to-morrow scrooge said that he would see him [yes] [,] [indeed] [he] [did] . 1 scrooge 2 said 2 said 3 that 3 that 4 he 3 that 13 . 4 he 5 would 5 would 6 see 6 see 7 him he went the whole length of the expression , and [said] that he would see him in that extremity first [.] 1 he 2 went 2 went 5 length 2 went 17 in 3 the 5 length 4 whole 5 length 5 length 6 of 5 length 17 in 6 of 10 and 7 the 8 expression 8 expression 10 and 9 , 10 and 10 and 12 that 10 and 13 he 10 and 15 see 13 he 14 would 15 see 16 him 17 in 20 first 18 that 20 first 19 extremity 20 first " [but] [why] [?] ["] cried [scrooge] ['s] nephew [.] 1 " 6 cried 6 cried 9 nephew " [why] [?] " 1 " 4 " " [why] [did] [you] [get] [married] [?] " [said] [scrooge] [.] 1 " 8 " " [because] [i] [fell] [in] [love] [.] " 1 " 8 " " [good] [afternoon] [!] " 1 " 5 " ["] [nay] [,] [uncle] [,] [but] [you] [never] [came] [to] [see] [me] [before] [that] [happened] [.] why give it as a reason for not coming now [?] ["] 1 why 2 give 2 give 3 it 2 give 4 as 2 give 7 for 4 as 6 reason 5 a 6 reason 6 reason 7 for 7 for 8 not 8 not 9 coming 9 coming 10 now " [good] [afternoon] [,] " [said] [scrooge] [.] 1 " 5 " " [i] [want] [nothing] [from] [you] [;] [i] [ask] [nothing] [of] [you] [;] [why] [cannot] [we] [be] [friends] [?] " 1 " 20 " " [good] [afternoon] [!] " [said] [scrooge] [.] 1 " 5 " " [i] [am] [sorry] [,] [with] [all] [my] [heart] [,] [to] [find] [you] so [resolute] [.] 1 " 14 so we have never had any quarrel to [which] [i] have been a party [.] 1 we 2 have 2 have 4 had 3 never 4 had 4 had 6 quarrel 5 any 6 quarrel 6 quarrel 7 to 7 to 10 have 10 have 11 been 11 been 13 party 12 a 13 party but [i] [have] [made] the trial [in] homage to [christmas] , and [i] ['ll] [keep] my [christmas] humour [to] [the] [last] [.] 1 but 6 trial 5 the 6 trial 6 trial 8 homage 8 homage 9 to 9 to 11 , 11 , 12 and 12 and 18 humour 16 my 18 humour so [a] [merry] [christmas] , uncle [!] ["] 1 so 5 , 5 , 6 uncle " [good] [afternoon] [,] " [said] [scrooge] [.] 1 " 5 " " [and] [a] [happy] [new] [year] [!] " 1 " 8 " " [good] [afternoon] [!] " [said] [scrooge] [.] 1 " 5 " his nephew left the room without an angry word [,] [notwithstanding] [.] 1 his 2 nephew 2 nephew 3 left 3 left 5 room 3 left 6 without 4 the 5 room 5 room 6 without 6 without 9 word 7 an 9 word 8 angry 9 word i 'll retire [to] [bedlam] [.] ["] 1 i 2 'll 2 'll 3 retire this lunatic , in letting [scrooge] ['s] nephew out , had let two other people in [.] 1 this 2 lunatic 2 lunatic 4 in 2 lunatic 11 had 3 , 4 in 4 in 5 letting 4 in 10 , 5 letting 8 nephew 5 letting 9 out 11 had 12 let 12 let 15 people 12 let 16 in 13 two 14 other 14 other 15 people they were portly gentlemen , pleasant to behold , and now stood , with their hats off , in [scrooge] ['s] office [.] 1 they 10 and 2 were 3 portly 2 were 10 and 4 gentlemen 6 pleasant 5 , 6 pleasant 6 pleasant 7 to 6 pleasant 8 behold 6 pleasant 9 , 7 to 8 behold 9 , 10 and 10 and 12 stood 10 and 14 with 10 and 19 in 11 now 12 stood 13 , 14 with 14 with 16 hats 15 their 16 hats 17 off 18 , 18 , 19 in 19 in 22 office they had books and papers in their hands , and bowed to him [.] 1 they 10 and 2 had 4 and 2 had 10 and 3 books 4 and 4 and 5 papers 4 and 6 in 7 their 8 hands 8 hands 9 , 9 , 10 and 10 and 11 bowed 10 and 12 to 12 to 13 him " [scrooge] [and] [marley] ['s] [,] [i] [believe] [,] ["] said one of the gentlemen , referring to his list [.] 1 " 11 said 11 said 12 one 12 one 13 of 13 of 15 gentlemen 14 the 15 gentlemen 15 gentlemen 17 referring 16 , 17 referring 17 referring 18 to 18 to 20 list 19 his 20 list " [have] [i] [the] [pleasure] [of] [addressing] [mr] [scrooge] [,] [or] [mr] [marley] [?] " 1 " 15 " " [mr] [marley] [has] [been] [dead] [these] [seven] [years] [,] " [scrooge] [replied] [.] 1 " 11 " " [he] [died] [seven] [years] [ago] [,] [this] [very] [night] [.] " 1 " 12 " " we have no doubt his liberality is well represented by his surviving partner [,] ["] [said] [the] [gentleman] [,] [presenting] [his] [credentials] [.] 1 " 2 we 2 we 3 have 3 have 5 doubt 3 have 11 by 4 no 5 doubt 6 his 7 liberality 7 liberality 8 is 8 is 9 well 9 well 10 represented 9 well 11 by 11 by 14 partner 12 his 14 partner 13 surviving 14 partner it [certainly] was [;] for [they] [had] [been] [two] kindred spirits [.] 1 it 3 was 3 was 5 for 5 for 11 spirits 10 kindred 11 spirits at the [ominous] [word] ["] liberality " [scrooge] frowned , and [shook] his head , and [handed] [the] credentials [back] [.] 1 at 19 credentials 2 the 6 liberality 2 the 19 credentials 6 liberality 7 " 9 frowned 10 , 10 , 16 and 11 and 13 his 13 his 14 head 14 head 15 , 15 , 16 and 16 and 19 credentials many thousands are [in] [want] of [common] necessaries [;] [hundreds] of thousands [are] in [want] of common comforts , sir [.] " 1 many 2 thousands 2 thousands 3 are 3 are 6 of 6 of 8 necessaries 8 necessaries 11 of 8 necessaries 16 of 11 of 12 thousands 12 thousands 14 in 16 of 19 , 17 common 18 comforts 18 comforts 19 , 19 , 20 sir 20 sir 22 " " [are] [there] [no] [prisons] [?] " [asked] [scrooge] [.] 1 " 7 " " [plenty] [of] [prisons] [,] ["] said the gentleman [,] [laying] [down] [the] [pen] [again] [.] 1 " 7 said 7 said 9 gentleman 8 the 9 gentleman " [and] [the] [union] [workhouses] [?] " [demanded] [scrooge] [.] 1 " 7 " " [are] [they] [still] [in] [operation] [?] " 1 " 8 " ["] [they] [are] [.] still , " returned the gentleman [,] ["] [i] [wish] [i] [could] [say] they were not [.] ["] 1 still 2 , 1 still 14 they 2 , 3 " 2 , 4 returned 4 returned 6 gentleman 5 the 6 gentleman 14 they 15 were 15 were 16 not " [the] [treadmill] [and] [the] [poor] [law] [are] [in] [full] [vigour] [,] [then] [?] " [said] [scrooge] [.] 1 " 15 " " [both] [very] [busy] [,] [sir] [.] " 1 " 8 " ["] [oh] [!] " [i] [am] [very] [glad] [to] [hear] [it] [.] " 1 " 10 " we choose this time , because it is a time , of all others , when [want] [is] [keenly] [felt] , and [abundance] rejoices [.] 1 we 2 choose 2 choose 4 time 2 choose 6 because 3 this 4 time 5 , 6 because 6 because 7 it 6 because 8 is 6 because 21 , 7 it 8 is 8 is 10 time 9 a 10 time 10 time 12 of 11 , 12 of 12 of 14 others 12 of 15 , 13 all 14 others 15 , 16 when 21 , 22 and 22 and 24 rejoices what shall [i] [put] [you] [down] [for] [?] ["] 1 what 2 shall " [nothing] [!] " 1 " 4 " scrooge replied [.] 1 scrooge 2 replied " [you] [wish] [to] [be] [anonymous] [?] " 1 " 8 " " [i] [wish] [to] [be] [left] [alone] [,] " [said] [scrooge] [.] 1 " 9 " ["] [since] [you] [ask] [me] [what] [i] [wish] [,] [gentlemen] [,] [that] [is] [my] [answer] [.] i don't make [merry] myself at [christmas] , and [i] [can't] afford to [make] idle people [merry] . 1 i 2 don't 2 don't 9 and 3 make 5 myself 3 make 6 at 3 make 9 and 6 at 8 , 8 , 9 and 9 and 12 afford 12 afford 13 to 12 afford 18 . 13 to 16 people 15 idle 16 people i [help] [to] [support] [the] [establishments] [i] have mentioned they cost [enough] [;] and those [who] [are] [badly] [off] must go there [.] ["] 1 i 14 and 8 have 9 mentioned 8 have 14 and 9 mentioned 10 they 9 mentioned 11 cost 14 and 21 go 15 those 20 must 20 must 21 go 21 go 22 there " [many] [can't] [go] [there] [;] [and] [many] [would] [rather] [die] [.] " 1 " 13 " " [if] [they] [would] [rather] [die] [,] ["] said [scrooge] , ["] they [had] better do it , and decrease the surplus population [.] 1 " 9 said 9 said 19 and 11 , 13 they 13 they 19 and 15 better 16 do 16 do 17 it 16 do 19 and 18 , 19 and 19 and 20 decrease 20 decrease 23 population 21 the 23 population 22 surplus 23 population besides excuse me [i] [don't] [know] [that] [.] ["] 1 besides 2 excuse 2 excuse 3 me " [but] you might know it [,] " [observed] [the] [gentleman] [.] 1 " 3 you 3 you 4 might 4 might 5 know 5 know 6 it 6 it 8 " " [it] ['s] [not] [my] [business] [,] " [scrooge] [returned] [.] 1 " 8 " ["] [it] ['s] [enough] [for] [a] [man] [to] [understand] [his] [own] [business] [,] [and] [not] [to] [interfere] [with] [other] [people] ['s] [.] mine occupies me constantly [.] 1 mine 2 occupies 2 occupies 3 me 2 occupies 4 constantly good [afternoon] , gentlemen [!] ["] 1 good 3 , 1 good 4 gentlemen seeing clearly that it would be useless to pursue their point , the gentlemen withdrew [.] 1 seeing 2 clearly 1 seeing 3 that 1 seeing 12 , 1 seeing 14 gentlemen 3 that 4 it 3 that 6 be 4 it 5 would 5 would 6 be 6 be 7 useless 7 useless 8 to 8 to 9 pursue 9 pursue 11 point 10 their 11 point 13 the 14 gentlemen 14 gentlemen 15 withdrew scrooge resumed his labours with an improved opinion of himself , and in a more facetious temper than was usual with him [.] 1 scrooge 2 resumed 1 scrooge 19 was 2 resumed 18 than 3 his 4 labours 4 labours 12 and 5 with 8 opinion 5 with 12 and 6 an 8 opinion 7 improved 8 opinion 8 opinion 9 of 9 of 10 himself 11 , 12 and 12 and 13 in 13 in 17 temper 14 a 17 temper 15 more 16 facetious 16 facetious 17 temper 17 temper 18 than 19 was 20 usual 20 usual 21 with 21 with 22 him the cold became intense [.] 1 the 2 cold 2 cold 3 became 3 became 4 intense the water-plug being left in solitude , its overflowings suddenly congealed , and turned to misanthropic ice [.] 1 the 3 being 2 water-plug 3 being 3 being 4 left 3 being 13 and 4 left 5 in 5 in 7 , 6 solitude 7 , 7 , 9 overflowings 8 its 9 overflowings 10 suddenly 11 congealed 11 congealed 13 and 12 , 13 and 13 and 14 turned 13 and 15 to 15 to 16 misanthropic 16 misanthropic 17 ice [foggier] [yet] [,] [and] [colder] [!] piercing , searching , biting cold [.] 1 piercing 3 searching 1 piercing 5 biting 2 , 3 searching 3 searching 4 , 5 biting 6 cold " [god] [bless] [you] [,] [merry] [gentleman] [,] [may] [nothing] [you] [dismay] [!] " 1 " 14 " at length the hour of shutting up the counting-house arrived [.] 1 at 2 length 1 at 4 hour 3 the 4 hour 4 hour 5 of 4 hour 10 arrived 5 of 6 shutting 6 shutting 7 up 6 shutting 9 counting-house 8 the 9 counting-house " [you] ['ll] [want] [all] [day] [to-morrow] [,] [i] [suppose] [?] " [said] [scrooge] [.] 1 " 12 " " [if] [quite] [convenient] [,] [sir] [.] " 1 " 8 " " [it] ['s] [not] [convenient] [,] ["] said [scrooge] , " and it 's [not] fair [.] 1 " 8 said 8 said 12 and 10 , 11 " 10 , 12 and 12 and 13 it 12 and 14 's 13 it 14 's 14 's 16 fair if [i] [was] [to] [stop] [half-a-crown] [for] [it] [,] you 'd think yourself ill used , [i] ['ll] be bound [?] ["] 1 if 10 you 10 you 11 'd 11 'd 16 , 12 think 13 yourself 12 think 14 ill 12 think 16 , 14 ill 15 used 16 , 20 bound 19 be 20 bound the clerk smiled faintly [.] 1 the 2 clerk 2 clerk 3 smiled 3 smiled 4 faintly " [and] [yet] [,] ["] said [scrooge] , ["] you don't think me ill used [when] [i] [pay] [a] [day] 's wages [for] [no] [work] [.] ["] 1 " 6 said 6 said 22 wages 8 , 10 you 8 , 21 's 10 you 11 don't 11 don't 12 think 12 think 13 me 12 think 14 ill 14 ill 15 used 21 's 22 wages the clerk observed that it was only once a year [.] 1 the 2 clerk 2 clerk 3 observed 3 observed 4 that 4 that 6 was 5 it 6 was 6 was 7 only 6 was 8 once 6 was 10 year 9 a 10 year " [a] [poor] [excuse] [for] [picking] [a] [man] ['s] [pocket] [every] [twenty-fifth] [of] [december] [!] ["] said [scrooge] , buttoning [his] great-coat to the chin [.] 1 " 17 said 17 said 20 buttoning 19 , 20 buttoning 20 buttoning 23 to 22 great-coat 23 to 23 to 25 chin 24 the 25 chin ["] [but] [i] [suppose] [you] [must] [have] [the] [whole] [day] [.] be [here] all the earlier next morning [.] ["] 1 be 3 all 3 all 4 the 3 all 7 morning 4 the 6 next 4 the 7 morning 5 earlier 6 next the clerk promised that he would [;] [and] [scrooge] [walked] [out] [with] [a] growl [.] 1 the 2 clerk 2 clerk 3 promised 3 promised 4 that 4 that 5 he 5 he 6 would 6 would 14 growl he lived in chambers which had once belonged to his [deceased] partner . 1 he 2 lived 2 lived 3 in 3 in 4 chambers 4 chambers 5 which 4 chambers 6 had 5 which 6 had 6 had 8 belonged 7 once 8 belonged 8 belonged 9 to 9 to 12 partner 10 his 12 partner 12 partner 13 . the yard was so [dark] [that] [even] [scrooge] , who knew [its] [every] [stone] [,] was fain to grope with his hands [.] 1 the 2 yard 2 yard 3 was 3 was 4 so 4 so 9 , 9 , 10 who 9 , 16 was 10 who 11 knew 16 was 17 fain 16 was 18 to 16 was 19 grope 18 to 19 grope 19 grope 20 with 20 with 22 hands 21 his 22 hands marley 's face [.] 1 marley 2 's 2 's 3 face as [scrooge] [looked] [fixedly] at this phenomenon , it was a knocker again [.] 1 as 9 it 5 at 7 phenomenon 5 at 8 , 5 at 9 it 6 this 7 phenomenon 9 it 10 was 10 was 12 knocker 10 was 13 again 11 a 12 knocker but [he] [put] [his] [hand] [upon] the key he had relinquished , turned it sturdily , walked in , and lighted his candle [.] 1 but 8 key 1 but 9 he 7 the 8 key 9 he 12 , 10 had 11 relinquished 10 had 12 , 12 , 20 and 13 turned 14 it 13 turned 15 sturdily 13 turned 17 walked 13 turned 20 and 16 , 17 walked 17 walked 18 in 17 walked 19 , 20 and 21 lighted 21 lighted 23 candle 22 his 23 candle the sound resounded through the house like thunder [.] 1 the 2 sound 2 sound 3 resounded 3 resounded 4 through 3 resounded 7 like 4 through 6 house 5 the 6 house 6 house 7 like 7 like 8 thunder every room above , and every cask in the wine merchant 's cellars below , appeared to have a [separate] peal [of] echoes of its own [.] 1 every 2 room 2 room 3 above 2 room 5 and 4 , 5 and 5 and 7 cask 5 and 15 , 5 and 16 appeared 6 every 7 cask 7 cask 8 in 8 in 13 cellars 9 the 11 merchant 10 wine 11 merchant 11 merchant 12 's 12 's 13 cellars 13 cellars 14 below 16 appeared 17 to 17 to 18 have 18 have 23 echoes 19 a 21 peal 19 a 23 echoes 23 echoes 24 of 24 of 26 own 25 its 26 own scrooge was not a man to be frightened by echoes [.] 1 scrooge 2 was 2 was 3 not 2 was 5 man 2 was 6 to 4 a 5 man 6 to 7 be 7 be 8 frightened 8 frightened 9 by 9 by 10 echoes up [scrooge] [went] , [not] [caring] a button [for] [that] [.] 1 up 4 , 1 up 8 button 7 a 8 button darkness is cheap [,] [and] [scrooge] [liked] [it] [.] 1 darkness 2 is 2 is 3 cheap but , before he shut his heavy door , he walked through his rooms to see that all was right [.] 1 but 2 , 1 but 4 he 1 but 11 walked 2 , 3 before 4 he 5 shut 5 shut 8 door 6 his 8 door 7 heavy 8 door 9 , 10 he 10 he 11 walked 11 walked 12 through 11 walked 15 to 12 through 14 rooms 13 his 14 rooms 15 to 16 see 16 see 17 that 17 that 18 all 17 that 19 was 18 all 19 was 19 was 20 right he had just enough recollection of the face to desire to do that [.] 1 he 2 had 2 had 5 recollection 2 had 9 to 3 just 4 enough 4 enough 5 recollection 5 recollection 6 of 6 of 8 face 7 the 8 face 9 to 10 desire 10 desire 11 to 11 to 12 do 12 do 13 that sitting-room , bedroom , lumber-room . 1 sitting-room 3 bedroom 2 , 3 bedroom 3 bedroom 4 , 4 , 5 lumber-room 5 lumber-room 6 . all as they should be [.] 1 all 5 be 2 as 3 they 3 they 4 should 4 should 5 be [lumber-room] [as] [usual] [.] old fire-guard , old shoes , two fish baskets , washing-stand on three legs , and a poker [.] 1 old 8 fish 2 fire-guard 5 shoes 2 fire-guard 6 , 2 fire-guard 8 fish 3 , 5 shoes 4 old 5 shoes 5 shoes 6 , 7 two 8 fish 8 fish 9 baskets 9 baskets 11 washing-stand 9 baskets 16 and 10 , 11 washing-stand 11 washing-stand 12 on 13 three 14 legs 14 legs 15 , 15 , 16 and 16 and 18 poker 17 a 18 poker quite satisfied [,] [he] [closed] [his] [door] [,] [and] [locked] [himself] [in] [;] [double] [locked] [himself] [in] [,] [which] [was] [not] [his] [custom] [.] 1 quite 2 satisfied it was a very low fire indeed [;] [nothing] on such a bitter night [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 6 fire 2 was 7 indeed 2 was 10 on 3 a 4 very 4 very 5 low 5 low 6 fire 10 on 14 night 11 such 12 a 12 a 14 night 13 bitter 14 night " [humbug] [!] " [said] [scrooge] [;] [and] [walked] [across] [the] [room] [.] 1 " 4 " after several turns he sat down again [.] 1 after 3 turns 1 after 4 he 2 several 3 turns 4 he 5 sat 5 sat 6 down 6 down 7 again this might have lasted half a minute , or a minute [,] [but] [it] [seemed] [an] [hour] [.] 1 this 2 might 2 might 9 or 3 have 4 lasted 3 have 9 or 4 lasted 7 minute 5 half 7 minute 6 a 7 minute 8 , 9 or 9 or 11 minute 10 a 11 minute the bells ceased [,] as they had begun , together [.] 1 the 2 bells 2 bells 3 ceased 3 ceased 5 as 5 as 6 they 5 as 8 begun 6 they 7 had 7 had 8 begun 8 begun 10 together 9 , 10 together scrooge then remembered to have heard that ghosts in haunted houses were described as dragging chains [.] 1 scrooge 3 remembered 2 then 3 remembered 3 remembered 4 to 3 remembered 6 heard 4 to 5 have 5 have 6 heard 6 heard 7 that 7 that 8 ghosts 7 that 13 described 8 ghosts 9 in 8 ghosts 12 were 9 in 11 houses 10 haunted 11 houses 12 were 13 described 13 described 14 as 14 as 15 dragging 15 dragging 16 chains " it ['s] [humbug] [still] [!] ["] said [scrooge] [.] 1 " 8 said 2 it 8 said " [i] [won't] [believe] [it] [.] " 1 " 7 " upon its coming in , the dying flame leaped up , as [though] it [cried] [,] ["] [i] [know] [him] [!] 1 upon 3 coming 1 upon 5 , 1 upon 8 flame 2 its 3 coming 3 coming 4 in 6 the 8 flame 7 dying 8 flame 8 flame 9 leaped 9 leaped 10 up 9 leaped 12 as 10 up 11 , 12 as 14 it [marley] ['s] [ghost] [!] ["] [and] [fell] [again] [.] the same face : the very same [.] 1 the 2 same 2 same 3 face 3 face 4 : 4 : 7 same 5 the 6 very 5 the 7 same the chain he drew was clasped about his middle [.] 1 the 2 chain 2 chain 3 he 2 chain 4 drew 2 chain 5 was 3 he 4 drew 5 was 6 clasped 6 clasped 7 about 7 about 9 middle 8 his 9 middle scrooge had [often] [heard] [it] said [that] [marley] [had] [no] [bowels] , but he had never believed it until now [.] 1 scrooge 2 had 2 had 6 said 6 said 12 , 12 , 13 but 13 but 14 he 13 but 17 believed 14 he 15 had 15 had 17 believed 16 never 17 believed 17 believed 18 it 17 believed 19 until 19 until 20 now no , [nor] [did] [he] [believe] [it] [even] [now] . 1 no 2 , 2 , 10 . " [how] [now] [!] " [said] [scrooge] [,] [caustic] [and] [cold] [as] [ever] [.] 1 " 5 " " [what] [do] [you] [want] [with] [me] [?] " 1 " 9 " " [much] [!] " [marley] ['s] [voice] [,] [no] [doubt] [about] [it] [.] 1 " 4 " " [who] [are] [you] [?] " 1 " 6 " " [ask] [me] [who] [i] [was] [.] " 1 " 8 " " [who] [were] [you] [,] [then] [?] ["] said [scrooge] , raising [his] [voice] [.] 1 " 9 said 9 said 12 raising 11 , 12 raising " you 're particular , for a shade [.] ["] 1 " 2 you 2 you 3 're 3 're 4 particular 4 particular 6 for 5 , 6 for 6 for 8 shade 7 a 8 shade he was going to say ["] to a shade , " but [substituted] this , as [more] appropriate [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 going 3 going 4 to 4 to 5 say 5 say 7 to 5 say 10 , 7 to 9 shade 8 a 9 shade 10 , 11 " 10 , 12 but 12 but 14 this 12 but 15 , 15 , 16 as 16 as 18 appropriate " [in] [life] [i] was your partner [,] [jacob] [marley] [.] ["] 1 " 5 was 5 was 7 partner 6 your 7 partner " [can] [you] [can] [you] [sit] [down] [?] " [asked] [scrooge] [,] [looking] [doubtfully] [at] [him] [.] 1 " 9 " " [i] [can] [.] " 1 " 5 " " [do] [it] [,] [then] [.] " 1 " 7 " but [the] [ghost] [sat] [down] on the opposite side of [the] [fire-place] , as if he were [quite] [used] [to] it . 1 but 6 on 1 but 21 it 6 on 9 side 7 the 9 side 8 opposite 9 side 9 side 10 of 10 of 13 , 13 , 15 if 14 as 15 if 15 if 16 he 15 if 17 were 16 he 17 were 21 it 22 . " [you] [don't] [believe] [in] [me] [,] " [observed] [the] [ghost] [.] 1 " 8 " " [i] [don't] [,] " [said] [scrooge] [.] 1 " 5 " " [what] [evidence] [would] [you] [have] [of] [my] [reality] [beyond] [that] [of] [your] [own] [senses] [?] " 1 " 17 " " [i] [don't] [know] [,] " [said] [scrooge] [.] 1 " 6 " " [why] [do] [you] [doubt] [your] [senses] [?] " 1 " 9 " " [because] [,] ["] said [scrooge] , " [a] [little] [thing] affects [them] [.] 1 " 5 said 5 said 12 affects 7 , 8 " 7 , 12 affects a slight disorder of the stomach makes them cheats [.] 1 a 3 disorder 2 slight 3 disorder 3 disorder 4 of 3 disorder 7 makes 4 of 5 the 5 the 6 stomach 7 makes 8 them 7 makes 9 cheats you may be an undigested bit of beef , a blot of mustard , a crumb of cheese , a fragment of an underdone potato [.] 1 you 2 may 2 may 3 be 3 be 6 bit 4 an 5 undigested 4 an 6 bit 5 undigested 6 bit 6 bit 7 of 6 bit 12 of 6 bit 17 of 6 bit 22 of 7 of 9 , 8 beef 9 , 9 , 11 blot 10 a 11 blot 12 of 14 , 13 mustard 14 , 14 , 16 crumb 15 a 16 crumb 17 of 19 , 18 cheese 19 , 19 , 21 fragment 20 a 21 fragment 22 of 25 potato 23 an 24 underdone 23 an 25 potato 24 underdone 25 potato there 's more of gravy than [of] grave about you , whatever you are ! " 1 there 2 's 2 's 5 gravy 2 's 6 than 2 's 9 about 2 's 12 whatever 3 more 4 of 3 more 5 gravy 4 of 5 gravy 6 than 8 grave 6 than 9 about 9 about 10 you 11 , 12 whatever 12 whatever 14 are 12 whatever 15 ! 13 you 14 are 15 ! 16 " scrooge was not much in the habit of cracking jokes , nor did he feel in his heart by any means waggish then [.] 1 scrooge 2 was 2 was 4 much 3 not 4 much 4 much 5 in 4 much 8 of 5 in 7 habit 6 the 7 habit 8 of 9 cracking 9 cracking 10 jokes 9 cracking 12 nor 11 , 12 nor 12 nor 13 did 13 did 14 he 13 did 15 feel 15 feel 16 in 15 feel 19 by 15 feel 22 waggish 16 in 18 heart 17 his 18 heart 18 heart 19 by 19 by 21 means 20 any 21 means 22 waggish 23 then there was something very awful , too , in the spectre 's being provided with an infernal atmosphere of his own [.] 1 there 2 was 2 was 3 something 2 was 5 awful 4 very 5 awful 5 awful 7 too 5 awful 9 in 5 awful 15 with 6 , 7 too 7 too 8 , 9 in 13 being 10 the 11 spectre 11 spectre 12 's 12 's 13 being 13 being 14 provided 13 being 15 with 15 with 18 atmosphere 16 an 17 infernal 16 an 18 atmosphere 17 infernal 18 atmosphere 18 atmosphere 19 of 19 of 20 his 20 his 21 own " [i] [do] [,] " [replied] [the] [ghost] [.] 1 " 5 " " you are not looking at [it] , " said [scrooge] . 1 " 2 you 2 you 3 are 3 are 4 not 3 are 5 looking 5 looking 6 at 6 at 8 , 8 , 9 " 8 , 10 said 10 said 12 . " [but] [i] [see] [it] [,] ["] said the [ghost] [,] " notwithstanding [.] ["] 1 " 8 said 8 said 13 notwithstanding 9 the 12 " 9 the 13 notwithstanding humbug , [i] tell you [;] [humbug] [!] " 1 humbug 2 , 2 , 4 tell 4 tell 5 you 5 you 9 " scrooge fell upon his knees , and clasped his hands before his face [.] 1 scrooge 7 and 2 fell 3 upon 2 fell 7 and 3 upon 5 knees 4 his 5 knees 6 , 7 and 7 and 8 clasped 8 clasped 10 hands 8 clasped 11 before 9 his 10 hands 10 hands 11 before 11 before 13 face 12 his 13 face " [mercy] [!] " he said . 1 " 6 said 4 " 5 he 5 he 6 said 6 said 7 . " [dreadful] [apparition] [,] [why] [do] [you] [trouble] [me] [?] " 1 " 11 " " [man] [of] [the] [worldly] [mind] [!] " [replied] [the] [ghost] [,] ["] [do] [you] [believe] [in] [me] [or] [not] [?] ["] 1 " 8 " " [i] [do] [,] " [said] [scrooge] [.] 1 " 5 " ["] [i] [must] [.] but why do spirits walk the earth , and why do they come to me [?] ["] 1 but 5 walk 2 why 3 do 3 do 4 spirits 3 do 5 walk 5 walk 9 and 6 the 7 earth 7 earth 9 and 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 why 9 and 11 do 9 and 13 come 11 do 12 they 11 do 13 come 13 come 14 to 14 to 15 me again the spectre raised a cry , and shook its chain and wrung its shadowy hands [.] 1 again 3 spectre 2 the 3 spectre 3 spectre 8 and 4 raised 8 and 5 a 6 cry 6 cry 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 12 and 9 shook 11 chain 9 shook 12 and 10 its 11 chain 12 and 13 wrung 13 wrung 16 hands 14 its 16 hands 15 shadowy 16 hands " you are fettered [,] ["] [said] [scrooge] [,] [trembling] [.] 1 " 2 you 2 you 3 are 3 are 4 fettered " [tell] [me] [why] [?] " 1 " 6 " " [i] [wear] [the] [chain] [i] [forged] [in] [life] [,] " [replied] [the] [ghost] [.] 1 " 11 " is its pattern strange to you [?] " 1 is 3 pattern 2 its 3 pattern 3 pattern 4 strange 4 strange 5 to 5 to 6 you 6 you 8 " scrooge trembled more and more [.] 1 scrooge 2 trembled 2 trembled 4 and 3 more 4 and 4 and 5 more " [or] [would] [you] [know] [,] ["] [pursued] the [ghost] [,] " [the] weight and length of the strong coil you bear yourself ? 1 " 15 and 9 the 12 " 9 the 14 weight 14 weight 15 and 15 and 16 length 15 and 24 ? 16 length 17 of 17 of 20 coil 18 the 20 coil 19 strong 20 coil 20 coil 21 you 20 coil 22 bear 21 you 22 bear 22 bear 23 yourself it was full as heavy and as long as [this] , [seven] [christmas-eves] ago [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 full 3 full 4 as 4 as 6 and 5 heavy 6 and 6 and 8 long 7 as 8 long 8 long 9 as 9 as 11 , 11 , 14 ago you have laboured on it since [.] 1 you 2 have 2 have 3 laboured 3 laboured 4 on 3 laboured 6 since 4 on 5 it it is a ponderous chain [!] ["] 1 it 2 is 2 is 5 chain 3 a 5 chain 4 ponderous 5 chain " [jacob] [!] " he said imploringly [.] 1 " 6 said 4 " 5 he 5 he 6 said 6 said 7 imploringly ["] [old] [jacob] [marley] [,] [tell] [me] [more] [!] speak comfort to [me] , [jacob] [!] " 1 speak 2 comfort 1 speak 3 to 2 comfort 3 to 3 to 5 , 5 , 8 " " [i] [have] [none] [to] [give] [,] " [the] [ghost] [replied] [.] 1 " 8 " ["] [it] [comes] [from] [other] [regions] [,] [ebenezer] [scrooge] [,] [and] [is] [conveyed] [by] [other] [ministers] [,] [to] [other] [kinds] [of] [men] [.] [nor] [can] [i] [tell] [you] [what] [i] [would] [.] a [very] little more is all permitted to me [.] 1 a 3 little 3 little 4 more 4 more 5 is 5 is 6 all 5 is 8 to 6 all 7 permitted 8 to 9 me i cannot rest , [i] cannot stay , [i] cannot linger anywhere [.] 1 i 4 , 2 cannot 3 rest 2 cannot 4 , 4 , 8 , 6 cannot 8 , 7 stay 8 , 8 , 11 linger 10 cannot 11 linger 11 linger 12 anywhere it was a habit with [scrooge] , whenever he became thoughtful , to put his hands in his breeches pockets [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 4 habit 2 was 5 with 2 was 8 whenever 2 was 13 to 3 a 4 habit 4 habit 5 with 5 with 7 , 7 , 8 whenever 8 whenever 9 he 8 whenever 10 became 8 whenever 12 , 9 he 10 became 10 became 11 thoughtful 13 to 14 put 14 put 16 hands 14 put 17 in 15 his 16 hands 17 in 20 pockets 18 his 20 pockets 19 breeches 20 pockets pondering on what [the] [ghost] [had] said , he did so now , but without lifting up his eyes , or getting off his knees [.] 1 pondering 2 on 1 pondering 7 said 2 on 3 what 7 said 8 , 7 said 9 he 7 said 10 did 7 said 11 so 9 he 10 did 10 did 11 so 11 so 21 or 11 so 23 off 12 now 13 , 12 now 21 or 14 but 15 without 14 but 21 or 15 without 16 lifting 17 up 21 or 18 his 19 eyes 19 eyes 21 or 20 , 21 or 21 or 22 getting 21 or 23 off 23 off 25 knees 24 his 25 knees " [you] [must] [have] [been] [very] [slow] [about] [it] [,] [jacob] [,] ["] [scrooge] observed [in] a business-like manner [,] [though] [with] [humility] [and] [deference] [.] 1 " 15 observed 15 observed 19 manner 17 a 18 business-like 17 a 19 manner " [slow] [!] " [the] [ghost] [repeated] [.] 1 " 4 " " [seven] [years] [dead] [,] " [mused] [scrooge] [.] 1 " 6 " " [and] [travelling] [all] [the] [time] [?] " 1 " 8 " " [the] [whole] [time] [,] " [said] [the] [ghost] [.] 1 " 6 " ["] [no] [rest] [,] [no] [peace] [.] incessant [torture] of remorse [.] ["] 1 incessant 3 of 3 of 4 remorse " [you] [travel] [fast] [?] " [said] [scrooge] [.] 1 " 6 " " [on] [the] [wings] [of] [the] [wind] [,] " [replied] [the] [ghost] [.] 1 " 9 " " you might have got [over] a great quantity of ground in [seven] [years] , " said [scrooge] . 1 " 2 you 2 you 3 might 3 might 4 have 4 have 5 got 5 got 11 ground 7 a 8 great 7 a 9 quantity 8 great 9 quantity 9 quantity 10 of 9 quantity 11 ground 10 of 11 ground 11 ground 12 in 12 in 15 , 15 , 16 " 15 , 17 said 17 said 19 . not to know that no space of regret can make amends for one life 's opportunities misused [!] 1 not 2 to 2 to 3 know 2 to 15 's 3 know 4 that 4 that 6 space 4 that 10 make 5 no 6 space 6 space 7 of 6 space 9 can 7 of 8 regret 9 can 10 make 10 make 11 amends 10 make 14 life 11 amends 12 for 12 for 13 one 15 's 16 opportunities 16 opportunities 17 misused [yet] [such] [was] [i] [!] oh , [such] [was] [i] [!] " 1 oh 2 , 2 , 7 " " [but] [you] [were] [always] [a] [good] [man] [of] [business] [,] [jacob] [,] ["] faltered [scrooge] [,] [who] now [began] to apply [this] to himself [.] 1 " 15 faltered 15 faltered 22 apply 19 now 21 to 21 to 22 apply 22 apply 24 to 24 to 25 himself " [business] [!] ["] cried [the] [ghost] , wringing [its] [hands] [again] [.] 1 " 5 cried 5 cried 9 wringing 8 , 9 wringing " [mankind] was my business [.] 1 " 3 was 3 was 5 business 4 my 5 business the common welfare was my business [;] charity , mercy , forbearance , and benevolence were , [all] , my business [.] 1 the 3 welfare 1 the 8 charity 2 common 3 welfare 3 welfare 4 was 4 was 6 business 5 my 6 business 8 charity 9 , 9 , 10 mercy 9 , 11 , 11 , 14 and 11 , 17 , 12 forbearance 13 , 13 , 14 and 14 and 15 benevolence 14 and 16 were 17 , 19 , 19 , 20 my 20 my 21 business the dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business [!] ["] 1 the 2 dealings 2 dealings 3 of 2 dealings 6 were 3 of 5 trade 4 my 5 trade 6 were 7 but 6 were 12 in 7 but 9 drop 8 a 9 drop 9 drop 10 of 10 of 11 water 11 water 12 in 12 in 15 ocean 13 the 15 ocean 14 comprehensive 15 ocean 15 ocean 16 of 16 of 18 business 17 my 18 business " [at] [this] [time] [of] [the] [rolling] [year] [,] ["] the spectre said [,] ["] [i] [suffer] [most] [.] 1 " 13 said 11 the 12 spectre 12 spectre 13 said were there no poor homes to which its light would have conducted me [?] " 1 were 2 there 1 were 5 homes 3 no 5 homes 4 poor 5 homes 5 homes 6 to 6 to 7 which 6 to 9 light 6 to 12 conducted 8 its 9 light 9 light 10 would 10 would 11 have 11 have 12 conducted 12 conducted 13 me 13 me 15 " scrooge was very much dismayed to hear the spectre going on at this rate , and began to quake [exceedingly] [.] 1 scrooge 2 was 2 was 5 dismayed 3 very 4 much 4 much 5 dismayed 5 dismayed 6 to 6 to 16 and 7 hear 9 spectre 7 hear 12 at 7 hear 14 rate 7 hear 16 and 8 the 9 spectre 9 spectre 10 going 9 spectre 12 at 10 going 11 on 12 at 13 this 15 , 16 and 16 and 17 began 17 began 18 to 18 to 19 quake " [hear] [me] [!] " [cried] [the] [ghost] [.] 1 " 5 " " [my] [time] [is] [nearly] [gone] [.] " 1 " 8 " " [i] [will] [,] " [said] [scrooge] [.] 1 " 5 " ["] [but] [don't] [be] [hard] [upon] [me] [!] don't be flowery [,] [jacob] [!] 1 don't 2 be 2 be 3 flowery [pray] [!] ["] ["] [how] [it] [is] [that] [i] [appear] [before] [you] [in] [a] [shape] [that] [you] [can] [see] [,] [i] [may] [not] [tell] [.] i have sat invisible beside you [many] and [many] a day [.] ["] 1 i 2 have 2 have 3 sat 3 sat 4 invisible 4 invisible 5 beside 5 beside 8 and 6 you 8 and 8 and 11 day 10 a 11 day it was not an agreeable idea [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 not 2 was 6 idea 4 an 6 idea 5 agreeable 6 idea scrooge shivered , and wiped the perspiration from his brow [.] 1 scrooge 2 shivered 1 scrooge 4 and 2 shivered 4 and 3 , 4 and 4 and 5 wiped 5 wiped 7 perspiration 5 wiped 8 from 6 the 7 perspiration 8 from 10 brow 9 his 10 brow " [that] is no [light] [part] [of] [my] penance [,] ["] [pursued] [the] [ghost] [.] 1 " 3 is 3 is 9 penance 4 no 9 penance ["] [i] [am] [here] [to-night] [to] [warn] [you] [that] [you] [have] [yet] [a] [chance] [and] [hope] [of] [escaping] [my] [fate] [.] a chance and hope of my procuring , [ebenezer] . ["] 1 a 2 chance 2 chance 3 and 3 and 4 hope 3 and 5 of 5 of 8 , 6 my 7 procuring 7 procuring 8 , 8 , 10 . " [you] [were] [always] [a] [good] [friend] [to] [me] [,] " [said] [scrooge] [.] 1 " 11 " " [thankee] [!] " 1 " 4 " " [you] [will] [be] [haunted] [,] " [resumed] [the] [ghost] [,] ["] [by] [three] [spirits] [.] ["] 1 " 7 " scrooge 's countenance fell [almost] [as] [low] [as] [the] [ghost] ['s] [had] [done] [.] 1 scrooge 2 's 2 's 3 countenance 3 countenance 4 fell " [is] [that] [the] [chance] [and] [hope] [you] [mentioned] , [jacob] [?] " he demanded in a faltering voice [.] 1 " 15 demanded 10 , 13 " 10 , 14 he 14 he 15 demanded 15 demanded 16 in 16 in 19 voice 17 a 19 voice 18 faltering 19 voice " [it] [is] [.] " 1 " 5 " " [i] [i] [think] [i] ['d] [rather] [not] [,] " [said] [scrooge] [.] 1 " 10 " " [without] [their] [visits] [,] ["] said [the] [ghost] , ["] you cannot [hope] [to] shun [the] [path] [i] [tread] [.] 1 " 7 said 7 said 16 shun 10 , 12 you 10 , 16 shun 12 you 13 cannot expect the first to-morrow when the bell tolls [one] [.] ["] 1 expect 4 to-morrow 2 the 4 to-morrow 3 first 4 to-morrow 4 to-morrow 5 when 5 when 7 bell 5 when 8 tolls 6 the 7 bell 7 bell 8 tolls " [couldn't] [i] [take] ['] [em] [all] [at] [once] [,] [and] [have] [it] [over] [,] [jacob] [?] " [hinted] [scrooge] [.] 1 " 18 " ["] [expect] [the] [second] [on] [the] [next] [night] [at] [the] [same] [hour] [.] the third , [upon] [the] [next] [night] when the [last] stroke of [twelve] [has] ceased [to] [vibrate] [.] 1 the 2 third 2 third 3 , 3 , 11 stroke 8 when 9 the 9 the 11 stroke 11 stroke 12 of 12 of 15 ceased look to see [me] [no] [more] [;] [and] [look] that , for [your] [own] [sake] , you remember what has passed between us [!] ["] 1 look 2 to 2 to 3 see 3 see 10 that 10 that 11 , 11 , 12 for 12 for 16 , 16 , 17 you 16 , 18 remember 17 you 18 remember 18 remember 19 what 19 what 20 has 20 has 21 passed 21 passed 22 between 22 between 23 us when it had said these words , the spectre took its wrapper from the table , and bound it round its head as before [.] 1 when 2 it 1 when 17 and 1 when 20 round 2 it 17 and 3 had 13 from 3 had 17 and 4 said 6 words 4 said 7 , 4 said 9 spectre 4 said 10 took 5 these 6 words 8 the 9 spectre 9 spectre 10 took 10 took 12 wrapper 11 its 12 wrapper 12 wrapper 13 from 13 from 15 table 14 the 15 table 16 , 17 and 17 and 18 bound 18 bound 19 it 20 round 22 head 20 round 23 as 20 round 24 before 21 its 22 head 23 as 24 before scrooge knew this by the smart sound its teeth made when the jaws were brought together by the bandage [.] 1 scrooge 2 knew 2 knew 3 this 2 knew 4 by 4 by 7 sound 5 the 7 sound 6 smart 7 sound 7 sound 9 teeth 7 sound 10 made 8 its 9 teeth 9 teeth 10 made 10 made 11 when 11 when 13 jaws 11 when 15 brought 12 the 13 jaws 13 jaws 14 were 14 were 15 brought 15 brought 16 together 15 brought 17 by 17 by 19 bandage 18 the 19 bandage it beckoned [scrooge] to [approach] , [which] [he] [did] . 1 it 2 beckoned 2 beckoned 4 to 4 to 6 , 6 , 10 . when they were within two paces of each other [,] [marley] 's [ghost] [held] [up] [its] [hand] [,] warning [him] to come no nearer [.] 1 when 2 they 2 they 3 were 3 were 4 within 4 within 6 paces 5 two 6 paces 6 paces 7 of 7 of 19 warning 8 each 9 other 9 other 12 's 12 's 19 warning 19 warning 21 to 21 to 22 come 22 come 24 nearer 23 no 24 nearer scrooge stopped [.] 1 scrooge 2 stopped the spectre , after listening for a moment , joined in the mournful dirge [;] and [floated] [out] [upon] [the] [bleak] [,] dark night [.] 1 the 2 spectre 2 spectre 4 after 2 spectre 10 joined 3 , 4 after 4 after 5 listening 4 after 9 , 5 listening 6 for 6 for 8 moment 7 a 8 moment 10 joined 11 in 11 in 24 night 12 the 24 night 13 mournful 14 dirge 13 mournful 16 and 16 and 23 dark 23 dark 24 night scrooge followed to the window : desperate in his curiosity [.] 1 scrooge 2 followed 2 followed 3 to 3 to 10 curiosity 4 the 5 window 5 window 6 : 6 : 7 desperate 7 desperate 8 in 8 in 10 curiosity 9 his 10 curiosity he looked out [.] 1 he 2 looked 2 looked 3 out the air [was] filled with phantoms , wandering hither and thither in restless haste , and moaning as they went [.] 1 the 2 air 2 air 10 and 4 filled 5 with 4 filled 10 and 5 with 6 phantoms 7 , 9 hither 7 , 10 and 8 wandering 9 hither 10 and 11 thither 10 and 18 as 11 thither 12 in 12 in 16 and 13 restless 14 haste 14 haste 16 and 15 , 16 and 16 and 17 moaning 18 as 19 they 19 they 20 went many had been personally known to [scrooge] in [their] lives . 1 many 2 had 2 had 3 been 3 been 5 known 4 personally 5 known 5 known 6 to 5 known 8 in 8 in 10 lives 10 lives 11 . whether these creatures faded into mist , or mist enshrouded them , he could not tell [.] 1 whether 3 creatures 1 whether 4 faded 1 whether 12 , 2 these 3 creatures 3 creatures 4 faded 4 faded 5 into 5 into 8 or 6 mist 8 or 7 , 8 or 8 or 9 mist 10 enshrouded 11 them 10 enshrouded 12 , 12 , 16 tell 13 he 14 could 14 could 15 not 14 could 16 tell 15 not 16 tell but they and their spirit [voices] [faded] [together] [;] and [the] [night] [became] [as] it had been when he walked [home] . 1 but 2 they 1 but 3 and 3 and 5 spirit 3 and 22 . 4 their 5 spirit 10 and 15 it 10 and 22 . 15 it 16 had 16 had 17 been 17 been 18 when 18 when 19 he 18 when 20 walked 19 he 20 walked scrooge closed the window , and [examined] the door [by] [which] [the] [ghost] had entered [.] 1 scrooge 6 and 2 closed 6 and 3 the 4 window 4 window 5 , 5 , 6 and 6 and 15 entered 8 the 9 door 9 door 14 had 14 had 15 entered it was double locked , as he had locked it with his own hands , and the bolts were undisturbed [.] 1 it 5 , 2 was 4 locked 2 was 5 , 3 double 4 locked 5 , 9 locked 5 , 11 with 6 as 7 he 7 he 8 had 8 had 9 locked 9 locked 10 it 11 with 16 and 12 his 13 own 12 his 14 hands 14 hands 15 , 15 , 16 and 16 and 18 bolts 17 the 18 bolts 18 bolts 19 were 19 were 20 undisturbed he tried to say " [humbug] ! " [but] stopped at the first syllable [.] 1 he 2 tried 2 tried 3 to 2 tried 4 say 3 to 4 say 4 say 5 " 4 say 7 ! 7 ! 8 " 7 ! 10 stopped 10 stopped 11 at 11 at 14 syllable 12 the 13 first 12 the 14 syllable [stave] [two] [the] [first] [of] [the] [three] [spirits] he was endeavouring to pierce the darkness with his ferret eyes , when the chimes of a neighbouring church struck the four quarters [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 endeavouring 3 endeavouring 4 to 3 endeavouring 5 pierce 4 to 5 pierce 5 pierce 7 darkness 5 pierce 8 with 5 pierce 13 when 6 the 7 darkness 8 with 11 eyes 9 his 11 eyes 10 ferret 11 eyes 12 , 13 when 13 when 15 chimes 13 when 20 struck 14 the 15 chimes 15 chimes 16 of 15 chimes 20 struck 16 of 19 church 17 a 19 church 18 neighbouring 19 church 20 struck 23 quarters 21 the 22 four 22 four 23 quarters so he listened for the hour [.] 1 so 2 he 2 he 3 listened 3 listened 4 for 4 for 6 hour 5 the 6 hour [twelve] [!] it was past two when he went to bed [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 past 3 past 4 two 3 past 5 when 5 when 6 he 5 when 7 went 6 he 7 went 7 went 8 to 8 to 9 bed the clock was wrong [.] 1 the 2 clock 2 clock 3 was 3 was 4 wrong an icicle must have got into the works [.] 1 an 2 icicle 2 icicle 3 must 3 must 4 have 4 have 5 got 5 got 6 into 6 into 8 works 7 the 8 works [twelve] [!] he touched the spring of [his] [repeater] , [to] [correct] [this] most preposterous clock [.] 1 he 2 touched 2 touched 4 spring 3 the 4 spring 4 spring 5 of 5 of 8 , 8 , 14 clock 12 most 13 preposterous 13 preposterous 14 clock its rapid little pulse beat twelve , and stopped [.] 1 its 4 pulse 2 rapid 4 pulse 3 little 4 pulse 4 pulse 8 and 5 beat 6 twelve 5 beat 8 and 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 stopped it isn't possible that anything has happened to [the] [sun] , and this is twelve at noon [!] ["] 1 it 2 isn't 2 isn't 3 possible 3 possible 4 that 4 that 5 anything 4 that 7 happened 5 anything 6 has 6 has 7 happened 7 happened 8 to 8 to 11 , 11 , 12 and 12 and 14 is 13 this 14 is 14 is 15 twelve 14 is 16 at 15 twelve 16 at 16 at 17 noon the idea being an alarming one , he scrambled out [of] bed , and groped his way to the window [.] 1 the 2 idea 2 idea 3 being 2 idea 14 and 3 being 6 one 4 an 5 alarming 4 an 6 one 5 alarming 6 one 7 , 8 he 8 he 9 scrambled 9 scrambled 10 out 9 scrambled 14 and 12 bed 13 , 13 , 14 and 14 and 15 groped 14 and 17 way 14 and 18 to 16 his 17 way 18 to 20 window 19 the 20 window scrooge went to bed again , and thought , and thought , and thought it over and over , and could make nothing of it [.] 1 scrooge 7 and 2 went 4 bed 2 went 5 again 2 went 7 and 3 to 4 bed 6 , 7 and 7 and 10 and 8 thought 10 and 9 , 10 and 10 and 13 and 11 thought 13 and 12 , 13 and 13 and 20 and 14 thought 15 it 14 thought 20 and 16 over 17 and 17 and 18 over 18 over 19 , 19 , 20 and 20 and 21 could 21 could 22 make 22 make 23 nothing 23 nothing 24 of 24 of 25 it the more he thought [,] [the] [more] [perplexed] he was [;] [and] , the more he endeavoured [not] to think , [the] [more] he thought [.] 1 the 2 more 2 more 3 he 2 more 4 thought 2 more 13 , 2 more 15 more 3 he 4 thought 4 thought 9 he 4 thought 10 was 14 the 15 more 15 more 16 he 15 more 25 thought 16 he 17 endeavoured 17 endeavoured 19 to 19 to 20 think 21 , 24 he 24 he 25 thought marley ['s] [ghost] bothered [him] [exceedingly] [.] 1 marley 4 bothered at length it broke upon his listening ear [.] 1 at 2 length 1 at 3 it 3 it 4 broke 4 broke 5 upon 5 upon 8 ear 6 his 8 ear 7 listening 8 ear " [ding] [,] [dong] [!] " 1 " 6 " " [a] [quarter] [past] [,] " [said] [scrooge] [,] [counting] [.] 1 " 6 " " [ding] [,] [dong] [!] " 1 " 6 " " [half] [past] [,] " [said] [scrooge] [.] 1 " 5 " " [ding] [,] [dong] [!] " 1 " 6 " " [a] [quarter] [to] it [,] ["] said [scrooge] [.] 1 " 8 said 5 it 8 said " [ding] [,] [dong] [!] " 1 " 6 " " [the] [hour] [itself] [,] ["] said [scrooge] triumphantly , " and [nothing] else [!] ["] 1 " 7 said 7 said 12 and 9 triumphantly 10 , 9 triumphantly 12 and 10 , 11 " 12 and 14 else he spoke [before] [the] [hour] [bell] [sounded] [,] [which] [it] [now] [did] with a deep , dull , hollow [,] [melancholy] [one] [.] 1 he 2 spoke 2 spoke 13 with 13 with 19 hollow 14 a 19 hollow 15 deep 16 , 15 deep 19 hollow 17 dull 18 , 17 dull 19 hollow light flashed up in the room upon the instant , and the curtains of his bed were drawn [.] 1 light 2 flashed 1 light 11 and 2 flashed 3 up 3 up 4 in 3 up 7 upon 4 in 6 room 5 the 6 room 6 room 7 upon 7 upon 9 instant 8 the 9 instant 10 , 11 and 11 and 13 curtains 11 and 14 of 11 and 17 were 12 the 13 curtains 14 of 15 his 15 his 16 bed 17 were 18 drawn the curtains of his bed were drawn aside , [i] [tell] [you] , [by] [a] [hand] . 1 the 2 curtains 2 curtains 3 of 2 curtains 9 , 3 of 5 bed 4 his 5 bed 6 were 7 drawn 6 were 9 , 7 drawn 8 aside 9 , 17 . 13 , 17 . not the curtains at his feet , [nor] the curtains at his back , but those to which his face was addressed . 1 not 15 but 2 the 3 curtains 3 curtains 4 at 3 curtains 15 but 4 at 6 feet 5 his 6 feet 6 feet 10 curtains 7 , 10 curtains 9 the 10 curtains 10 curtains 11 at 10 curtains 14 , 11 at 13 back 12 his 13 back 14 , 15 but 15 but 16 those 15 but 21 was 16 those 17 to 17 to 18 which 17 to 19 his 17 to 20 face 19 his 20 face 21 was 22 addressed 22 addressed 23 . the arms were very long and [muscular] [;] [the] hands the same , as if its hold were of uncommon strength [.] 1 the 2 arms 2 arms 6 and 3 were 5 long 3 were 6 and 4 very 5 long 6 and 10 hands 6 and 12 same 6 and 15 if 11 the 12 same 13 , 15 if 14 as 15 if 15 if 17 hold 15 if 18 were 16 its 17 hold 17 hold 18 were 18 were 19 of 19 of 21 strength 20 uncommon 21 strength its legs and feet , most delicately formed , were , like those upper members , bare [.] 1 its 2 legs 2 legs 3 and 3 and 4 feet 3 and 6 most 3 and 10 were 5 , 6 most 6 most 8 formed 6 most 9 , 7 delicately 8 formed 10 were 12 like 11 , 12 like 12 like 15 members 12 like 16 , 13 those 15 members 14 upper 15 members 16 , 17 bare it wore a tunic of [the] [purest] [white] ; and [round] its waist was [bound] a lustrous belt , [the] [sheen] [of] [which] [was] [beautiful] . 1 it 2 wore 2 wore 4 tunic 3 a 4 tunic 4 tunic 5 of 5 of 19 , 9 ; 10 and 10 and 13 waist 10 and 19 , 12 its 13 waist 13 waist 14 was 14 was 18 belt 16 a 17 lustrous 16 a 18 belt 19 , 26 . even this , though , when [scrooge] [looked] [at] [it] [with] [increasing] [steadiness] [,] was not its strangest quality [.] 1 even 2 this 2 this 15 was 3 , 4 though 4 though 5 , 4 though 15 was 6 when 15 was 15 was 16 not 15 was 19 quality 17 its 18 strangest 17 its 19 quality and , in the very wonder of this , it would be itself again [;] distinct and clear [as] ever [.] 1 and 12 be 2 , 3 in 3 in 9 , 4 the 5 very 4 the 6 wonder 6 wonder 7 of 6 wonder 9 , 7 of 8 this 9 , 10 it 10 it 11 would 11 would 12 be 12 be 13 itself 12 be 14 again 12 be 17 and 16 distinct 17 and 17 and 18 clear 18 clear 20 ever " [are] [you] [the] [spirit] [,] [sir] [,] [whose] [coming] [was] [foretold] [to] [me] [?] " [asked] [scrooge] [.] 1 " 16 " " [i] [am] [!] " 1 " 5 " the voice was soft and gentle [.] 1 the 2 voice 2 voice 3 was 3 was 5 and 4 soft 5 and 5 and 6 gentle singularly low , as if [,] [instead] of being so close beside him , it were at a distance [.] 1 singularly 2 low 2 low 3 , 2 low 15 it 3 , 5 if 4 as 5 if 5 if 8 of 5 if 14 , 5 if 15 it 8 of 9 being 9 being 11 close 10 so 11 close 11 close 12 beside 12 beside 13 him 15 it 16 were 16 were 17 at 17 at 19 distance 18 a 19 distance " [who] [and] [what] [are] [you] [?] " 1 " 8 " scrooge demanded [.] 1 scrooge 2 demanded " [i] [am] [the] [ghost] [of] [christmas] [past] [.] " 1 " 10 " " [long] [past] [?] ["] inquired [scrooge] [;] observant [of] [its] dwarfish [stature] [.] 1 " 6 inquired 6 inquired 12 dwarfish 9 observant 12 dwarfish ["] [no] [.] your past [.] ["] 1 your 2 past " [what] [!] " [exclaimed] [the] [ghost] [,] ["] [would] [you] [so] [soon] [put] [out] [,] [with] [worldly] [hands] [,] [the] [light] [i] [give] [?] 1 " 4 " scrooge [reverently] disclaimed [all] [intention] [to] [offend] [or] [any] knowledge of [having] [wilfully] ["] bonneted ["] [the] [spirit] at any period of his life [.] 1 scrooge 3 disclaimed 3 disclaimed 10 knowledge 10 knowledge 11 of 11 of 15 bonneted 15 bonneted 19 at 19 at 21 period 20 any 21 period 21 period 22 of 22 of 24 life 23 his 24 life he then made [bold] to inquire what business brought him there [.] 1 he 3 made 2 then 3 made 3 made 5 to 3 made 8 business 3 made 11 there 5 to 6 inquire 6 inquire 7 what 8 business 9 brought 8 business 11 there 9 brought 10 him " [your] [welfare] [!] " [said] [the] [ghost] [.] 1 " 5 " scrooge [expressed] [himself] [much] [obliged] [,] [but] could not help thinking that a night of unbroken rest would have been more conducive to that end [.] 1 scrooge 8 could 8 could 9 not 9 not 10 help 10 help 11 thinking 10 help 15 of 10 help 18 would 11 thinking 12 that 11 thinking 14 night 13 a 14 night 15 of 17 rest 16 unbroken 17 rest 18 would 19 have 19 have 20 been 20 been 22 conducive 21 more 22 conducive 22 conducive 23 to 23 to 25 end 24 that 25 end the [spirit] must have [heard] [him] [thinking] , for it said [immediately] : 1 the 3 must 3 must 4 have 4 have 9 for 8 , 9 for 9 for 10 it 10 it 11 said 11 said 13 : ["] [your] [reclamation] [,] [then] [.] take heed [!] ["] 1 take 2 heed it put out its strong hand as it spoke , and clasped him gently by the arm [.] 1 it 2 put 2 put 3 out 2 put 6 hand 2 put 7 as 2 put 14 gently 2 put 15 by 4 its 6 hand 5 strong 6 hand 7 as 8 it 7 as 11 and 8 it 11 and 9 spoke 11 and 10 , 11 and 11 and 12 clasped 11 and 13 him 15 by 17 arm 16 the 17 arm " [rise] [!] [and] [walk] [with] [me] [!] " 1 " 9 " the grasp , [though] gentle as a woman 's hand , was not to be resisted [.] 1 the 2 grasp 2 grasp 5 gentle 2 grasp 11 , 3 , 5 gentle 5 gentle 6 as 6 as 8 woman 7 a 8 woman 9 's 10 hand 9 's 11 , 11 , 12 was 12 was 13 not 12 was 14 to 12 was 16 resisted 14 to 15 be he rose [:] but [,] finding that [the] [spirit] [made] [towards] [the] [window] , clasped its robe in supplication [.] 1 he 14 , 2 rose 4 but 2 rose 14 , 4 but 6 finding 6 finding 7 that 14 , 15 clasped 14 , 18 in 15 clasped 17 robe 16 its 17 robe 17 robe 18 in 18 in 19 supplication " [i] [am] [a] [mortal] [,] " [scrooge] [remonstrated] [,] ["] [and] [liable] [to] [fall] [.] ["] 1 " 7 " as the words were spoken , they passed through the wall , and stood upon an open country road , with fields on either hand [.] 1 as 3 words 1 as 5 spoken 1 as 6 , 1 as 7 they 2 the 3 words 3 words 4 were 4 were 5 spoken 5 spoken 6 , 7 they 13 and 8 passed 9 through 8 passed 13 and 10 the 11 wall 11 wall 12 , 12 , 13 and 13 and 14 stood 13 and 15 upon 15 upon 19 road 16 an 19 road 17 open 18 country 18 country 19 road 19 road 21 with 20 , 21 with 21 with 22 fields 22 fields 23 on 23 on 25 hand 24 either 25 hand the city had entirely vanished [.] 1 the 2 city 2 city 3 had 3 had 5 vanished 4 entirely 5 vanished not a vestige of it was to be seen [.] 1 not 3 vestige 1 not 6 was 2 a 3 vestige 3 vestige 4 of 3 vestige 6 was 4 of 5 it 6 was 7 to 7 to 8 be 8 be 9 seen " [good] [heaven] [!] ["] said [scrooge] [,] [clasping] [his] [hands] [together] [as] he looked about him [.] 1 " 6 said 6 said 14 he 14 he 15 looked 15 looked 16 about 16 about 17 him ["] [i] [was] [bred] [in] [this] [place] [.] i was a boy here [!] ["] 1 i 2 was 2 was 4 boy 2 was 5 here 3 a 4 boy 4 boy 5 here the [spirit] [gazed] [upon] [him] [mildly] . 1 the 7 . its gentle touch [,] [though] [it] [had] [been] [light] [and] [instantaneous] [,] [appeared] [still] [present] [to] [the] [old] [man] ['s] [sense] [of] [feeling] [.] 1 its 3 touch 2 gentle 3 touch " [your] [lip] [is] [trembling] [,] " [said] [the] [ghost] [.] 1 " 7 " " [and] [what] [is] [that] [upon] [your] [cheek] [?] " 1 " 10 " " [you] [recollect] [the] [way] [?] " [inquired] [the] [spirit] [.] 1 " 7 " " [remember] it [!] ["] cried [scrooge] [with] [fervour] [;] ["] [i] [could] [walk] [it] [blindfold] [.] ["] 1 " 6 cried 3 it 6 cried " [strange] [to] [have] [forgotten] [it] [for] so [many] [years] [!] ["] [observed] [the] [ghost] [.] 1 " 8 so " [let] [us] [go] [on] [.] " 1 " 7 " [ [illustration] [:] ["] you recollect the way [?] ["] [inquired] [the] [spirit] [.] 1 [ 5 you 5 you 6 recollect 6 recollect 8 way 7 the 8 way " [remember] it [!] ["] cried [scrooge] [with] [fervour] [;] ["] [i] [could] [walk] [it] [blindfold] [.] ["] []] 1 " 6 cried 3 it 6 cried " [these] [are] [but] [shadows] [of] [the] [things] [that] [have] [been] [,] " [said] [the] [ghost] [.] 1 " 13 " " [they] [have] [no] [consciousness] [of] [us] [.] " 1 " 9 " the [jocund] travellers [came] [on] ; and [as] they came [,] [scrooge] [knew] and named them every one [.] 1 the 3 travellers 3 travellers 14 and 6 ; 7 and 7 and 9 they 7 and 10 came 10 came 14 and 14 and 15 named 15 named 16 them 15 named 18 one 17 every 18 one why [was] he rejoiced beyond all bounds to see them [?] 1 why 3 he 3 he 4 rejoiced 4 rejoiced 5 beyond 4 rejoiced 8 to 5 beyond 7 bounds 6 all 7 bounds 8 to 9 see 9 see 10 them why did his cold eye glisten , and his heart leap up as they went past [?] 1 why 2 did 2 did 8 and 2 did 11 leap 3 his 5 eye 4 cold 5 eye 5 eye 8 and 6 glisten 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 10 heart 9 his 10 heart 11 leap 12 up 11 leap 13 as 13 as 14 they 13 as 15 went 14 they 15 went 15 went 16 past what was merry [christmas] [to] [scrooge] [?] 1 what 2 was 2 was 3 merry [out] [upon] [merry] [christmas] [!] what [good] had it ever done to him [?] 1 what 3 had 3 had 4 it 3 had 7 to 4 it 6 done 4 it 7 to 5 ever 6 done 7 to 8 him " [the] [school] [is] [not] [quite] [deserted] [,] " [said] [the] [ghost] [.] 1 " 9 " " [a] [solitary] [child] [,] [neglected] [by] [his] [friends] [,] [is] [left] [there] [still] [.] " 1 " 16 " scrooge said he knew it [.] 1 scrooge 2 said 2 said 3 he 2 said 4 knew 3 he 4 knew 4 knew 5 it and he sobbed . 1 and 2 he 1 and 4 . 2 he 3 sobbed fowls clucked and strutted in the stables ; and the coach-houses and sheds were overrun with [grass] [.] 1 fowls 3 and 2 clucked 3 and 3 and 4 strutted 3 and 5 in 5 in 7 stables 6 the 7 stables 7 stables 16 with 8 ; 11 coach-houses 9 and 10 the 10 the 11 coach-houses 11 coach-houses 12 and 12 and 13 sheds 13 sheds 14 were 14 were 15 overrun 15 overrun 16 with they went [,] [the] [ghost] [and] [scrooge] [,] [across] the hall [,] to a door at the back of the house . 1 they 2 went 2 went 13 to 10 the 11 hall 11 hall 13 to 13 to 15 door 14 a 15 door 15 door 16 at 16 at 18 back 17 the 18 back 18 back 19 of 19 of 21 house 20 the 21 house 21 house 22 . the [spirit] [touched] [him] [on] [the] arm , and pointed to his younger self , intent upon his reading [.] 1 the 7 arm 7 arm 8 , 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 pointed 10 pointed 11 to 11 to 14 self 12 his 14 self 13 younger 14 self 14 self 16 intent 15 , 16 intent 16 intent 17 upon 17 upon 19 reading 18 his 19 reading " [why] [,] [it] ['s] [ali] [baba] [!] " 1 " 9 " scrooge exclaimed in ecstasy [.] 1 scrooge 2 exclaimed 2 exclaimed 3 in 3 in 4 ecstasy ["] [it] ['s] [dear] [old] [honest] [ali] [baba] [!] yes , yes , [i] [know] . 1 yes 2 , 2 , 3 yes 3 yes 4 , 4 , 7 . one [christmas-time] [when] [yonder] [solitary] [child] was [left] [here] [all] [alone] , [he] [did] [come] [,] [for] [the] [first] [time] [,] [just] [like] [that] [.] 1 one 7 was 7 was 12 , poor boy [!] 1 poor 2 boy and [valentine] , ["] said [scrooge] , " and his wild brother [,] [orson] [;] there [they] [go] [!] 1 and 3 , 1 and 16 there 3 , 9 and 5 said 7 , 7 , 8 " 7 , 9 and 9 and 12 brother 10 his 12 brother 11 wild 12 brother and [the] [sultan] ['s] [groom] [turned] upside down [by] [the] [genii] [:] there [he] [is] [upon] his head [!] 1 and 7 upside 1 and 18 head 7 upside 8 down 8 down 13 there 17 his 18 head serve him right [!] 1 serve 2 him 1 serve 3 right i 'm glad of it [.] 1 i 2 'm 2 'm 3 glad 3 glad 4 of 4 of 5 it what business had he to be married [to] [the] [princess] [?] ["] 1 what 2 business 2 business 3 had 3 had 4 he 3 had 7 married 4 he 5 to 4 he 6 be 5 to 6 be [ [illustration] : " [why] , [it] ['s] [ali] [baba] [!] ["] 1 [ 3 : 3 : 4 " 3 : 6 , scrooge exclaimed in ecstasy [.] 1 scrooge 2 exclaimed 2 exclaimed 3 in 3 in 4 ecstasy " [it] ['s] [dear] [old] [honest] [ali] [baba] [.] " []] 1 " 10 " " [there] ['s] [the] [parrot] [!] " [cried] [scrooge] [.] 1 " 7 " poor [robin] [crusoe] [he] [called] [him] , [when] [he] [came] [home] [again] [after] [sailing] [round] [the] [island] [.] 1 poor 7 , ['] [poor] [robin] [crusoe] [,] [where] [have] [you] [been] [,] [robin] [crusoe] [?] ['] the man [thought] [he] was [dreaming] , but he wasn't . 1 the 2 man 2 man 5 was 5 was 11 . 7 , 9 he 7 , 11 . 8 but 9 he 9 he 10 wasn't it was [the] [parrot] , [you] [know] [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 5 , there [goes] [friday] , [running] [for] [his] [life] to the little creek [!] 1 there 4 , 4 , 9 to 9 to 12 creek 10 the 12 creek 11 little 12 creek [halloa] [!] [hoop] [!] [halloo] [!] ["] " [what] [is] [the] [matter] [?] " [asked] [the] [spirit] [.] 1 " 7 " " [nothing] [,] " [said] [scrooge] [.] 1 " 4 " ["] [nothing] [.] there was a boy singing [a] [christmas] [carol] at my door last night [.] 1 there 2 was 2 was 4 boy 2 was 9 at 2 was 13 night 3 a 4 boy 5 singing 9 at 9 at 11 door 10 my 11 door 12 last 13 night i should like to have given him something [:] [that] ['s] [all] [.] ["] 1 i 2 should 2 should 3 like 3 like 4 to 3 like 6 given 4 to 5 have 5 have 6 given 6 given 7 him 6 given 8 something the [ghost] [smiled] [thoughtfully] [,] [and] [waved] [its] hand [:] [saying] , [as] [it] [did] [so] [,] ["] [let] [us] [see] [another] [christmas] [!] ["] 1 the 9 hand 9 hand 12 , scrooge 's former self grew larger at the words , and the room became a little darker and more dirty [.] 1 scrooge 10 , 2 's 4 self 2 's 10 , 3 former 4 self 4 self 5 grew 5 grew 6 larger 6 larger 7 at 7 at 9 words 8 the 9 words 10 , 11 and 11 and 13 room 11 and 14 became 12 the 13 room 13 room 14 became 14 became 18 and 14 became 20 dirty 15 a 16 little 16 little 17 darker 17 darker 18 and 18 and 19 more he was not reading now , but walking up and down despairingly [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 not 2 was 4 reading 3 not 4 reading 4 reading 5 now 4 reading 7 but 6 , 7 but 7 but 8 walking 8 walking 11 down 8 walking 12 despairingly 9 up 10 and 10 and 11 down scrooge looked at [the] [ghost] , and , with a mournful shaking [of] his head , glanced anxiously towards the door [.] 1 scrooge 16 , 2 looked 3 at 2 looked 16 , 3 at 6 , 6 , 7 and 7 and 8 , 7 and 14 his 7 and 15 head 8 , 9 with 9 with 12 shaking 10 a 11 mournful 11 mournful 12 shaking 14 his 15 head 16 , 17 glanced 16 , 18 anxiously 16 , 19 towards 19 towards 21 door 20 the 21 door " [to] [bring] [you] [home] [,] [home] [,] [home] [!] " 1 " 11 " " [home] [,] [little] [fan] [?] " [returned] [the] [boy] [.] 1 " 7 " " [yes] [!] ["] said the child , brimful of glee [.] 1 " 5 said 5 said 7 child 6 the 7 child 7 child 9 brimful 8 , 9 brimful 9 brimful 10 of 10 of 11 glee ["] [home] [for] [good] [and] [all] [.] [home] [for] [ever] [and] [ever] [.] father is so much kinder than he used to be [,] [that] [home] ['s] [like] [heaven] [!] 1 father 2 is 2 is 4 much 3 so 4 much 4 much 5 kinder 4 much 7 he 4 much 8 used 5 kinder 6 than 7 he 8 used 8 used 9 to 8 used 10 be 9 to 10 be " you are quite a woman [,] [little] [fan] [!] ["] [exclaimed] [the] [boy] [.] 1 " 2 you 2 you 3 are 3 are 6 woman 4 quite 5 a 5 a 6 woman " [always] [a] [delicate] [creature] [,] [whom] [a] [breath] [might] [have] [withered] [,] " [said] [the] [ghost] [.] 1 " 14 " " but she had a large heart [!] ["] 1 " 2 but 2 but 3 she 2 but 4 had 3 she 4 had 4 had 7 heart 5 a 7 heart 6 large 7 heart " [so] she had , " [cried] [scrooge] . 1 " 3 she 3 she 4 had 4 had 9 . 5 , 6 " 5 , 9 . " you 're right [.] 1 " 2 you 2 you 3 're 3 're 4 right i will not gainsay [it] , [spirit] . 1 i 2 will 2 will 3 not 3 not 4 gainsay 4 gainsay 6 , 6 , 8 . [god] [forbid] [!] ["] " she [died] [a] [woman] [,] ["] said [the] [ghost] , " [and] [had] , [as] [i] think , [children] . ["] 1 " 8 said 2 she 8 said 8 said 21 . 11 , 12 " 11 , 15 , 11 , 19 , 15 , 18 think 19 , 21 . " [one] [child] [,] " [scrooge] [returned] [.] 1 " 5 " " [true] [,] " [said] [the] [ghost] [.] 1 " 4 " " [your] [nephew] [!] " 1 " 5 " scrooge seemed uneasy in his mind [;] and answered briefly [,] " [yes] [.] ["] 1 scrooge 8 and 2 seemed 3 uneasy 2 seemed 8 and 3 uneasy 4 in 4 in 6 mind 5 his 6 mind 8 and 9 answered 8 and 10 briefly 10 briefly 12 " the [ghost] [stopped] [at] [a] certain [warehouse] [door] , and [asked] [scrooge] [if] he knew it . 1 the 6 certain 6 certain 9 , 9 , 10 and 10 and 14 he 10 and 16 it 14 he 15 knew 16 it 17 . " [know] it [!] ["] said [scrooge] [.] 1 " 6 said 3 it 6 said " [was] [i] [apprenticed] [here] [?] " 1 " 7 " they went in [.] 1 they 2 went 2 went 3 in ["] [why] [,] [it] ['s] [old] [fezziwig] [!] bless [his] [heart] , it 's [fezziwig] alive again [!] ["] 1 bless 4 , 1 bless 5 it 5 it 6 's 6 's 8 alive 8 alive 9 again old [fezziwig] [laid] [down] [his] [pen] , and [looked] up at the clock [,] [which] pointed to the hour of seven [.] 1 old 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 10 up 8 and 13 clock 11 at 12 the 12 the 13 clock 13 clock 16 pointed 16 pointed 17 to 17 to 19 hour 18 the 19 hour 19 hour 20 of 20 of 21 seven ["] [yo] [ho] [,] [there] [!] [ebenezer] [!] dick [!] " 1 dick 3 " scrooge 's former self , now [grown] a young man , came briskly [in] , accompanied by his fellow-'prentice [.] 1 scrooge 2 's 2 's 4 self 3 former 4 self 4 self 10 man 4 self 15 , 5 , 6 now 5 , 10 man 8 a 9 young 8 a 10 man 9 young 10 man 10 man 11 , 12 came 13 briskly 12 came 15 , 15 , 16 accompanied 15 , 17 by 17 by 19 fellow-'prentice 18 his 19 fellow-'prentice " [dick] [wilkins] [,] [to] [be] [sure] [!] " [said] [scrooge] [to] [the] [ghost] [.] 1 " 9 " ["] [bless] [me] [,] [yes] [.] there he is [.] 1 there 2 he 2 he 3 is he was very much attached to me , was [dick] [.] 1 he 8 , 2 was 5 attached 2 was 8 , 3 very 4 much 4 much 5 attached 5 attached 6 to 6 to 7 me 8 , 9 was [poor] [dick] [!] dear , dear [!] ["] 1 dear 2 , 2 , 3 dear " [yo] [ho] [,] [my] [boys] [!] " [said] [fezziwig] [.] 1 " 8 " ["] [no] [more] [work] [to-night] [.] [christmas-eve] [,] [dick] [.] christmas , [ebenezer] [!] 1 christmas 2 , you wouldn't believe [how] those two fellows went at it [!] 1 you 2 wouldn't 2 wouldn't 3 believe 3 believe 7 fellows 3 believe 8 went 5 those 6 two 6 two 7 fellows 7 fellows 8 went 8 went 9 at 9 at 10 it " [hilli-ho] [!] ["] cried [old] [fezziwig] [,] [skipping] [down] [from] the [high] desk [with] [wonderful] [agility] [.] 1 " 5 cried 5 cried 14 desk 12 the 14 desk ["] [clear] [away] [,] [my] [lads] [,] [and] [let's] [have] [lots] [of] [room] [here] [!] [hilli-ho] [,] [dick] [!] [chirrup] [,] [ebenezer] [!] ["] clear away [!] 1 clear 2 away there was nothing they wouldn't have cleared away , or couldn't have cleared [away] [,] [with] [old] [fezziwig] [looking] on [.] 1 there 2 was 2 was 3 nothing 3 nothing 4 they 3 nothing 13 cleared 4 they 10 or 5 wouldn't 6 have 5 wouldn't 10 or 6 have 7 cleared 7 cleared 8 away 9 , 10 or 10 or 11 couldn't 11 couldn't 12 have 13 cleared 20 on it was done in a minute [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 done 3 done 4 in 4 in 6 minute 5 a 6 minute in [came] [mrs] . fezziwig , [one] [vast] [substantial] [smile] [.] 1 in 4 . 1 in 5 fezziwig 5 fezziwig 6 , in came the [three] [miss] [fezziwigs] [,] beaming and lovable . 1 in 2 came 2 came 9 and 3 the 8 beaming 8 beaming 9 and 9 and 10 lovable 10 lovable 11 . in [came] the six young followers [whose] hearts they broke [.] 1 in 8 hearts 1 in 9 they 3 the 4 six 4 six 8 hearts 5 young 6 followers 6 followers 8 hearts 9 they 10 broke in came [all] [the] [young] [men] and [women] employed in the business [.] 1 in 2 came 2 came 7 and 7 and 9 employed 9 employed 10 in 10 in 12 business 11 the 12 business in came [the] [housemaid] , with her cousin the baker [.] 1 in 2 came 2 came 6 with 5 , 6 with 6 with 8 cousin 6 with 10 baker 7 her 8 cousin 9 the 10 baker in [came] the cook , with her brother 's particular friend the milkman [.] 1 in 4 cook 1 in 5 , 1 in 10 particular 3 the 4 cook 6 with 7 her 6 with 10 particular 8 brother 9 's 9 's 10 particular 10 particular 11 friend 11 friend 13 milkman 12 the 13 milkman but the great effect of the evening came [after] [the] [roast] [and] [boiled] , [when] [the] fiddler ( [an] artful [dog] [,] [mind] [!] 1 but 4 effect 1 but 14 , 2 the 4 effect 3 great 4 effect 4 effect 5 of 4 effect 8 came 5 of 7 evening 6 the 7 evening 14 , 17 fiddler 17 fiddler 20 artful 18 ( 20 artful [then] [old] [fezziwig] [stood] [out] [to] [dance] [with] [mrs] [fezziwig] [.] as to her , she was worthy to be his partner in every sense of the term [.] 1 as 2 to 2 to 3 her 2 to 4 , 2 to 5 she 5 she 6 was 6 was 7 worthy 7 worthy 8 to 8 to 9 be 9 be 11 partner 10 his 11 partner 11 partner 12 in 12 in 14 sense 13 every 14 sense 14 sense 15 of 15 of 16 the 16 the 17 term if that 's not high praise , tell me higher [,] [and] [i] ['ll] [use] [it] [.] 1 if 2 that 1 if 3 's 1 if 7 , 1 if 8 tell 2 that 3 's 3 's 4 not 3 's 6 praise 4 not 5 high 5 high 6 praise 8 tell 9 me 8 tell 10 higher a positive light appeared to issue from [fezziwig] ['s] calves [.] 1 a 2 positive 1 a 3 light 2 positive 3 light 3 light 4 appeared 4 appeared 5 to 4 appeared 6 issue 5 to 6 issue 6 issue 7 from 7 from 10 calves they shone in every part of the dance like moons [.] 1 they 2 shone 2 shone 3 in 2 shone 9 like 3 in 5 part 4 every 5 part 5 part 6 of 6 of 8 dance 7 the 8 dance 9 like 10 moons you couldn't have predicted , at any given time , what would become [of] them next [.] 1 you 2 couldn't 2 couldn't 3 have 3 have 4 predicted 4 predicted 6 at 4 predicted 10 , 4 predicted 11 what 4 predicted 13 become 5 , 6 at 6 at 7 any 6 at 10 , 7 any 8 given 8 given 9 time 11 what 12 would 12 would 13 become 13 become 15 them 13 become 16 next when the clock struck eleven , this domestic ball broke up [.] 1 when 3 clock 1 when 4 struck 1 when 6 , 1 when 9 ball 2 the 3 clock 3 clock 4 struck 4 struck 5 eleven 7 this 8 domestic 8 domestic 9 ball 9 ball 10 broke 10 broke 11 up during [the] [whole] [of] [this] [time] [scrooge] [had] [acted] like [a] [man] [out] [of] his [wits] [.] 1 during 10 like 10 like 15 his his heart and soul were in the scene , and with his former self [.] 1 his 2 heart 2 heart 3 and 3 and 4 soul 3 and 5 were 5 were 10 and 6 in 10 and 7 the 8 scene 8 scene 9 , 9 , 10 and 10 and 11 with 11 with 14 self 12 his 14 self 13 former 14 self he corroborated everything , remembered everything , enjoyed everything , and underwent the strangest agitation [.] 1 he 4 , 2 corroborated 3 everything 2 corroborated 4 , 4 , 7 , 5 remembered 6 everything 5 remembered 7 , 7 , 11 and 8 enjoyed 9 everything 8 enjoyed 11 and 10 , 11 and 11 and 12 underwent 12 underwent 15 agitation 13 the 14 strangest 13 the 15 agitation " [a] [small] [matter] [,] ["] said [the] [ghost] , ["] to make [these] silly folks [so] [full] [of] gratitude [.] ["] 1 " 7 said 7 said 20 gratitude 10 , 12 to 10 , 20 gratitude 12 to 13 make 13 make 16 folks 15 silly 16 folks " [small] [!] " [echoed] [scrooge] [.] 1 " 4 " ["] [why] [!] is it not [?] 1 is 2 it 1 is 3 not he has spent but a few pounds of your mortal money : three or four , perhaps [.] 1 he 2 has 2 has 3 spent 3 spent 4 but 3 spent 7 pounds 4 but 6 few 5 a 6 few 7 pounds 8 of 8 of 10 mortal 9 your 10 mortal 10 mortal 11 money 10 mortal 12 : 11 money 12 : 12 : 14 or 12 : 17 perhaps 13 three 14 or 14 or 15 four 16 , 17 perhaps is that so much that he deserves this praise [?] ["] 1 is 2 that 1 is 4 much 3 so 4 much 4 much 5 that 4 much 7 deserves 5 that 6 he 5 that 7 deserves 6 he 7 deserves 7 deserves 9 praise 8 this 9 praise " [it] [isn't] [that] [,] ["] said [scrooge] , heated [by] the remark , and speaking unconsciously [like] [his] [former] , [not] [his] [latter] [self] [.] 1 " 7 said 7 said 17 unconsciously 9 , 15 and 9 , 17 unconsciously 10 heated 13 remark 10 heated 14 , 12 the 13 remark 14 , 15 and 15 and 16 speaking 17 unconsciously 21 , ["] [it] [isn't] [that] [,] [spirit] [.] he has the power to render us happy or unhappy [;] to make our service [light] [or] [burdensome] [;] [a] pleasure [or] [a] [toil] [.] 1 he 2 has 2 has 4 power 2 has 5 to 3 the 4 power 5 to 6 render 6 render 7 us 6 render 9 or 8 happy 9 or 9 or 10 unhappy 10 unhappy 12 to 10 unhappy 21 pleasure 12 to 13 make 13 make 15 service 14 our 15 service the happiness he gives is quite [as] great as if it cost a fortune [.] ["] 1 the 2 happiness 2 happiness 3 he 2 happiness 4 gives 2 happiness 5 is 3 he 4 gives 5 is 8 great 6 quite 8 great 8 great 10 if 9 as 10 if 10 if 11 it 10 if 12 cost 11 it 12 cost 12 cost 14 fortune 13 a 14 fortune he felt [the] [spirit] 's glance , and stopped [.] 1 he 8 and 2 felt 8 and 5 's 6 glance 5 's 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 stopped " [what] [is] [the] [matter] [?] " [asked] [the] [ghost] [.] 1 " 7 " " [nothing] [particular] [,] " [said] [scrooge] [.] 1 " 5 " " [something] [,] [i] [think] [?] " [the] [ghost] [insisted] [.] 1 " 7 " " [no] [,] " [said] [scrooge] [,] ["] [no] [.] 1 " 4 " i should like to be able to say a word [or] two to my clerk just now [.] 1 i 2 should 2 should 3 like 3 like 4 to 4 to 5 be 5 be 6 able 6 able 7 to 7 to 8 say 8 say 10 word 8 say 13 to 9 a 10 word 10 word 12 two 10 word 13 to 13 to 15 clerk 14 my 15 clerk 15 clerk 16 just 16 just 17 now that 's all [.] ["] 1 that 2 's 2 's 3 all " [my] [time] [grows] [short] [,] " [observed] [the] [spirit] [.] 1 " 7 " " [quick] [!] " 1 " 4 " this was not addressed to [scrooge] , or to [any] [one] [whom] [he] [could] [see] , but it produced an immediate effect . 1 this 2 was 2 was 3 not 2 was 4 addressed 3 not 4 addressed 4 addressed 5 to 4 addressed 8 or 5 to 8 or 7 , 8 or 8 or 9 to 9 to 16 , 16 , 17 but 17 but 18 it 17 but 23 . 18 it 19 produced 19 produced 22 effect 20 an 21 immediate 20 an 22 effect 21 immediate 22 effect for [again] [scrooge] [saw] [himself] . 1 for 6 . he was older now [;] [a] man in the prime of life [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 older 2 was 8 in 3 older 4 now 7 man 8 in 8 in 10 prime 9 the 10 prime 10 prime 11 of 11 of 12 life his face had [not] the harsh and rigid lines of [later] [years] ; but it had begun to wear the signs of care and avarice [.] 1 his 2 face 2 face 3 had 3 had 9 lines 5 the 9 lines 6 harsh 7 and 7 and 8 rigid 7 and 9 lines 9 lines 10 of 10 of 25 avarice 13 ; 14 but 14 but 15 it 14 but 17 begun 15 it 16 had 16 had 17 begun 17 begun 18 to 18 to 19 wear 19 wear 24 and 20 the 21 signs 21 signs 22 of 21 signs 24 and 22 of 23 care 24 and 25 avarice " [it] [matters] [little] [,] " she said softly [.] 1 " 8 said 6 " 7 she 7 she 8 said 8 said 9 softly ["] [to] [you] [,] [very] [little] [.] " [what] [idol] [has] displaced [you] ? " he rejoined [.] 1 " 10 rejoined 5 displaced 7 ? 5 displaced 9 he 7 ? 8 " 9 he 10 rejoined " [a] [golden] [one] [.] " 1 " 6 " " [this] [is] [the] even-handed dealing [of] [the] [world] [!] ["] he said . 1 " 13 said 5 even-handed 6 dealing 6 dealing 12 he 12 he 13 said 13 said 14 . " [you] [fear] [the] [world] [too] [much] [,] ["] she answered [gently] [.] 1 " 10 she 10 she 11 answered ["] [all] [your] [other] [hopes] [have] [merged] [into] [the] [hope] [of] [being] [beyond] [the] [chance] [of] [its] [sordid] [reproach] [.] i have seen your nobler aspirations fall off one by one , [until] the [master] passion , [gain] , [engrosses] you . 1 i 12 , 2 have 3 seen 2 have 12 , 3 seen 6 aspirations 3 seen 7 fall 4 your 6 aspirations 5 nobler 6 aspirations 7 fall 8 off 7 fall 10 by 8 off 9 one 9 one 10 by 10 by 11 one 12 , 17 , 14 the 16 passion 16 passion 17 , 17 , 19 , 19 , 21 you 21 you 22 . [have] [i] [not] [?] ["] " [what] [then] [?] " he retorted [.] 1 " 7 retorted 5 " 6 he 6 he 7 retorted " [even] [if] [i] [have] [grown] so [much] [wiser] [,] [what] [then] [?] 1 " 7 so i am not changed towards you [.] ["] 1 i 2 am 2 am 3 not 2 am 5 towards 3 not 4 changed 5 towards 6 you she shook her head [.] 1 she 2 shook 2 shook 4 head 3 her 4 head " [am] [i] [?] " 1 " 5 " ["] [our] [contract] [is] [an] [old] [one] [.] you are changed [.] 1 you 2 are 2 are 3 changed when it was made you were another man [.] ["] 1 when 2 it 1 when 4 made 1 when 5 you 2 it 3 was 3 was 4 made 5 you 6 were 6 were 8 man 7 another 8 man " [i] [was] [a] [boy] , " he said impatiently [.] 1 " 9 said 6 , 7 " 6 , 8 he 8 he 9 said 9 said 10 impatiently " [your] [own] [feeling] [tells] you [that] [you] [were] [not] [what] [you] are [,] ["] [she] [returned] [.] 1 " 6 you 6 you 13 are ["] [i] [am] [.] that which promised happiness when we were one in heart is fraught with misery now that we are two [.] 1 that 2 which 1 that 3 promised 2 which 3 promised 3 promised 15 now 3 promised 16 that 4 happiness 5 when 4 happiness 11 is 5 when 6 we 5 when 7 were 6 we 7 were 7 were 8 one 7 were 9 in 8 one 9 in 9 in 10 heart 11 is 12 fraught 12 fraught 13 with 13 with 14 misery 14 misery 15 now 16 that 17 we 16 that 18 are 17 we 18 are 18 are 19 two how [often] and how keenly [i] [have] [thought] [of] [this] [i] will not say [.] 1 how 3 and 3 and 4 how 3 and 14 say 5 keenly 14 say 12 will 13 not 13 not 14 say it is enough that [i] [have] [thought] of it , and can release you [.] ["] 1 it 2 is 2 is 3 enough 2 is 4 that 4 that 8 of 8 of 11 and 9 it 11 and 10 , 11 and 11 and 12 can 12 can 13 release 13 release 14 you " [have] [i] [ever] [sought] [release] [?] " 1 " 8 " ["] [in] [words] [.] no . 1 no 2 . [never] [.] ["] " [in] [what] [,] [then] [?] " 1 " 7 " " [in] [a] [changed] nature [;] [in] [an] altered [spirit] [;] [in] [another] [atmosphere] [of] [life] [;] [another] [hope] [as] [its] [great] [end] [.] 1 " 9 altered 5 nature 9 altered in everything that made my love of any worth or value in your sight [.] 1 in 2 everything 1 in 3 that 3 that 4 made 4 made 6 love 4 made 12 in 5 my 6 love 6 love 7 of 7 of 10 or 8 any 9 worth 9 worth 10 or 10 or 11 value 10 or 12 in 12 in 14 sight 13 your 14 sight ah , [no] [!] " 1 ah 2 , 2 , 5 " he seemed to yield to the justice of this supposition in spite of himself [.] 1 he 2 seemed 2 seemed 3 to 2 seemed 4 yield 3 to 4 yield 4 yield 5 to 5 to 7 justice 6 the 7 justice 7 justice 8 of 8 of 10 supposition 9 this 10 supposition 10 supposition 11 in 11 in 12 spite 12 spite 13 of 13 of 14 himself but he said , with a struggle , " you think [not] [.] " 1 but 2 he 1 but 3 said 2 he 3 said 3 said 5 with 3 said 8 , 3 said 9 " 3 said 10 you 3 said 11 think 3 said 14 " 4 , 5 with 5 with 7 struggle 6 a 7 struggle 10 you 11 think " [i] [would] [gladly] [think] [otherwise] [if] [i] [could] [,] ["] she answered [.] 1 " 12 she 12 she 13 answered ["] [heaven] [knows] [!] when [i] [have] [learned] [a] [truth] [like] [this] , [i] [know] [how] [strong] and [irresistible] it must be . 1 when 9 , 9 , 14 and 14 and 16 it 16 it 17 must 17 must 18 be 18 be 19 . i do [;] [and] [i] release [you] [.] 1 i 2 do 2 do 6 release with a full heart , for the love of him you once were [.] ["] 1 with 4 heart 1 with 5 , 1 with 11 you 2 a 3 full 2 a 4 heart 3 full 4 heart 6 for 8 love 6 for 11 you 7 the 8 love 8 love 9 of 9 of 10 him 11 you 13 were 12 once 13 were he was [about] [to] [speak] [;] but , with her head turned from him , she resumed [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 7 but 7 but 8 , 8 , 9 with 9 with 11 head 9 with 15 , 9 with 16 she 10 her 11 head 11 head 12 turned 12 turned 13 from 13 from 14 him 16 she 17 resumed " [you] [may] [the] memory [of] [what] [is] [past] [half] [makes] [me] [hope] [you] [will] [have] [pain] in this [.] 1 " 5 memory 5 memory 18 in 18 in 19 this may you be happy in the life you have chosen [!] ["] 1 may 2 you 1 may 3 be 3 be 4 happy 4 happy 5 in 4 happy 8 you 4 happy 10 chosen 5 in 7 life 6 the 7 life 8 you 9 have 9 have 10 chosen she left him , and they parted [.] 1 she 2 left 2 left 5 and 3 him 5 and 4 , 5 and 5 and 6 they 5 and 7 parted 6 they 7 parted " [spirit] [!] " [said] [scrooge] [,] ["] [show] [me] [no] [more] [!] 1 " 4 " conduct me home [.] 1 conduct 2 me 1 conduct 3 home why do you delight to torture me [?] " 1 why 2 do 2 do 3 you 2 do 4 delight 4 delight 5 to 5 to 6 torture 6 torture 7 me 7 me 9 " " [one] [shadow] [more] [!] " [exclaimed] [the] [ghost] [.] 1 " 6 " " [no] [more] [!] " [cried] [scrooge] [.] 1 " 5 " ["] [no] [more] [!] i don't wish to see it [.] 1 i 2 don't 2 don't 3 wish 3 wish 4 to 3 wish 5 see 4 to 5 see 5 see 6 it show me no more [!] ["] 1 show 2 me 1 show 4 more 3 no 4 more but the relentless [ghost] pinioned [him] in [both] his arms , and forced him to observe what happened next [.] 1 but 3 relentless 1 but 5 pinioned 2 the 3 relentless 5 pinioned 7 in 7 in 9 his 9 his 10 arms 10 arms 11 , 11 , 12 and 12 and 13 forced 13 forced 14 him 13 forced 15 to 15 to 16 observe 16 observe 17 what 17 what 18 happened 18 happened 19 next they were in another scene and [place] [;] [a] [room] [,] not very [large] [or] handsome [,] [but] [full] of comfort [.] 1 they 6 and 2 were 3 in 2 were 6 and 3 in 5 scene 4 another 5 scene 6 and 16 handsome 12 not 13 very 13 very 16 handsome 16 handsome 20 of 20 of 21 comfort what would [i] not have given to be one of them [!] 1 what 2 would 2 would 4 not 2 would 5 have 4 not 5 have 5 have 6 given 6 given 7 to 7 to 8 be 8 be 9 one 9 one 10 of 10 of 11 them though [i] [never] [could] [have] [been] [so] [rude] , [no] , [no] [!] 1 though 9 , 1 though 11 , then the shouting and the struggling , and the onslaught that was made on the defenceless porter [!] 1 then 8 and 2 the 3 shouting 3 shouting 4 and 4 and 6 struggling 4 and 8 and 5 the 6 struggling 7 , 8 and 8 and 10 onslaught 8 and 11 that 8 and 12 was 8 and 13 made 9 the 10 onslaught 13 made 14 on 13 made 17 porter 15 the 17 porter 16 defenceless 17 porter the shouts of wonder and delight with which the development of every package was received [!] 1 the 2 shouts 2 shouts 3 of 2 shouts 5 and 3 of 4 wonder 5 and 6 delight 5 and 7 with 7 with 8 which 7 with 10 development 7 with 15 received 9 the 10 development 10 development 11 of 10 development 14 was 11 of 13 package 12 every 13 package 14 was 15 received the [immense] relief of [finding] this a false alarm [!] 1 the 3 relief 3 relief 4 of 4 of 9 alarm 6 this 9 alarm 7 a 8 false 8 false 9 alarm the joy , and gratitude , and ecstasy [!] 1 the 2 joy 2 joy 3 , 3 , 4 and 4 and 5 gratitude 4 and 7 and 6 , 7 and 7 and 8 ecstasy they are all [indescribable] [alike] [.] 1 they 2 are 2 are 3 all " [who] [was] [it] [?] " 1 " 6 " " [guess] [!] " 1 " 4 " ["] [how] [can] [i] [?] tut , [don't] [i] [know] ? " she added in the same breath , laughing [as] [he] [laughed] [.] 1 tut 15 laughing 2 , 9 added 6 ? 7 " 6 ? 8 she 8 she 9 added 9 added 10 in 10 in 14 , 11 the 12 same 12 same 13 breath 13 breath 14 , 14 , 15 laughing " [mr] [scrooge] [.] " 1 " 5 " ["] [mr] [scrooge] [it] [was] [.] his partner [lies] [upon] [the] [point] [of] death , [i] [hear] [;] and there he sat alone . 1 his 2 partner 1 his 8 death 8 death 9 , 9 , 13 and 13 and 15 he 13 and 18 . 14 there 15 he 15 he 16 sat 16 sat 17 alone [quite] [alone] [in] [the] [world] [,] [i] [do] [believe] [.] ["] " [spirit] [!] ["] said [scrooge] [in] a [broken] voice [,] ["] [remove] [me] [from] [this] [place] [.] ["] 1 " 5 said 5 said 10 voice 8 a 10 voice " [i] [told] [you] [these] [were] [shadows] [of] [the] [things] [that] [have] [been] [,] " [said] [the] [ghost] [.] 1 " 15 " " [that] [they] [are] [what] [they] [are] [,] [do] [not] [blame] [me] [!] " 1 " 14 " " [remove] [me] [!] " 1 " 5 " scrooge exclaimed [.] 1 scrooge 2 exclaimed " [i] [cannot] [bear] [it] [!] " 1 " 7 " ["] [leave] [me] [!] take me back [!] 1 take 2 me 1 take 3 back haunt me no longer [!] ["] 1 haunt 2 me 1 haunt 4 longer 3 no 4 longer he was conscious of being exhausted , and overcome by an irresistible drowsiness [;] and , further , of being in his own bedroom [.] 1 he 8 and 2 was 3 conscious 2 was 8 and 3 conscious 4 of 4 of 5 being 5 being 6 exhausted 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 overcome 8 and 10 by 8 and 21 in 10 by 20 being 11 an 12 irresistible 11 an 20 being 13 drowsiness 15 and 15 and 17 further 15 and 20 being 16 , 17 further 17 further 18 , 18 , 19 of 20 being 21 in 21 in 24 bedroom 22 his 23 own 22 his 24 bedroom [stave] [three] [the] [second] [of] [the] [three] [spirits] five minutes , ten minutes , [a] quarter of an hour went by , yet nothing came [.] 1 five 2 minutes 1 five 8 quarter 1 five 9 of 1 five 12 went 2 minutes 5 minutes 2 minutes 8 quarter 3 , 5 minutes 4 ten 5 minutes 5 minutes 6 , 9 of 11 hour 10 an 11 hour 12 went 13 by 12 went 15 yet 14 , 15 yet 15 yet 16 nothing 16 nothing 17 came this idea taking full possession of his mind [,] [he] got up softly , and shuffled in his slippers to the door [.] 1 this 2 idea 2 idea 3 taking 2 idea 15 and 3 taking 5 possession 4 full 5 possession 5 possession 6 of 6 of 8 mind 7 his 8 mind 11 got 12 up 11 got 15 and 13 softly 14 , 14 , 15 and 15 and 16 shuffled 15 and 17 in 15 and 20 to 17 in 19 slippers 18 his 19 slippers 19 slippers 20 to 20 to 22 door 21 the 22 door the [moment] [scrooge] ['s] [hand] [was] [on] [the] [lock] [,] [a] [strange] voice called him by his name , and bade him enter [.] 1 the 13 voice 13 voice 20 and 14 called 15 him 14 called 16 by 14 called 20 and 16 by 18 name 17 his 18 name 19 , 20 and 20 and 21 bade 21 bade 22 him 21 bade 23 enter he obeyed [.] 1 he 2 obeyed it was his own room [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 5 room 3 his 4 own 3 his 5 room there was no doubt about that [.] 1 there 2 was 2 was 4 doubt 2 was 5 about 3 no 4 doubt 4 doubt 5 about 5 about 6 that but it had undergone a surprising transformation . 1 but 2 it 1 but 8 . 2 it 3 had 3 had 4 undergone 4 undergone 7 transformation 5 a 6 surprising 5 a 7 transformation 6 surprising 7 transformation " [come] [in] [!] " [exclaimed] [the] [ghost] [.] 1 " 5 " " [come] [in] [!] [and] [know] [me] [better] [,] [man] [!] " 1 " 12 " scrooge entered timidly , and hung his head before [this] [spirit] [.] 1 scrooge 5 and 2 entered 3 timidly 2 entered 5 and 4 , 5 and 5 and 6 hung 6 hung 8 head 7 his 8 head 8 head 9 before " [i] [am] [the] [ghost] [of] [christmas] [present] [,] " [said] [the] [spirit] [.] 1 " 10 " " [look] [upon] [me] [!] " 1 " 6 " scrooge reverently did so [.] 1 scrooge 3 did 2 reverently 3 did 3 did 4 so it was clothed in one simple deep green robe , or mantle , bordered with white fur [.] 1 it 13 , 2 was 3 clothed 2 was 13 , 3 clothed 4 in 4 in 11 or 5 one 9 robe 6 simple 9 robe 7 deep 9 robe 8 green 9 robe 9 robe 11 or 10 , 11 or 11 or 12 mantle 13 , 14 bordered 14 bordered 15 with 15 with 17 fur 16 white 17 fur girded round its middle was an antique scabbard [;] but no sword was in it , and the ancient sheath [was] eaten up with rust [.] 1 girded 2 round 2 round 10 but 3 its 4 middle 4 middle 5 was 5 was 8 scabbard 6 an 8 scabbard 7 antique 8 scabbard 8 scabbard 10 but 10 but 24 with 11 no 12 sword 12 sword 13 was 13 was 14 in 14 in 17 and 15 it 17 and 16 , 17 and 17 and 20 sheath 17 and 22 eaten 17 and 24 with 18 the 19 ancient 19 ancient 20 sheath 22 eaten 23 up 24 with 25 rust " [you] [have] [never] [seen] [the] [like] [of] [me] [before] [!] " [exclaimed] [the] [spirit] [.] 1 " 12 " " [never] [,] " [scrooge] [made] [answer] [to] [it] [.] 1 " 4 " " [i] [don't] [think] [i] [have] [,] " [said] [scrooge] [.] 1 " 8 " ["] [i] [am] [afraid] [i] [have] [not] [.] have you had many brothers [,] [spirit] [?] ["] 1 have 2 you 1 have 3 had 3 had 5 brothers 4 many 5 brothers " [more] [than] [eighteen] [hundred] [,] " [said] [the] [ghost] [.] 1 " 7 " " [a] [tremendous] [family] [to] [provide] [for] [,] " [muttered] [scrooge] [.] 1 " 9 " the [ghost] [of] [christmas] [present] rose [.] 1 the 6 rose " spirit , " said [scrooge] [submissively] [,] ["] conduct me where you will [.] 1 " 5 said 2 spirit 3 , 3 , 4 " 3 , 5 said 5 said 10 conduct 10 conduct 11 me 10 conduct 12 where 12 where 13 you 12 where 14 will 13 you 14 will i went forth last night on [compulsion] , and [i] [learnt] a lesson [which] is working [now] [.] 1 i 2 went 2 went 3 forth 2 went 5 night 2 went 6 on 4 last 5 night 6 on 8 , 8 , 9 and 9 and 13 lesson 9 and 15 is 12 a 13 lesson 15 is 16 working to-night , if you have aught to teach me , [let] [me] [profit] [by] [it] [.] " 1 to-night 2 , 1 to-night 10 , 2 , 3 if 3 if 4 you 4 you 5 have 5 have 8 teach 6 aught 7 to 7 to 8 teach 8 teach 9 me 10 , 17 " " [touch] [my] [robe] [!] " 1 " 6 " scrooge did as he was told , and held it [fast] . 1 scrooge 2 did 2 did 3 as 3 as 4 he 3 as 8 and 4 he 8 and 5 was 6 told 5 was 8 and 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 held 8 and 10 it 10 it 12 . the poulterers ' shops were still half open , and the fruiterers ['] [were] [radiant] [in] [their] glory [.] 1 the 2 poulterers 1 the 18 glory 2 poulterers 3 ' 3 ' 4 shops 4 shops 5 were 5 were 6 still 5 were 7 half 5 were 8 open 9 , 10 and 10 and 12 fruiterers 11 the 12 fruiterers 12 fruiterers 18 glory for they said , it was a shame to quarrel [upon] [christmas-day] [.] 1 for 2 they 2 they 3 said 3 said 4 , 3 said 5 it 3 said 6 was 5 it 6 was 6 was 8 shame 7 a 8 shame 8 shame 9 to 9 to 10 quarrel and so it was [!] 1 and 2 so 2 so 4 was 3 it 4 was god love it , so it was [!] 1 god 2 love 2 love 3 it 2 love 5 so 4 , 5 so 5 so 6 it 5 so 7 was 6 it 7 was " is [there] a peculiar flavour [in] [what] [you] [sprinkle] [from] [your] torch [?] ["] [asked] [scrooge] [.] 1 " 2 is 2 is 13 torch 4 a 5 peculiar 4 a 13 torch 5 peculiar 6 flavour ["] [there] [is] [.] my own [.] ["] 1 my 2 own " [would] it [apply] [to] [any] [kind] [of] [dinner] [on] [this] [day] [?] ["] asked [scrooge] [.] 1 " 15 asked 3 it 15 asked ["] [to] [any] [kindly] [given] [.] to a poor one most [.] ["] 1 to 4 one 1 to 5 most 2 a 3 poor 2 a 4 one 3 poor 4 one " [why] [to] [a] [poor] [one] [most] [?] " [asked] [scrooge] [.] 1 " 9 " " [because] [it] [needs] [it] [most] [.] " 1 " 8 " " [spirit] [!] " [said] [scrooge] [after] [a] [moment] ['s] [thought] [.] 1 " 4 " " [i] [!] " [cried] [the] [spirit] [.] 1 " 4 " " [i] [!] " [cried] [the] [spirit] [.] 1 " 4 " " [you] [seek] [to] [close] [these] [places] [on] [the] [seventh] [day] [,] " [said] [scrooge] [.] 1 " 13 " " [and] [it] [comes] [to] [the] [same] [thing] [.] " 1 " 10 " " [i] [seek] [!] " [exclaimed] [the] [spirit] [.] 1 " 5 " ["] [forgive] [me] [if] [i] [am] [wrong] [.] it has been done in your name , or at least in [that] [of] [your] [family] , " said [scrooge] . 1 it 2 has 2 has 3 been 3 been 4 done 4 done 9 or 5 in 7 name 5 in 9 or 6 your 7 name 8 , 9 or 9 or 11 least 9 or 12 in 10 at 11 least 12 in 17 , 17 , 18 " 17 , 19 said 19 said 21 . remember that , and [charge] their doings on [themselves] , [not] [us] [.] " 1 remember 4 and 2 that 4 and 3 , 4 and 4 and 7 doings 4 and 8 on 6 their 7 doings 8 on 10 , 10 , 14 " scrooge promised that he [would] ; and they went [on] , [invisible] , [as] they had been [before] , [into] the suburbs [of] [the] town [.] 1 scrooge 2 promised 2 promised 3 that 3 that 4 he 4 he 11 , 6 ; 7 and 7 and 8 they 7 and 9 went 9 went 11 , 11 , 13 , 13 , 15 they 13 , 19 , 15 they 16 had 16 had 17 been 19 , 25 town 21 the 22 suburbs 21 the 25 town think of that [!] 1 think 2 of 2 of 3 that " [what] [has] [ever] [got] [your] [precious] [father] [,] [then] [?] " [said] [mrs] [cratchit] [.] 1 " 12 " ["] [and] [your] [brother] [,] [tiny] [tim] [?] and [martha] warn't [as] [late] [last] [christmas-day] [by] [half] [an] [hour] [!] ["] 1 and 3 warn't " [here] ['s] [martha] [,] [mother] [!] ["] said a girl , appearing as she spoke [.] 1 " 9 said 9 said 11 girl 10 a 11 girl 11 girl 13 appearing 12 , 13 appearing 13 appearing 14 as 14 as 15 she 14 as 16 spoke 15 she 16 spoke " [here] ['s] [martha] [,] [mother] [!] " [cried] [the] [two] [young] [cratchits] [.] 1 " 8 " ["] [hurrah] [!] there 's such a goose [,] [martha] [!] ["] 1 there 2 's 2 's 5 goose 3 such 4 a 4 a 5 goose " [well] [!] [never] [mind] [so] [long] [as] you are come [,] ["] [said] [mrs] [cratchit] [.] 1 " 9 you 9 you 10 are 10 are 11 come " [sit] [ye] [down] [before] [the] [fire] [,] [my] [dear] [,] [and] [have] [a] [warm] [,] [lord] [bless] [ye] [!] " 1 " 21 " ["] [no] [,] [no] [!] there ['s] [father] [coming] , ["] [cried] [the] [two] [young] [cratchits] , who [were] everywhere [at] [once] [.] 1 there 5 , 5 , 15 everywhere 12 , 13 who 12 , 15 everywhere " [hide] [,] [martha] [,] [hide] [!] " 1 " 8 " alas [for] [tiny] [tim] , he bore a little crutch , and had his limbs supported by an iron frame [!] 1 alas 5 , 1 alas 6 he 6 he 12 and 7 bore 12 and 8 a 9 little 8 a 10 crutch 10 crutch 11 , 11 , 12 and 12 and 13 had 13 had 15 limbs 13 had 17 by 14 his 15 limbs 15 limbs 16 supported 15 limbs 17 by 17 by 20 frame 18 an 19 iron 18 an 20 frame 19 iron 20 frame " [why] [,] [where] ['s] [our] [martha] [?] " [cried] [bob] [cratchit] [,] [looking] [round] [.] 1 " 9 " " [not] [coming] [,] " [said] [mrs] [cratchit] [.] 1 " 5 " " [not] [coming] [upon] [christmas-day] [!] " 1 " 7 " " [as] [good] [as] [gold] [,] " [said] [bob] [,] ["] [and] [better] [.] 1 " 7 " somehow , he gets thoughtful , sitting by himself so much , and thinks the strangest things you ever heard [.] 1 somehow 2 , 1 somehow 3 he 3 he 13 and 4 gets 7 sitting 4 gets 8 by 4 gets 11 much 4 gets 13 and 5 thoughtful 6 , 5 thoughtful 7 sitting 7 sitting 8 by 8 by 9 himself 10 so 11 much 12 , 13 and 13 and 14 thinks 14 thinks 17 things 15 the 16 strangest 15 the 17 things 17 things 18 you 17 things 20 heard 18 you 20 heard 19 ever 20 heard bob 's voice was tremulous when he told them this , and trembled more when he said that [tiny] [tim] was growing strong and hearty . 1 bob 2 's 2 's 3 voice 3 voice 12 and 4 was 5 tremulous 4 was 12 and 5 tremulous 6 when 6 when 7 he 6 when 8 told 7 he 8 told 8 told 9 them 8 told 10 this 11 , 12 and 12 and 13 trembled 13 trembled 14 more 13 trembled 15 when 13 trembled 24 and 15 when 16 he 15 when 17 said 16 he 17 said 17 said 18 that 18 that 21 was 21 was 22 growing 23 strong 24 and 24 and 25 hearty 25 hearty 26 . at last the dishes were set on , and grace was said [.] 1 at 2 last 1 at 4 dishes 3 the 4 dishes 4 dishes 5 were 5 were 6 set 6 set 7 on 7 on 8 , 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 grace 9 and 12 said 10 grace 11 was 11 was 12 said there never was such a goose [.] 1 there 3 was 2 never 3 was 3 was 6 goose 4 such 5 a 5 a 6 goose bob said he didn't believe there ever was such a goose cooked [.] 1 bob 2 said 2 said 3 he 2 said 5 believe 3 he 4 didn't 4 didn't 5 believe 5 believe 6 there 5 believe 8 was 6 there 8 was 7 ever 8 was 8 was 11 goose 9 such 10 a 10 a 11 goose 11 goose 12 cooked its tenderness and flavour , size and cheapness , were the themes of universal admiration [.] 1 its 2 tenderness 2 tenderness 3 and 3 and 4 flavour 3 and 7 and 3 and 10 were 5 , 7 and 6 size 7 and 7 and 8 cheapness 7 and 9 , 10 were 12 themes 11 the 12 themes 12 themes 13 of 13 of 14 universal 14 universal 15 admiration yet every one had had [enough] [,] and the youngest [cratchits] [,] in [particular] , [were] steeped in sage and onion [to] [the] [eyebrows] [!] 1 yet 3 one 2 every 3 one 3 one 4 had 4 had 5 had 5 had 10 youngest 5 had 13 in 8 and 9 the 9 the 10 youngest 10 youngest 13 in 13 in 15 , 15 , 17 steeped 17 steeped 18 in 18 in 20 and 19 sage 20 and 20 and 21 onion suppose it should not be done enough [!] 1 suppose 2 it 1 suppose 6 done 2 it 3 should 3 should 4 not 5 be 6 done 6 done 7 enough suppose it should break in turning out [!] 1 suppose 2 it 1 suppose 4 break 2 it 3 should 3 should 4 break 4 break 5 in 5 in 6 turning 6 turning 7 out all sorts of horrors were supposed [.] 1 all 2 sorts 2 sorts 3 of 2 sorts 4 horrors 3 of 4 horrors 4 horrors 5 were 5 were 6 supposed [hallo] [!] a great deal of steam [!] 1 a 2 great 2 great 3 deal 3 deal 4 of 4 of 5 steam the pudding was out of the copper [.] 1 the 2 pudding 2 pudding 3 was 3 was 5 of 4 out 5 of 5 of 7 copper 6 the 7 copper a smell [like] [a] [washing-day] [!] 1 a 2 smell that was the cloth [.] 1 that 2 was 2 was 4 cloth 3 the 4 cloth a smell like an eating-house and a pastrycook's next door to each other , with a laundress's next door to that ! 1 a 2 smell 2 smell 3 like 2 smell 6 and 3 like 5 eating-house 4 an 5 eating-house 6 and 8 pastrycook's 6 and 10 door 6 and 11 to 6 and 15 with 7 a 8 pastrycook's 9 next 10 door 11 to 13 other 12 each 13 other 14 , 15 with 15 with 17 laundress's 15 with 22 ! 16 a 17 laundress's 17 laundress's 19 door 17 laundress's 20 to 18 next 19 door 20 to 21 that that was the pudding [!] 1 that 2 was 2 was 4 pudding 3 the 4 pudding oh , [a] [wonderful] pudding [!] 1 oh 2 , 1 oh 5 pudding bob [cratchit] said , [and] [calmly] [too] , that he regarded it as the greatest success achieved by [mrs] [cratchit] [since] their marriage . 1 bob 3 said 3 said 4 , 4 , 24 . 8 , 9 that 8 , 24 . 9 that 11 regarded 10 he 11 regarded 11 regarded 12 it 11 regarded 13 as 13 as 16 success 14 the 15 greatest 14 the 16 success 16 success 17 achieved 16 success 18 by 18 by 23 marriage 22 their 23 marriage mrs [cratchit] [said] [that] [,] [now] [the] weight [was] [off] [her] [mind] [,] [she] [would] confess she had [her] [doubts] [about] [the] [quantity] [of] [flour] [.] 1 mrs 8 weight 8 weight 18 had 16 confess 17 she 17 she 18 had everybody had something to [say] [about] [it] , but nobody said or thought it was at [all] a small pudding for a large family [.] 1 everybody 2 had 2 had 3 something 3 something 4 to 4 to 8 , 8 , 12 or 9 but 10 nobody 9 but 12 or 11 said 12 or 12 or 13 thought 13 thought 14 it 13 thought 15 was 14 it 15 was 15 was 16 at 15 was 21 for 16 at 20 pudding 18 a 19 small 18 a 20 pudding 19 small 20 pudding 20 pudding 21 for 21 for 24 family 22 a 23 large 22 a 24 family it would have been flat heresy to do so [.] 1 it 2 would 2 would 3 have 3 have 4 been 4 been 6 heresy 4 been 7 to 5 flat 6 heresy 7 to 8 do 8 do 9 so any [cratchit] [would] [have] blushed to hint at such a thing [.] 1 any 5 blushed 5 blushed 6 to 6 to 7 hint 7 hint 8 at 8 at 11 thing 9 such 10 a 10 a 11 thing at [last] the [dinner] [was] [all] [done] [,] [the] cloth was cleared , the hearth swept , and the fire made up . 1 at 3 the 3 the 10 cloth 10 cloth 11 was 11 was 12 cleared 12 cleared 23 . 13 , 18 and 13 , 23 . 14 the 15 hearth 15 hearth 16 swept 15 hearth 18 and 17 , 18 and 18 and 20 fire 18 and 21 made 19 the 20 fire 21 made 22 up two tumblers and a custard cup without a handle [.] 1 two 2 tumblers 2 tumblers 3 and 3 and 6 cup 3 and 7 without 4 a 5 custard 4 a 6 cup 7 without 9 handle 8 a 9 handle [then] [bob] [proposed] [:] ["] [a] [merry] [christmas] [to] [us] [all] [,] [my] [dears] [.] god bless us [!] ["] 1 god 2 bless 2 bless 3 us [which] [all] [the] [family] [re-echoed] [.] " [god] [bless] [us] [every] [one] [!] " [said] [tiny] [tim] [,] [the] [last] [of] [all] [.] 1 " 8 " he sat very close to his father 's side , upon his little stool [.] 1 he 2 sat 2 sat 4 close 3 very 4 close 4 close 5 to 5 to 9 side 6 his 7 father 7 father 8 's 8 's 9 side 9 side 11 upon 10 , 11 upon 11 upon 14 stool 12 his 14 stool 13 little 14 stool " [spirit] [,] ["] said [scrooge] [with] [an] [interest] he had [never] felt [before] , ["] tell me [if] [tiny] [tim] [will] live [.] ["] 1 " 5 said 5 said 10 he 5 said 15 , 5 said 23 live 10 he 11 had 11 had 13 felt 15 , 17 tell 17 tell 18 me if these shadows remain unaltered [by] [the] [future] [,] the child will die [.] ["] 1 if 3 shadows 1 if 4 remain 1 if 11 child 2 these 3 shadows 3 shadows 4 remain 4 remain 5 unaltered 10 the 11 child 11 child 12 will 12 will 13 die " [no] [,] [no] [,] " [said] [scrooge] [.] 1 " 6 " " [oh] [,] [no] [,] [kind] [spirit] [!] [say] [he] [will] [be] [spared] [.] " 1 " 15 " [what] [then] [?] if he be like to die , he had better do it , and decrease the surplus population [.] ["] 1 if 2 he 1 if 4 like 1 if 7 , 1 if 8 he 2 he 3 be 3 be 4 like 4 like 5 to 4 like 6 die 5 to 6 die 8 he 9 had 9 had 18 population 10 better 11 do 11 do 18 population 12 it 14 and 13 , 14 and 14 and 15 decrease 14 and 18 population 16 the 17 surplus 17 surplus 18 population scrooge hung his head to [hear] his own [words] [quoted] by [the] [spirit] , and was overcome with penitence and grief [.] 1 scrooge 15 and 2 hung 4 head 2 hung 5 to 2 hung 11 by 2 hung 15 and 3 his 4 head 5 to 7 his 7 his 8 own 14 , 15 and 15 and 16 was 16 was 17 overcome 17 overcome 18 with 18 with 20 and 19 penitence 20 and 20 and 21 grief will you decide what men shall live [,] [what] [men] [shall] [die] [?] 1 will 2 you 1 will 3 decide 3 decide 4 what 4 what 5 men 5 men 6 shall 6 shall 7 live oh [god] ! [to] [hear] [the] [insect] [on] [the] leaf [pronouncing] [on] [the] [too] [much] [life] [among] [his] [hungry] [brothers] [in] [the] [dust] [!] ["] 1 oh 3 ! 1 oh 10 leaf scrooge bent before the [ghost] ['s] rebuke , and [,] trembling , cast his eyes upon the ground [.] 1 scrooge 12 , 2 bent 3 before 2 bent 12 , 3 before 9 and 4 the 7 rebuke 7 rebuke 9 and 8 , 9 and 9 and 11 trembling 12 , 13 cast 13 cast 15 eyes 13 cast 16 upon 14 his 15 eyes 15 eyes 16 upon 16 upon 18 ground 17 the 18 ground but he raised them speedily on hearing his own name [.] 1 but 2 he 1 but 3 raised 2 he 3 raised 3 raised 4 them 3 raised 5 speedily 3 raised 6 on 6 on 7 hearing 7 hearing 10 name 8 his 9 own 8 his 10 name " [mr] [scrooge] [!] " [said] [bob] [.] 1 " 5 " " [i] ['ll] [give] [you] [mr] [scrooge] [,] [the] [founder] [of] [the] [feast] [!] " 1 " 15 " " [the] [founder] [of] [the] [feast] [,] [indeed] [!] ["] cried [mrs] [cratchit] , reddening [.] 1 " 11 cried 11 cried 15 reddening 14 , 15 reddening ["] [i] [wish] [i] [had] [him] [here] [.] i 'd give him a piece of my mind to feast upon , and [i] [hope] he 'd have a good appetite for it [.] ["] 1 i 2 'd 2 'd 3 give 3 give 4 him 3 give 23 for 5 a 6 piece 6 piece 7 of 6 piece 13 , 7 of 9 mind 8 my 9 mind 9 mind 10 to 9 mind 12 upon 10 to 11 feast 11 feast 12 upon 13 , 14 and 14 and 17 he 17 he 18 'd 18 'd 19 have 19 have 22 appetite 20 a 22 appetite 21 good 22 appetite 22 appetite 23 for 23 for 24 it " [my] [dear] [,] " [said] [bob] [,] ["] [the] [children] [!] 1 " 5 " christmas-day . ["] 1 christmas-day 2 . you know he is [,] [robert] [!] 1 you 2 know 2 know 4 is 3 he 4 is nobody knows it better than you do , poor fellow [!] ["] 1 nobody 2 knows 2 knows 3 it 3 it 4 better 4 better 5 than 5 than 8 , 6 you 7 do 7 do 8 , 8 , 10 fellow 9 poor 10 fellow " [my] [dear] [!] ["] was [bob] ['s] [mild] answer [.] 1 " 6 was 6 was 10 answer " [christmas-day] [.] " 1 " 4 " " [i] ['ll] [drink] [his] [health] [for] [your] [sake] [and] [the] [day] ['s] [,] " [said] [mrs] [cratchit] [,] ["] [not] [for] [his] [.] 1 " 15 " long life to him [!] 1 long 2 life 1 long 3 to 2 life 3 to 3 to 4 him [a] [merry] [christmas] [and] [a] [happy] [new] [year] [!] he 'll be very [merry] [and] very happy , [i] [have] no doubt [!] ["] 1 he 2 'll 2 'll 9 , 3 be 8 happy 3 be 9 , 4 very 7 very 7 very 8 happy 9 , 13 doubt 12 no 13 doubt the children drank the toast after her [.] 1 the 2 children 2 children 3 drank 3 drank 5 toast 3 drank 6 after 4 the 5 toast 5 toast 6 after 6 after 7 her it was the first of their proceedings which had no heartiness in it [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 4 first 3 the 4 first 4 first 5 of 5 of 7 proceedings 6 their 7 proceedings 7 proceedings 8 which 7 proceedings 9 had 8 which 9 had 9 had 11 heartiness 10 no 11 heartiness 11 heartiness 12 in 12 in 13 it tiny [tim] [drank] [it] [last] [of] [all] , [but] [he] [didn't] [care] [twopence] [for] it [.] 1 tiny 8 , 1 tiny 15 it scrooge [was] [the] [ogre] of the family [.] 1 scrooge 5 of 5 of 6 the 6 the 7 family the mention of his name cast a dark shadow on the party , which was not dispelled [for] [full] five minutes [.] 1 the 2 mention 2 mention 3 of 2 mention 6 cast 3 of 5 name 4 his 5 name 6 cast 9 shadow 6 cast 10 on 7 a 8 dark 7 a 9 shadow 10 on 11 the 11 the 12 party 12 party 15 was 13 , 14 which 14 which 15 was 15 was 16 not 15 was 17 dispelled 17 dispelled 21 minutes 20 five 21 minutes after it had passed away they were ten times merrier than [before] [,] [from] the mere relief [of] [scrooge] [the] [baleful] [being] [done] [with] [.] 1 after 2 it 1 after 4 passed 1 after 6 they 2 it 3 had 3 had 4 passed 5 away 6 they 6 they 7 were 7 were 9 times 8 ten 9 times 9 times 10 merrier 10 merrier 11 than 11 than 17 relief 15 the 16 mere 16 mere 17 relief there was nothing of [high] mark in this [.] 1 there 2 was 2 was 3 nothing 3 nothing 4 of 4 of 6 mark 6 mark 7 in 7 in 8 this blessings [on] it [,] [how] [the] [ghost] [exulted] [!] 1 blessings 3 it " [what] [place] [is] [this] [?] " [asked] [scrooge] [.] 1 " 7 " " [a] [place] [where] [miners] [live] [,] [who] labour in the [bowels] [of] [the] earth [,] ["] [returned] [the] [spirit] [.] 1 " 9 labour 9 labour 15 earth 10 in 11 the 11 the 15 earth ["] [but] [they] [know] [me] [.] [see] [!] ["] a light shone from the window of [a] [hut] , and swiftly they advanced towards it [.] 1 a 2 light 2 light 3 shone 3 shone 4 from 4 from 6 window 5 the 6 window 6 window 7 of 7 of 10 , 10 , 11 and 11 and 12 swiftly 11 and 14 advanced 13 they 14 advanced 14 advanced 15 towards 15 towards 16 it passing through the wall of mud and stone , they found a cheerful company assembled round a glowing fire [.] 1 passing 2 through 1 passing 11 found 2 through 4 wall 3 the 4 wall 4 wall 5 of 5 of 9 , 6 mud 7 and 7 and 8 stone 7 and 9 , 9 , 10 they 11 found 14 company 11 found 19 fire 12 a 13 cheerful 12 a 14 company 13 cheerful 14 company 14 company 15 assembled 15 assembled 16 round 17 a 19 fire 18 glowing 19 fire the [spirit] [did] [not] tarry [here] , [but] [bade] [scrooge] [hold] [his] [robe] , and , passing on [above] the moor , sped [whither] [?] 1 the 5 tarry 5 tarry 7 , 7 , 14 , 14 , 15 and 14 , 22 , 15 and 17 passing 16 , 17 passing 17 passing 18 on 18 on 21 moor 20 the 21 moor 22 , 23 sped [not] [to] [sea] [?] to sea [.] 1 to 2 sea " [ha] [,] [ha] [!] " [laughed] [scrooge] ['s] [nephew] [.] 1 " 6 " " [ha] [,] [ha] [,] [ha] [!] " 1 " 8 " introduce him to me , and [i] ['ll] [cultivate] his acquaintance [.] 1 introduce 2 him 1 introduce 3 to 3 to 6 and 4 me 6 and 5 , 6 and 6 and 11 acquaintance 10 his 11 acquaintance and their assembled friends , being not a bit behindhand , roared out lustily [.] 1 and 4 friends 1 and 12 roared 2 their 4 friends 3 assembled 4 friends 4 friends 6 being 4 friends 12 roared 5 , 6 being 6 being 7 not 6 being 10 behindhand 6 being 11 , 7 not 9 bit 8 a 9 bit 9 bit 10 behindhand 12 roared 13 out 13 out 14 lustily ["] [ha] [,] [ha] [!] ha , [ha] [,] [ha] [,] [ha] [!] " 1 ha 2 , 2 , 9 " " he said that [christmas] was [a] [humbug] , as [i] live [!] ["] cried [scrooge] ['s] nephew [.] 1 " 2 he 1 " 15 cried 2 he 3 said 3 said 4 that 4 that 6 was 6 was 12 live 9 , 12 live 10 as 12 live 15 cried 18 nephew " [he] [believed] [it] [,] [too] [!] " 1 " 8 " " [more] [shame] [for] [him] [,] [fred] [!] ["] said [scrooge] ['s] niece [indignantly] [.] 1 " 10 said 10 said 13 niece bless those women [!] [they] [never] [do] [anything] [by] [halves] [.] 1 bless 3 women 2 those 3 women they are always in earnest [.] 1 they 2 are 2 are 3 always 2 are 4 in 4 in 5 earnest she was [very] pretty [;] exceedingly pretty [.] 1 she 2 was 2 was 7 pretty 4 pretty 6 exceedingly 6 exceedingly 7 pretty altogether she was what [you] would have [called] provoking , [you] [know] [;] [but] [satisfactory] , [too] . 1 altogether 2 she 2 she 3 was 3 was 4 what 4 what 6 would 6 would 10 , 7 have 9 provoking 7 have 10 , 10 , 16 , 16 , 18 . oh , [perfectly] [satisfactory] [!] 1 oh 2 , " he 's a comical old fellow , " said [scrooge] ['s] nephew , " that 's the truth [;] and not so pleasant as he might be [.] 1 " 2 he 2 he 8 , 3 's 7 fellow 3 's 8 , 4 a 7 fellow 5 comical 7 fellow 6 old 7 fellow 8 , 9 " 8 , 10 said 10 said 13 nephew 10 said 17 's 14 , 15 " 14 , 16 that 16 that 17 's 17 's 21 and 17 's 25 as 18 the 19 truth 19 truth 21 and 21 and 22 not 21 and 24 pleasant 23 so 24 pleasant 25 as 26 he 25 as 28 be 27 might 28 be however , [his] [offences] [carry] [their] [own] [punishment] , and [i] have nothing to say against him . ["] 1 however 2 , 2 , 18 . 9 , 10 and 9 , 18 . 10 and 12 have 12 have 13 nothing 12 have 14 to 14 to 15 say 15 say 16 against 16 against 17 him " [i] ['m] [sure] he is very rich , [fred] , " hinted [scrooge] ['s] niece . 1 " 5 he 5 he 6 is 6 is 7 very 7 very 8 rich 8 rich 9 , 9 , 17 . 11 , 12 " 11 , 13 hinted 11 , 17 . 13 hinted 16 niece " [at] [least] [,] [you] [always] [tell] [me] so [.] ["] 1 " 9 so " [what] [of] [that] [,] [my] [dear] [?] ["] said [scrooge] ['s] nephew [.] 1 " 10 said 10 said 13 nephew ["] [his] [wealth] [is] [of] [no] [use] [to] [him] [.] he [don't] [do] [any] [good] [with] [it] . 1 he 8 . he [don't] [make] [himself] [comfortable] [with] [it] . 1 he 8 . he hasn't the satisfaction of thinking [ha] [,] [ha] , [ha] [!] that he is ever going to benefit [us] [with] it [.] ["] 1 he 2 hasn't 2 hasn't 4 satisfaction 3 the 4 satisfaction 4 satisfaction 5 of 4 satisfaction 17 going 5 of 6 thinking 6 thinking 13 that 6 thinking 15 is 10 , 13 that 13 that 14 he 13 that 15 is 14 he 15 is 15 is 16 ever 17 going 18 to 17 going 19 benefit 18 to 19 benefit 19 benefit 22 it " [i] [have] [no] [patience] [with] [him] [,] ["] observed [scrooge] ['s] niece [.] 1 " 10 observed 10 observed 13 niece scrooge 's niece 's sisters , and all the other ladies , [expressed] the same opinion [.] 1 scrooge 2 's 2 's 3 niece 3 niece 4 's 4 's 5 sisters 5 sisters 6 , 6 , 7 and 7 and 8 all 7 and 16 opinion 8 all 9 the 9 the 10 other 10 other 11 ladies 11 ladies 12 , 14 the 15 same 14 the 16 opinion " [oh] [,] [i] [have] [!] ["] said [scrooge] ['s] nephew [.] 1 " 8 said 8 said 11 nephew ["] [i] [am] [sorry] [for] [him] [;] [i] [couldn't] [be] [angry] [with] [him] [if] [i] [tried] [.] who suffers by his ill whims [?] 1 who 2 suffers 2 suffers 3 by 3 by 6 whims 4 his 6 whims 5 ill 6 whims [himself] [always] [.] here he takes it into his head to dislike us [,] and he won't come and dine with us [.] 1 here 2 he 2 he 3 takes 3 takes 4 it 3 takes 5 into 3 takes 8 to 4 it 5 into 5 into 7 head 6 his 7 head 8 to 12 and 9 dislike 10 us 9 dislike 12 and 12 and 16 and 13 he 14 won't 14 won't 16 and 15 come 16 and 16 and 17 dine 17 dine 18 with 18 with 19 us what 's the consequence [?] 1 what 2 's 2 's 4 consequence 3 the 4 consequence he [don't] [lose] [much] [of] [a] [dinner] . ["] 1 he 8 . " [indeed] [,] [i] [think] he loses a very good dinner [,] ["] [interrupted] [scrooge] 's niece [.] 1 " 6 he 6 he 7 loses 7 loses 17 niece 8 a 9 very 8 a 11 dinner 9 very 10 good 11 dinner 16 's 16 's 17 niece ["] [well] [!] i am very glad to hear it , " said [scrooge] ['s] nephew , " [because] [i] [haven't] [any] [great] [faith] [in] [these] [young] [housekeepers] [.] 1 i 8 , 2 am 4 glad 2 am 8 , 3 very 4 glad 4 glad 5 to 5 to 6 hear 6 hear 7 it 8 , 9 " 8 , 10 said 10 said 13 nephew 10 said 14 , 14 , 15 " what do you say , [topper] [?] " 1 what 2 do 2 do 3 you 3 you 4 say 4 say 5 , 5 , 8 " whereat [scrooge] 's [niece] ['s] [sister] [the] [plump] [one] [with] [the] lace [tucker] , not the one with the roses blushed [.] 1 whereat 3 's 3 's 12 lace 12 lace 14 , 14 , 15 not 15 not 17 one 15 not 21 blushed 16 the 17 one 17 one 18 with 17 one 21 blushed 18 with 20 roses 19 the 20 roses " [do] [go] [on] [,] [fred] [,] ["] said [scrooge] ['s] niece , clapping her hands [.] 1 " 9 said 9 said 12 niece 9 said 13 , 9 said 14 clapping 9 said 16 hands 14 clapping 15 her 14 clapping 16 hands " [he] [never] [finishes] what he begins to say ! 1 " 9 say 5 what 6 he 6 he 7 begins 7 begins 8 to 8 to 9 say 9 say 10 ! he is such a ridiculous fellow [!] ["] 1 he 2 is 2 is 6 fellow 3 such 4 a 4 a 6 fellow 5 ridiculous 6 fellow i mean to [give] [him] the same chance [every] [year] , whether he likes [it] [or] [not] [,] [for] [i] pity [him] . 1 i 2 mean 2 mean 3 to 2 mean 23 . 3 to 21 pity 6 the 7 same 6 the 21 pity 7 same 8 chance 8 chance 11 , 12 whether 13 he 13 he 14 likes 14 likes 21 pity it was their turn to laugh , now , at the notion of his shaking [scrooge] [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 4 turn 2 was 5 to 3 their 4 turn 5 to 6 laugh 6 laugh 8 now 7 , 8 now 8 now 9 , 9 , 10 at 10 at 12 notion 11 the 12 notion 12 notion 13 of 13 of 15 shaking 14 his 15 shaking after tea they had some music [.] 1 after 2 tea 1 after 3 they 3 they 4 had 4 had 6 music 5 some 6 music but they didn't devote the whole evening to music [.] 1 but 4 devote 2 they 3 didn't 3 didn't 4 devote 4 devote 6 whole 4 devote 8 to 5 the 6 whole 6 whole 7 evening 6 whole 8 to 8 to 9 music [stop] [!] there was [first] a game at blindman's buff [.] 1 there 2 was 2 was 5 game 2 was 6 at 4 a 5 game 5 game 6 at 6 at 8 buff 7 blindman's 8 buff of course there [was] [.] 1 of 2 course 2 course 3 there and [i] [no] [more] [believe] [topper] was [really] [blind] [than] [i] [believe] he had eyes in his boots [.] 1 and 18 boots 7 was 13 he 7 was 16 in 13 he 14 had 14 had 15 eyes 16 in 17 his 17 his 18 boots my opinion [is] , that it was a done thing between him and [scrooge] ['s] nephew [;] and [that] [the] [ghost] [of] [christmas] [present] [knew] it . 1 my 2 opinion 2 opinion 4 , 4 , 16 nephew 4 , 18 and 5 that 7 was 6 it 7 was 7 was 10 thing 7 was 11 between 8 a 9 done 8 a 10 thing 9 done 10 thing 11 between 13 and 12 him 13 and 13 and 16 nephew 18 and 26 it 26 it 27 . the way he went after that plump sister in the lace tucker was an outrage on the credulity of human nature [.] 1 the 2 way 2 way 3 he 2 way 4 went 2 way 13 was 3 he 4 went 4 went 5 after 4 went 9 in 5 after 8 sister 6 that 8 sister 7 plump 8 sister 8 sister 9 in 9 in 12 tucker 10 the 12 tucker 11 lace 12 tucker 13 was 15 outrage 13 was 16 on 14 an 15 outrage 15 outrage 16 on 16 on 18 credulity 17 the 18 credulity 18 credulity 19 of 19 of 21 nature 20 human 21 nature he always knew where the plump sister was [.] 1 he 3 knew 2 always 3 knew 3 knew 4 where 4 where 7 sister 4 where 8 was 5 the 7 sister 6 plump 7 sister 7 sister 8 was he wouldn't catch anybody else [.] 1 he 2 wouldn't 2 wouldn't 3 catch 3 catch 4 anybody 4 anybody 5 else she [often] cried out that it wasn't fair [;] and it [really] was not [.] 1 she 3 cried 3 cried 4 out 4 out 5 that 5 that 6 it 5 that 13 was 6 it 7 wasn't 7 wasn't 8 fair 10 and 11 it 11 it 13 was 13 was 14 not but she joined in the forfeits , and loved her love to admiration with all the letters of the alphabet [.] 1 but 2 she 1 but 8 and 2 she 8 and 3 joined 4 in 3 joined 8 and 5 the 6 forfeits 6 forfeits 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 loved 9 loved 11 love 9 loved 12 to 9 loved 14 with 10 her 11 love 11 love 12 to 12 to 13 admiration 14 with 15 all 15 all 16 the 15 all 17 letters 16 the 17 letters 17 letters 18 of 18 of 19 the 19 the 20 alphabet but this [the] [spirit] [said] could not be done [.] 1 but 8 be 2 this 6 could 6 could 7 not 6 could 8 be 7 not 8 be 8 be 9 done " [here] [is] [a] [new] [game] [,] " [said] [scrooge] [.] 1 " 8 " " [one] [half-hour] [,] [spirit] [,] [only] [one] [!] " 1 " 10 " at last the plump sister , falling into a similar state , cried out : 1 at 2 last 1 at 15 : 3 the 4 plump 4 plump 5 sister 4 plump 13 cried 4 plump 15 : 5 sister 7 falling 5 sister 13 cried 6 , 7 falling 7 falling 8 into 7 falling 12 , 8 into 11 state 9 a 11 state 10 similar 11 state 13 cried 14 out ["] [i] [have] [found] [it] [out] [!] i know what it is [,] [fred] [!] 1 i 2 know 2 know 3 what 3 what 4 it 3 what 5 is i know what it is [!] ["] 1 i 2 know 2 know 3 what 3 what 4 it 3 what 5 is " [what] [is] it [?] ["] cried [fred] [.] 1 " 7 cried 4 it 7 cried " [it] ['s] [your] [uncle] [scro-o-o-o-oge] [!] " 1 " 8 " which it [certainly] was [.] 1 which 4 was 2 it 4 was here is a glass of mulled wine ready to our hand at the moment [;] [and] [i] [say] [,] ['] [uncle] [scrooge] [!] ['] ["] 1 here 2 is 2 is 4 glass 2 is 8 ready 3 a 4 glass 4 glass 5 of 5 of 7 wine 6 mulled 7 wine 8 ready 9 to 8 ready 12 at 9 to 11 hand 10 our 11 hand 11 hand 12 at 12 at 14 moment 13 the 14 moment ["] [well] [!] uncle [scrooge] [!] " [they] [cried] [.] 1 uncle 4 " " [a] [merry] [christmas] [and] [a] happy [new] [year] to [the] [old] [man] , whatever he [is] [!] ["] said [scrooge] ['s] nephew [.] 1 " 20 said 7 happy 10 to 10 to 14 , 14 , 15 whatever 15 whatever 16 he 16 he 20 said 20 said 23 nephew ["] [he] [wouldn't] [take] [it] [from] [me] [,] [but] [may] [he] [have] [it] [nevertheless] [.] uncle [scrooge] [!] " 1 uncle 4 " [much] [they] [saw] [,] [and] [far] [they] [went] [,] [and] [many] [homes] [they] [visited] [,] [but] [always] [with] [a] [happy] [end] [.] it was [strange] , [too] , that , [while] [scrooge] remained [unaltered] in his [outward] form , the [ghost] [grew] older , [clearly] older [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 24 older 4 , 6 , 4 , 17 , 6 , 7 that 6 , 8 , 8 , 11 remained 11 remained 13 in 13 in 16 form 14 his 16 form 17 , 21 older 17 , 22 , 18 the 21 older 22 , 24 older " [are] [spirits] ['] [lives] so [short] [?] ["] [asked] [scrooge] [.] 1 " 6 so " [my] [life] [upon] [this] [globe] [is] [very] [brief] [,] " [replied] [the] [ghost] [.] 1 " 11 " " [it] [ends] [to-night] [.] " 1 " 6 " " [to-night] [!] " [cried] [scrooge] [.] 1 " 4 " ["] [to-night] [at] [midnight] [.] [hark] [!] the time is drawing [near] [.] ["] 1 the 2 time 2 time 3 is 3 is 4 drawing the chimes were ringing the three-quarters past eleven at that moment [.] 1 the 2 chimes 2 chimes 3 were 3 were 4 ringing 4 ringing 6 three-quarters 4 ringing 7 past 4 ringing 9 at 5 the 6 three-quarters 6 three-quarters 7 past 7 past 8 eleven 8 eleven 9 at 9 at 11 moment 10 that 11 moment is it a foot or a claw [?] ["] 1 is 2 it 1 is 5 or 3 a 4 foot 4 foot 5 or 5 or 7 claw 6 a 7 claw " [it] [might] be a claw , [for] [the] flesh there is upon it , " was the [spirit] ['s] sorrowful reply [.] 1 " 4 be 4 be 22 reply 5 a 6 claw 6 claw 7 , 6 claw 22 reply 7 , 10 flesh 7 , 15 , 10 flesh 12 is 11 there 12 is 12 is 13 upon 13 upon 14 it 15 , 16 " 15 , 17 was 17 was 21 sorrowful 18 the 21 sorrowful " [look] [here] [.] " 1 " 5 " from the foldings of [its] [robe] [it] [brought] [two] [children] [;] [wretched] , [abject] , frightful , hideous , [miserable] . 1 from 3 foldings 2 the 3 foldings 3 foldings 4 of 4 of 13 , 13 , 21 . 15 , 16 frightful 15 , 17 , 17 , 18 hideous 17 , 19 , 19 , 21 . they knelt down at its feet , and clung upon the outside of its garment [.] 1 they 8 and 2 knelt 3 down 2 knelt 4 at 2 knelt 8 and 4 at 6 feet 5 its 6 feet 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 clung 8 and 10 upon 10 upon 12 outside 11 the 12 outside 12 outside 13 of 13 of 15 garment 14 its 15 garment ["] [oh] [,] [man] [!] [look] [here] [!] look , look , down here [!] ["] [exclaimed] [the] [ghost] [.] 1 look 2 , 2 , 3 look 3 look 4 , 3 look 5 down 4 , 5 down 5 down 6 here they were a boy and girl [.] 1 they 2 were 2 were 5 and 3 a 4 boy 4 boy 5 and 5 and 6 girl yellow , meagre , ragged , scowling , wolfish [;] but prostrate , too , in their humility [.] 1 yellow 2 , 1 yellow 7 scowling 3 meagre 4 , 3 meagre 7 scowling 5 ragged 6 , 5 ragged 7 scowling 7 scowling 11 but 8 , 11 but 9 wolfish 11 but 11 but 12 prostrate 11 but 15 , 12 prostrate 14 too 13 , 14 too 15 , 16 in 16 in 18 humility 17 their 18 humility where angels might have sat enthroned , devils lurked , and glared out menacing [.] 1 where 2 angels 1 where 5 sat 1 where 7 , 1 where 8 devils 2 angels 3 might 3 might 4 have 4 have 5 sat 5 sat 6 enthroned 8 devils 11 and 9 lurked 11 and 10 , 11 and 11 and 12 glared 11 and 13 out 13 out 14 menacing scrooge started back , appalled [.] 1 scrooge 4 , 2 started 3 back 2 started 4 , 4 , 5 appalled " [spirit] [!] [are] [they] [yours] [?] " 1 " 8 " scrooge could say no more [.] 1 scrooge 2 could 2 could 3 say 3 say 4 no 3 say 5 more " [they] [are] [man] ['s] [,] ["] said [the] [spirit] , looking down [upon] [them] [.] 1 " 8 said 8 said 12 looking 11 , 12 looking 12 looking 13 down ["] [and] [they] [cling] [to] [me] [,] [appealing] [from] [their] [fathers] [.] this boy is [ignorance] [.] 1 this 2 boy 2 boy 3 is this girl is [want] [.] 1 this 2 girl 2 girl 3 is deny it ! " cried [the] [spirit] [,] stretching out its hand towards the city [.] 1 deny 2 it 2 it 9 stretching 3 ! 4 " 3 ! 5 cried 5 cried 9 stretching 9 stretching 10 out 9 stretching 12 hand 9 stretching 13 towards 11 its 12 hand 12 hand 13 towards 13 towards 15 city 14 the 15 city ["] [slander] [those] [who] [tell] [it] [ye] [!] admit it for your factious purposes [,] and make it worse [!] 1 admit 2 it 1 admit 3 for 1 admit 8 and 3 for 6 purposes 4 your 6 purposes 5 factious 6 purposes 8 and 9 make 9 make 10 it 9 make 11 worse and [bide] the end [!] ["] 1 and 4 end 3 the 4 end " [have] they [no] [refuge] [or] [resource] [?] ["] cried [scrooge] [.] 1 " 10 cried 3 they 10 cried " [are] [there] [no] [prisons] [?] " [said] [the] [spirit] [,] [turning] [on] [him] [for] [the] [last] [time] [with] [his] [own] [words] [.] 1 " 7 " " [are] [there] [no] [workhouses] [?] " 1 " 7 " the bell struck [twelve] [.] 1 the 2 bell 2 bell 3 struck scrooge looked about him for [the] [ghost] , and saw it [not] [.] 1 scrooge 9 and 2 looked 3 about 2 looked 5 for 2 looked 9 and 3 about 4 him 5 for 8 , 9 and 10 saw 10 saw 11 it [stave] [four] [the] [last] [of] [the] [spirits] the [phantom] [slowly] [,] [gravely] [,] [silently] [approached] . 1 the 9 . he felt that it was tall and stately when it came beside him , and that its mysterious presence filled him with a solemn dread [.] 1 he 2 felt 2 felt 3 that 3 that 4 it 3 that 5 was 4 it 5 was 5 was 7 and 6 tall 7 and 7 and 25 dread 8 stately 9 when 8 stately 15 and 9 when 10 it 9 when 11 came 10 it 11 came 11 came 12 beside 12 beside 13 him 14 , 15 and 15 and 16 that 15 and 19 presence 15 and 22 with 15 and 25 dread 17 its 19 presence 18 mysterious 19 presence 19 presence 20 filled 20 filled 21 him 20 filled 22 with 23 a 24 solemn 24 solemn 25 dread he knew no more [,] [for] [the] [spirit] [neither] [spoke] [nor] [moved] [.] 1 he 2 knew 2 knew 4 more 3 no 4 more " [i] [am] [in] [the] [presence] [of] [the] [ghost] [of] [christmas] [yet] [to] [come] [?] " [said] [scrooge] [.] 1 " 16 " the [spirit] [answered] [not] [,] [but] [pointed] [onward] [with] [its] [hand] . 1 the 12 . " [is] [that] so [,] [spirit] [?] ["] 1 " 4 so the upper portion of the garment was contracted for an instant in its folds , [as] [if] the [spirit] [had] inclined [its] [head] [.] 1 the 2 upper 1 the 3 portion 3 portion 4 of 3 portion 15 , 4 of 5 the 5 the 6 garment 6 garment 7 was 7 was 8 contracted 8 contracted 9 for 9 for 11 instant 10 an 11 instant 11 instant 12 in 12 in 14 folds 13 its 14 folds 15 , 21 inclined 18 the 21 inclined that was the only answer he received [.] 1 that 2 was 2 was 5 answer 3 the 4 only 3 the 5 answer 5 answer 6 he 5 answer 7 received 6 he 7 received the [spirit] [paused] [a] moment , as observing his condition , and [giving] him time [to] [recover] [.] 1 the 5 moment 5 moment 12 and 6 , 10 condition 6 , 11 , 7 as 8 observing 8 observing 9 his 8 observing 10 condition 11 , 12 and 12 and 14 him 12 and 15 time but [scrooge] [was] all [the] [worse] [for] this [.] 1 but 8 this 4 all 8 this " [ghost] [of] [the] [future] [!] ["] he exclaimed , " [i] [fear] [you] [more] [than] [any] [spectre] [i] [have] [seen] [.] 1 " 8 he 8 he 9 exclaimed 9 exclaimed 10 , 10 , 11 " will you [not] speak to me [?] ["] 1 will 2 you 2 you 4 speak 4 speak 5 to 5 to 6 me it gave him no reply [.] 1 it 2 gave 2 gave 3 him 2 gave 5 reply 4 no 5 reply the hand was pointed straight before them [.] 1 the 2 hand 2 hand 3 was 3 was 4 pointed 4 pointed 5 straight 4 pointed 6 before 6 before 7 them " [lead] [on] [!] " [said] [scrooge] [.] 1 " 5 " ["] [lead] [on] [!] the [night] [is] waning [fast] , and it is precious [time] to me , [i] [know] . 1 the 4 waning 4 waning 6 , 6 , 7 and 7 and 8 it 7 and 14 , 8 it 9 is 9 is 10 precious 10 precious 12 to 12 to 13 me 14 , 17 . lead on , [spirit] [!] " 1 lead 2 on 2 on 3 , 3 , 6 " the phantom moved away as it had come towards him [.] 1 the 2 phantom 2 phantom 3 moved 3 moved 4 away 3 moved 5 as 5 as 6 it 5 as 8 come 6 it 7 had 7 had 8 come 8 come 9 towards 9 towards 10 him scrooge followed in the shadow of [its] [dress] , which bore him up , he thought , and carried him along [.] 1 scrooge 2 followed 2 followed 3 in 3 in 5 shadow 4 the 5 shadow 5 shadow 6 of 6 of 14 , 9 , 10 which 9 , 11 bore 9 , 14 , 10 which 11 bore 11 bore 12 him 11 bore 13 up 14 , 18 and 15 he 18 and 16 thought 18 and 17 , 18 and 18 and 19 carried 19 carried 20 him 19 carried 21 along the [spirit] [stopped] [beside] [one] [little] knot of business men [.] 1 the 7 knot 7 knot 8 of 8 of 10 men 9 business 10 men observing that the hand was pointed to them [,] [scrooge] advanced to listen to their talk [.] 1 observing 2 that 1 observing 11 advanced 2 that 4 hand 2 that 6 pointed 3 the 4 hand 4 hand 5 was 5 was 6 pointed 6 pointed 7 to 7 to 8 them 11 advanced 12 to 12 to 13 listen 13 listen 14 to 14 to 16 talk 15 their 16 talk " [no] [,] ["] said a great fat man with a monstrous chin [,] ["] [i] [don't] [know] [much] [about] [it] [either] [way] [.] 1 " 5 said 5 said 9 man 5 said 10 with 6 a 9 man 7 great 8 fat 8 fat 9 man 9 man 10 with 10 with 13 chin 11 a 13 chin 12 monstrous 13 chin i only know he 's dead [.] ["] 1 i 3 know 2 only 3 know 3 know 4 he 3 know 5 's 4 he 5 's 5 's 6 dead " [when] [did] he [die] [?] ["] inquired [another] [.] 1 " 4 he 4 he 8 inquired " [last] [night] [,] [i] [believe] [.] " 1 " 8 " " [i] [thought] [he] ['d] [never] [die] [.] " 1 " 9 " " [god] [knows] , " said the first [with] [a] yawn [.] 1 " 6 said 4 , 5 " 4 , 6 said 6 said 11 yawn 7 the 8 first 7 the 11 yawn " [i] [haven't] [heard] [,] ["] said the man with the large chin , yawning again [.] 1 " 7 said 7 said 9 man 7 said 10 with 8 the 9 man 9 man 10 with 10 with 13 chin 11 the 13 chin 12 large 13 chin 13 chin 15 yawning 14 , 15 yawning 15 yawning 16 again ["] [left] [it] [to] [his] [company] [,] [perhaps] [.] he hasn't left it to me [.] 1 he 2 hasn't 2 hasn't 3 left 3 left 4 it 3 left 5 to 4 it 5 to 5 to 6 me that 's all [i] [know] [.] ["] 1 that 2 's 2 's 3 all this pleasantry was received with a general laugh . 1 this 2 pleasantry 2 pleasantry 3 was 3 was 4 received 4 received 5 with 5 with 8 laugh 6 a 7 general 6 a 8 laugh 8 laugh 9 . suppose we make up a party , and volunteer [?] " 1 suppose 2 we 1 suppose 8 and 2 we 8 and 3 make 4 up 3 make 6 party 3 make 8 and 5 a 6 party 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 volunteer 9 volunteer 11 " " [i] [don't] [mind] [going] [if] [a] [lunch] [is] [provided] [,] ["] observed the gentleman with the [excrescence] [on] [his] nose [.] 1 " 13 observed 13 observed 15 gentleman 14 the 15 gentleman 15 gentleman 16 with 16 with 17 the 17 the 21 nose " [but] [i] [must] [be] [fed] [if] [i] [make] [one] [.] " 1 " 12 " another laugh [.] 1 another 2 laugh but [i] ['ll] [offer] [to] [go] [if] anybody else [will] . 1 but 8 anybody 1 but 11 . 8 anybody 9 else bye , [bye] [!] ["] 1 bye 2 , speakers and listeners strolled away , and mixed with other groups [.] 1 speakers 2 and 2 and 3 listeners 2 and 7 and 4 strolled 5 away 4 strolled 7 and 6 , 7 and 7 and 8 mixed 8 mixed 9 with 9 with 11 groups 10 other 11 groups scrooge [knew] [the] [men] , and [looked] [towards] [the] [spirit] [for] an explanation [.] 1 scrooge 5 , 5 , 6 and 6 and 13 explanation 12 an 13 explanation the [phantom] glided [on] [into] [a] [street] [.] 1 the 3 glided its finger pointed to two persons meeting . 1 its 2 finger 2 finger 3 pointed 3 pointed 4 to 4 to 6 persons 5 two 6 persons 6 persons 7 meeting 7 meeting 8 . scrooge listened again [,] [thinking] [that] [the] [explanation] [might] [lie] [here] [.] 1 scrooge 2 listened 2 listened 3 again he knew these men , also , perfectly [.] 1 he 2 knew 2 knew 4 men 2 knew 6 also 2 knew 8 perfectly 3 these 4 men 5 , 6 also 6 also 7 , they were men of [business] [:] very wealthy , and [of] [great] importance [.] 1 they 2 were 2 were 3 men 3 men 4 of 4 of 13 importance 7 very 8 wealthy 8 wealthy 9 , 8 wealthy 13 importance 9 , 10 and " [how] [are] [you] [?] ["] said one [.] 1 " 7 said 7 said 8 one " [how] [are] [you] [?] " [returned] [the] [other] [.] 1 " 6 " " [well] [!] " [said] [the] [first] [.] 1 " 4 " " [old] [scratch] [has] [got] [his] [own] [at] [last] [,] [hey] [?] " 1 " 13 " " so [i] [am] [told] [,] ["] [returned] [the] [second] [.] 1 " 2 so " [cold] [,] [isn't] [it] [?] " 1 " 7 " ["] [seasonable] [for] [christmas-time] [.] you are not a skater [,] [i] [suppose] [?] ["] 1 you 2 are 2 are 3 not 3 not 5 skater 4 a 5 skater ["] [no] [.] no . 1 no 2 . something else [to] [think] [of] [.] 1 something 2 else good morning [!] ["] 1 good 2 morning [not] [another] [word] [.] that [was] [their] meeting , their conversation , and their parting [.] 1 that 4 meeting 4 meeting 5 , 5 , 9 and 6 their 7 conversation 7 conversation 9 and 8 , 9 and 9 and 11 parting 10 their 11 parting nor could he think of any one immediately connected with himself , to whom he could apply them [.] 1 nor 2 could 2 could 3 he 2 could 4 think 4 think 5 of 5 of 7 one 6 any 7 one 7 one 9 connected 7 one 10 with 7 one 13 to 8 immediately 9 connected 10 with 11 himself 12 , 13 to 13 to 14 whom 13 to 15 he 13 to 17 apply 15 he 16 could 16 could 17 apply 17 apply 18 them quiet and dark [,] [beside] [him] [stood] [the] [phantom] , with [its] outstretched [hand] [.] 1 quiet 2 and 2 and 3 dark 3 dark 11 with 10 , 11 with 11 with 13 outstretched it made him shudder , and feel very cold [.] 1 it 2 made 2 made 3 him 2 made 6 and 4 shudder 6 and 5 , 6 and 6 and 7 feel 7 feel 9 cold 8 very 9 cold the ways [were] foul and narrow [;] the shops and houses [wretched] [;] the [people] [half] naked , drunken , [slipshod] , ugly [.] 1 the 2 ways 2 ways 19 drunken 4 foul 5 and 5 and 6 narrow 5 and 9 shops 8 the 9 shops 9 shops 10 and 10 and 11 houses 10 and 18 , 14 the 17 naked 17 naked 18 , 18 , 19 drunken 19 drunken 20 , 20 , 22 , 22 , 23 ugly scrooge and [the] [phantom] [came] [into] the presence of [this] [man] , [just] as a [woman] [with] a heavy bundle slunk into the shop [.] 1 scrooge 2 and 2 and 8 presence 7 the 8 presence 8 presence 9 of 9 of 12 , 12 , 14 as 14 as 24 shop 15 a 20 bundle 18 a 19 heavy 19 heavy 20 bundle 20 bundle 21 slunk 21 slunk 22 into 22 into 24 shop 23 the 24 shop " [let] [the] [charwoman] [alone] [to] [be] [the] [first] [!] ["] cried she who had entered first [.] 1 " 12 cried 12 cried 13 she 13 she 14 who 13 she 15 had 14 who 15 had 15 had 16 entered 16 entered 17 first ["] [let] [the] [laundress] [alone] [to] [be] [the] [second] [;] [and] [let] [the] [undertaker] ['s] [man] [alone] [to] [be] [the] [third] [.] look here , old [joe] [,] [here] ['s] [a] [chance] [!] 1 look 2 here 1 look 3 , 3 , 4 old if we haven't all three met here without meaning it [!] ["] 1 if 2 we 1 if 3 haven't 1 if 5 three 2 we 3 haven't 4 all 5 three 5 three 6 met 6 met 7 here 6 met 8 without 8 without 9 meaning 9 meaning 10 it " [you] [couldn't] [have] [met] [in] [a] [better] [place] [,] ["] said [old] [joe] , removing his pipe [from] [his] [mouth] [.] 1 " 12 said 12 said 16 removing 15 , 16 removing 16 removing 18 pipe 17 his 18 pipe ["] [come] [into] [the] [parlour] [.] you were [made] free of [it] [long] [ago] , you know ; and the other two an't strangers [.] 1 you 2 were 2 were 4 free 4 free 5 of 5 of 18 strangers 9 , 10 you 9 , 12 ; 10 you 11 know 12 ; 13 and 13 and 16 two 13 and 17 an't 14 the 15 other 15 other 16 two 16 two 17 an't 17 an't 18 strangers stop [till] [i] [shut] [the] [door] of the shop [.] 1 stop 7 of 7 of 9 shop 8 the 9 shop [ah] [!] [how] [it] [skreeks] [!] ha [!] ha [!] 1 ha 3 ha we 're all suitable to [our] [calling] , [we] ['re] [well] matched . 1 we 2 're 2 're 3 all 3 all 4 suitable 4 suitable 5 to 5 to 8 , 8 , 13 . 12 matched 13 . come into the parlour [.] 1 come 2 into 2 into 4 parlour 3 the 4 parlour come into the parlour [.] ["] 1 come 2 into 2 into 4 parlour 3 the 4 parlour the parlour was the space behind the screen of rags [.] 1 the 2 parlour 2 parlour 3 was 3 was 5 space 3 was 6 behind 4 the 5 space 5 space 6 behind 6 behind 8 screen 7 the 8 screen 8 screen 9 of 9 of 10 rags ["] [what] [odds] [,] [then] [?] what odds , [mrs] [dilber] [?] " said the woman [.] 1 what 2 odds 2 odds 3 , 3 , 7 " 3 , 8 said 8 said 10 woman 9 the 10 woman ["] [every] [person] [has] [a] [right] [to] [take] [care] [of] [themselves] [.] he always did [!] ["] 1 he 3 did 2 always 3 did " [that] ['s] [true] [,] [indeed] [!] ["] said the laundress [.] 1 " 9 said 9 said 11 laundress 10 the 11 laundress " [no] [man] [more] so [.] ["] 1 " 5 so ["] [why] [,] [then] [,] [don't] [stand] [staring] [as] [if] [you] [was] [afraid] [,] [woman] [!] who 's [the] wiser [?] 1 who 2 's 2 's 4 wiser we 're not going to pick holes in each other 's coats [,] [i] [suppose] [?] ["] 1 we 2 're 2 're 3 not 3 not 4 going 4 going 5 to 5 to 6 pick 6 pick 7 holes 7 holes 8 in 8 in 12 coats 9 each 10 other 10 other 11 's 11 's 12 coats " [no] [,] [indeed] [!] ["] said [mrs] [dilber] [and] the man [together] [.] 1 " 7 said 7 said 12 man 11 the 12 man " [we] [should] [hope] [not] [.] " 1 " 7 " " [very] [well] [,] [then] [!] ["] cried the woman [.] 1 " 8 cried 8 cried 10 woman 9 the 10 woman ["] [that] ['s] [enough] [.] who 's [the] worse for the loss of a few things like these [?] 1 who 2 's 2 's 4 worse 4 worse 5 for 4 worse 12 like 5 for 7 loss 6 the 7 loss 7 loss 8 of 8 of 11 things 9 a 10 few 10 few 11 things 11 things 12 like 12 like 13 these not [a] [dead] [man] , [i] [suppose] [?] " 1 not 5 , 5 , 9 " " [no] [,] [indeed] [,] " [said] [mrs] [dilber] [,] [laughing] [.] 1 " 6 " " it ['s] [the] [truest] [word] [that] [ever] was [spoke] , ["] said [mrs] [dilber] , " it 's [a] judgment [on] [him] [.] ["] 1 " 2 it 1 " 13 said 2 it 9 was 9 was 11 , 13 said 21 judgment 16 , 17 " 16 , 18 it 16 , 19 's 18 it 19 's 19 's 21 judgment open [that] [bundle] [,] [old] [joe] [,] and let me know the value of it [.] 1 open 8 and 8 and 9 let 9 let 10 me 9 let 11 know 11 know 13 value 12 the 13 value 13 value 14 of 14 of 15 it speak out [plain] [.] 1 speak 2 out i 'm not afraid to be the first , nor afraid for them to see it [.] 1 i 2 'm 2 'm 3 not 2 'm 4 afraid 4 afraid 5 to 5 to 6 be 6 be 10 nor 7 the 8 first 7 the 10 nor 8 first 9 , 10 nor 11 afraid 11 afraid 12 for 11 afraid 14 to 12 for 13 them 14 to 15 see 15 see 16 it we knew pretty well that we were helping ourselves before we met here [,] [i] [believe] [.] 1 we 2 knew 2 knew 4 well 2 knew 5 that 3 pretty 4 well 5 that 6 we 5 that 7 were 6 we 7 were 7 were 8 helping 8 helping 9 ourselves 8 helping 10 before 10 before 11 we 10 before 12 met 11 we 12 met 12 met 13 here it 's no sin [.] 1 it 2 's 2 's 4 sin 3 no 4 sin open the bundle [,] [joe] [.] ["] 1 open 3 bundle 2 the 3 bundle it was not extensive [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 not 3 not 4 extensive a seal [or] [two] , [a] pencil-case , a pair of sleeve-buttons , and a brooch of no great value , [were] [all] . 1 a 2 seal 1 a 7 pencil-case 2 seal 5 , 7 pencil-case 8 , 8 , 10 pair 9 a 10 pair 10 pair 11 of 11 of 13 , 12 sleeve-buttons 13 , 13 , 24 . 14 and 16 brooch 14 and 21 , 15 a 16 brooch 16 brooch 17 of 17 of 20 value 18 no 20 value 19 great 20 value 21 , 24 . [who] ['s] [next] [?] ["] [mrs] [dilber] [was] [next] [.] sheets and towels , a little wearing apparel , two old-fashioned silver tea-spoons , a pair of sugar-tongs , and a few boots [.] 1 sheets 2 and 2 and 3 towels 2 and 8 apparel 2 and 13 tea-spoons 2 and 20 and 4 , 8 apparel 5 a 6 little 6 little 7 wearing 7 wearing 8 apparel 8 apparel 9 , 9 , 13 tea-spoons 10 two 13 tea-spoons 11 old-fashioned 13 tea-spoons 12 silver 13 tea-spoons 13 tea-spoons 16 pair 13 tea-spoons 19 , 14 , 16 pair 15 a 16 pair 16 pair 17 of 16 pair 19 , 17 of 18 sugar-tongs 19 , 20 and 20 and 23 boots 21 a 22 few 22 few 23 boots her account was stated on the wall in the same manner . 1 her 2 account 2 account 3 was 3 was 4 stated 4 stated 5 on 5 on 7 wall 6 the 7 wall 7 wall 8 in 8 in 11 manner 9 the 10 same 9 the 11 manner 11 manner 12 . ["] [i] [always] [give] [too] [much] [to] [ladies] [.] it 's a weakness of mine , and that 's the way [i] ruin [myself] , " said [old] [joe] . 1 it 16 , 2 's 14 ruin 2 's 16 , 3 a 4 weakness 3 a 14 ruin 4 weakness 5 of 5 of 8 and 6 mine 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 that 9 that 10 's 10 's 12 way 11 the 12 way 16 , 17 " 16 , 18 said 18 said 21 . ["] [that] ['s] [your] [account] [.] " [and] [now] [undo] [my] [bundle] [,] [joe] [,] ["] said the first woman [.] 1 " 11 said 11 said 14 woman 12 the 14 woman 13 first 14 woman " [what] [do] [you] [call] [this] [?] " [said] [joe] [.] 1 " 8 " " [bed-curtains] [?] " 1 " 4 " " [ah] [!] ["] [returned] the woman , laughing and leaning [forward] on [her] [crossed] arms [.] 1 " 10 and 6 the 7 woman 7 woman 8 , 8 , 9 laughing 8 , 10 and 10 and 16 arms 11 leaning 13 on 11 leaning 16 arms " [bed-curtains] [!] " 1 " 4 " " [you] [don't] mean to say [you] [took] ['] [em] [down] , [rings] and all [,] [with] [him] [lying] [there] [?] ["] [said] [joe] [.] 1 " 14 and 4 mean 5 to 5 to 6 say 6 say 12 , 12 , 14 and 14 and 15 all " [yes] [,] [i] [do] [,] " [replied] [the] [woman] [.] 1 " 7 " " [why] [not] [?] " 1 " 5 " " [you] [were] [born] [to] [make] [your] [fortune] [,] ["] said [joe] [,] ["] and you 'll certainly do it [.] ["] 1 " 11 said 11 said 15 and 15 and 16 you 15 and 19 do 16 you 17 'll 17 'll 19 do 18 certainly 19 do 19 do 20 it " [don't] [drop] [that] [oil] [upon] [the] [blankets] [,] [now] [.] " 1 " 12 " " [his] [blankets] [?] " [asked] [joe] [.] 1 " 5 " " [whose] [else's] [do] [you] [think] [?] " [replied] [the] [woman] [.] 1 " 8 " " he isn't likely to [take] [cold] [without] ['] [em] [,] [i] [dare] say [.] ["] 1 " 14 say 2 he 3 isn't 3 isn't 4 likely 4 likely 5 to 5 to 14 say ["] [i] [hope] [he] [didn't] [die] [of] [anything] [catching] [?] eh ? " [said] [old] [joe] , stopping [in] [his] [work] , and [looking] up [.] 1 eh 2 ? 1 eh 8 stopping 2 ? 3 " 7 , 8 stopping 8 stopping 12 , 12 , 13 and 13 and 15 up " [don't] [you] [be] [afraid] [of] [that] [,] " [returned] [the] [woman] [.] 1 " 9 " " [i] [an't] so [fond] [of] [his] [company] [that] [i] ['d] [loiter] [about] [him] [for] [such] [things] [,] [if] [he] [did] [.] 1 " 4 so [ah] [!] you may look through that shirt till your eyes ache [;] [but] [you] [won't] [find] [a] [hole] [in] [it] [,] [nor] [a] [threadbare] [place] [.] 1 you 2 may 2 may 3 look 3 look 4 through 3 look 7 till 4 through 6 shirt 5 that 6 shirt 7 till 9 eyes 7 till 10 ache 8 your 9 eyes 9 eyes 10 ache it 's the best he had , and a fine one too [.] 1 it 2 's 2 's 8 and 2 's 12 too 3 the 4 best 3 the 8 and 5 he 6 had 5 he 8 and 7 , 8 and 8 and 11 one 9 a 10 fine 9 a 11 one 10 fine 11 one they 'd have wasted it , if it hadn't been for me [.] ["] 1 they 2 'd 2 'd 3 have 3 have 4 wasted 4 wasted 5 it 4 wasted 7 if 6 , 7 if 7 if 8 it 7 if 10 been 8 it 9 hadn't 9 hadn't 10 been 10 been 11 for 11 for 12 me " [what] [do] [you] [call] [wasting] [of] it [?] ["] asked [old] [joe] [.] 1 " 11 asked 8 it 11 asked " [putting] [it] [on] [him] [to] [be] [buried] [in] [,] [to] be [sure] [,] ["] replied [the] [woman] [with] [a] [laugh] [.] 1 " 16 replied 12 be 16 replied ["] [somebody] [was] [fool] [enough] [to] [do] [it] [,] [but] [i] [took] [it] [off] [again] [.] if [calico] [an't] [good] [enough] [for] [such] [a] [purpose] [,] it isn't good enough for anything [.] 1 if 11 it 11 it 12 isn't 12 isn't 13 good 13 good 14 enough 13 good 15 for 15 for 16 anything it 's quite as [becoming] to the body . 1 it 2 's 2 's 6 to 2 's 9 . 3 quite 4 as 4 as 6 to 6 to 8 body 7 the 8 body he can't look uglier than he did in that one [.] ["] 1 he 2 can't 2 can't 3 look 3 look 4 uglier 4 uglier 5 than 4 uglier 8 in 5 than 7 did 5 than 8 in 6 he 7 did 8 in 10 one 9 that 10 one scrooge listened to this dialogue in horror [.] 1 scrooge 2 listened 2 listened 3 to 3 to 5 dialogue 4 this 5 dialogue 5 dialogue 6 in 6 in 7 horror ["] [this] [is] [the] [end] [of] [it] [,] [you] [see] [!] he frightened every one away from him when he was alive , to profit us when he was dead ! 1 he 2 frightened 2 frightened 4 one 2 frightened 5 away 2 frightened 6 from 2 frightened 8 when 3 every 4 one 6 from 7 him 8 when 9 he 8 when 10 was 9 he 10 was 10 was 11 alive 11 alive 13 to 12 , 13 to 13 to 14 profit 13 to 20 ! 14 profit 15 us 14 profit 16 when 16 when 17 he 16 when 18 was 17 he 18 was 18 was 19 dead ha , [ha] [,] [ha] [!] " 1 ha 2 , 2 , 7 " " [spirit] [!] ["] said [scrooge] , shuddering [from] [head] to foot [.] 1 " 5 said 5 said 8 shuddering 7 , 8 shuddering 8 shuddering 11 to 11 to 12 foot ["] [i] [see] [,] [i] [see] [.] the case of this unhappy man might be my own [.] 1 the 2 case 2 case 3 of 2 case 7 might 3 of 6 man 4 this 6 man 5 unhappy 6 man 7 might 8 be 8 be 10 own 9 my 10 own my life tends that way now [.] 1 my 2 life 2 life 3 tends 3 tends 5 way 3 tends 6 now 4 that 5 way [merciful] [heaven] [,] [what] [is] [this] [?] ["] scrooge glanced [towards] [the] [phantom] [.] 1 scrooge 2 glanced its steady hand was pointed to the head [.] 1 its 3 hand 2 steady 3 hand 3 hand 4 was 4 was 5 pointed 5 pointed 6 to 6 to 8 head 7 the 8 head strike , [shadow] , strike [!] 1 strike 2 , 2 , 4 , 4 , 5 strike and [see] [his] [good] [deeds] springing from the wound , to sow the world with life immortal ! 1 and 6 springing 6 springing 7 from 7 from 9 wound 8 the 9 wound 9 wound 11 to 10 , 11 to 11 to 12 sow 11 to 18 ! 12 sow 14 world 12 sow 15 with 13 the 14 world 15 with 16 life 15 with 17 immortal no voice pronounced [these] words in [scrooge] ['s] [ears] , and yet he heard them when he looked upon the bed [.] 1 no 2 voice 2 voice 3 pronounced 3 pronounced 5 words 3 pronounced 6 in 6 in 10 , 10 , 11 and 11 and 12 yet 11 and 13 he 11 and 14 heard 13 he 14 heard 14 heard 15 them 14 heard 16 when 16 when 17 he 16 when 18 looked 17 he 18 looked 18 looked 19 upon 19 upon 21 bed 20 the 21 bed he thought , if this man could be raised up now , what would be his foremost thoughts [?] 1 he 2 thought 2 thought 3 , 2 thought 4 if 2 thought 15 be 3 , 4 if 4 if 6 man 4 if 9 raised 4 if 12 , 4 if 13 what 5 this 6 man 6 man 7 could 7 could 8 be 8 be 9 raised 10 up 11 now 10 up 12 , 13 what 14 would 14 would 15 be 15 be 18 thoughts 16 his 18 thoughts 17 foremost 18 thoughts avarice , [hard] [dealing] [,] [griping] [cares] [?] 1 avarice 2 , they have brought him to a rich end [,] [truly] [!] 1 they 2 have 2 have 3 brought 3 brought 4 him 3 brought 5 to 5 to 8 end 6 a 7 rich 6 a 8 end 7 rich 8 end a cat was tearing at the door , and there was a sound of gnawing rats beneath the hearth-stone [.] 1 a 2 cat 2 cat 3 was 3 was 4 tearing 4 tearing 9 and 5 at 7 door 5 at 9 and 6 the 7 door 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 there 10 there 11 was 11 was 13 sound 11 was 17 beneath 12 a 13 sound 13 sound 14 of 14 of 15 gnawing 15 gnawing 16 rats 16 rats 17 beneath 17 beneath 19 hearth-stone 18 the 19 hearth-stone what they wanted in the room of [death] , and [why] they were so restless and [disturbed] , [scrooge] did not dare to think . 1 what 2 they 1 what 3 wanted 1 what 20 did 2 they 3 wanted 3 wanted 4 in 4 in 6 room 5 the 6 room 6 room 7 of 7 of 9 , 9 , 10 and 10 and 12 they 10 and 16 and 12 they 13 were 13 were 15 restless 13 were 16 and 14 so 15 restless 16 and 18 , 20 did 21 not 20 did 22 dare 21 not 22 dare 22 dare 23 to 23 to 24 think 24 think 25 . " [spirit] [!] " he said , " this is a fearful place [.] 1 " 6 said 4 " 5 he 5 he 6 said 6 said 7 , 6 said 9 this 6 said 10 is 7 , 8 " 9 this 10 is 10 is 13 place 11 a 13 place 12 fearful 13 place in [leaving] [it] , [i] [shall] [not] [leave] its lesson [,] [trust] [me] [.] 1 in 4 , 1 in 10 lesson 9 its 10 lesson let us go [!] ["] 1 let 2 us 1 let 3 go still [the] [ghost] [pointed] with an unmoved finger to the head [.] 1 still 9 to 5 with 8 finger 6 an 8 finger 7 unmoved 8 finger 8 finger 9 to 9 to 11 head 10 the 11 head " [i] [understand] [you] [,] " [scrooge] [returned] [,] ["] [and] [i] [would] [do] [it] [if] [i] [could] [.] 1 " 6 " but [i] [have] [not] the power , [spirit] . 1 but 6 power 1 but 7 , 5 the 6 power 7 , 9 . i have [not] the power [.] ["] 1 i 2 have 2 have 5 power 4 the 5 power again it seemed to look upon him [.] 1 again 2 it 2 it 3 seemed 3 seemed 4 to 3 seemed 5 look 4 to 5 look 5 look 6 upon 6 upon 7 him i beseech you [.] ["] 1 i 2 beseech 2 beseech 3 you at length the long-expected knock was heard [.] 1 at 2 length 1 at 5 knock 3 the 5 knock 4 long-expected 5 knock 5 knock 6 was 6 was 7 heard she hurried to the door , and [met] her husband [;] [a] [man] whose face was careworn and depressed , though he was [young] . 1 she 6 , 2 hurried 3 to 2 hurried 6 , 3 to 5 door 4 the 5 door 6 , 7 and 7 and 10 husband 7 and 18 and 9 her 10 husband 14 whose 15 face 15 face 16 was 16 was 17 careworn 17 careworn 18 and 18 and 19 depressed 19 depressed 20 , 20 , 25 . 21 though 22 he 22 he 23 was 23 was 25 . " [is] [it] [good] [,] " she said , " [or] bad ? " to help him [.] 1 " 8 said 6 " 7 she 7 she 8 said 8 said 9 , 8 said 12 bad 8 said 13 ? 9 , 10 " 13 ? 14 " 13 ? 15 to 13 ? 16 help 15 to 16 help 16 help 17 him " [bad] [,] ["] he answered [.] 1 " 5 he 5 he 6 answered " [we] [are] [quite] [ruined] [?] " 1 " 7 " ["] [no] [.] there is hope yet [,] [caroline] [.] ["] 1 there 2 is 2 is 3 hope 2 is 4 yet " [if] [he] [relents] [,] ["] she said , amazed , " there is ! 1 " 7 she 7 she 8 said 8 said 10 amazed 8 said 11 , 8 said 13 there 8 said 15 ! 9 , 10 amazed 10 amazed 11 , 11 , 12 " 13 there 14 is nothing is past hope , if such a miracle has happened [.] ["] 1 nothing 2 is 2 is 3 past 2 is 6 if 3 past 4 hope 5 , 6 if 6 if 9 miracle 6 if 11 happened 7 such 8 a 8 a 9 miracle 9 miracle 10 has 10 has 11 happened " he is past relenting [,] ["] said her husband [.] 1 " 2 he 1 " 8 said 2 he 3 is 3 is 4 past 4 past 5 relenting 8 said 10 husband 9 her 10 husband " he is dead [.] ["] 1 " 2 he 2 he 3 is 3 is 4 dead she prayed [forgiveness] the next moment , and was sorry [;] [but] [the] [first] [was] [the] [emotion] of her [heart] . 1 she 8 and 2 prayed 6 moment 2 prayed 8 and 4 the 5 next 4 the 6 moment 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 was 9 was 10 sorry 10 sorry 18 of 10 sorry 21 . 18 of 19 her he was not only very ill , but dying , then [.] " 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 not 2 was 4 only 2 was 6 ill 5 very 6 ill 6 ill 8 but 6 ill 11 then 7 , 8 but 8 but 9 dying 8 but 10 , 11 then 13 " " [to] [whom] [will] [our] [debt] [be] [transferred] [?] " 1 " 10 " ["] [i] [don't] [know] [.] we may sleep [to-night] with [light] [hearts] , [caroline] [!] " 1 we 2 may 2 may 3 sleep 3 sleep 5 with 5 with 8 , 8 , 11 " yes . 1 yes 2 . soften it as they would [,] [their] [hearts] [were] [lighter] [.] 1 soften 2 it 1 soften 3 as 3 as 4 they 3 as 5 would 4 they 5 would the [only] emotion [that] [the] [ghost] [could] [show] [him] , [caused] [by] [the] event [,] was one of pleasure [.] 1 the 3 emotion 1 the 14 event 3 emotion 10 , 14 event 16 was 16 was 17 one 17 one 18 of 18 of 19 pleasure they entered [poor] [bob] [cratchit] ['s] house , the dwelling he had visited before , and found the mother and the children seated round the fire [.] 1 they 16 and 2 entered 16 and 7 house 10 dwelling 8 , 10 dwelling 9 the 10 dwelling 10 dwelling 11 he 10 dwelling 13 visited 10 dwelling 15 , 11 he 12 had 12 had 13 visited 13 visited 14 before 15 , 16 and 16 and 17 found 17 found 20 and 18 the 19 mother 19 mother 20 and 20 and 22 children 20 and 23 seated 20 and 24 round 21 the 22 children 24 round 26 fire 25 the 26 fire quiet . 1 quiet 2 . very quiet [.] 1 very 2 quiet the mother and her daughters were engaged in sewing [.] 1 the 2 mother 2 mother 3 and 3 and 5 daughters 3 and 6 were 4 her 5 daughters 6 were 7 engaged 7 engaged 8 in 8 in 9 sewing but surely they were very quiet [!] 1 but 2 surely 1 but 3 they 3 they 4 were 4 were 6 quiet 5 very 6 quiet " ['] [and] he took a child , and set him in the midst of them [.] ['] ["] 1 " 4 he 4 he 9 and 5 took 9 and 6 a 7 child 7 child 8 , 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 set 10 set 11 him 10 set 12 in 12 in 14 midst 13 the 14 midst 14 midst 15 of 15 of 16 them [where] [had] [scrooge] [heard] [those] [words] [?] he had not dreamed [them] [.] 1 he 2 had 2 had 3 not 2 had 4 dreamed the boy must have [read] [them] [out] [,] [as] [he] [and] [the] [spirit] crossed the threshold [.] 1 the 2 boy 2 boy 3 must 3 must 4 have 4 have 14 crossed 14 crossed 16 threshold 15 the 16 threshold why did he [not] go on [?] 1 why 2 did 2 did 3 he 2 did 5 go 5 go 6 on the mother laid her work upon the table , and put her hand up to her face [.] 1 the 2 mother 2 mother 10 and 3 laid 5 work 3 laid 10 and 4 her 5 work 5 work 6 upon 7 the 8 table 8 table 9 , 9 , 10 and 10 and 11 put 11 put 13 hand 11 put 14 up 12 her 13 hand 14 up 15 to 15 to 17 face 16 her 17 face " [the] [colour] [hurts] [my] [eyes] [,] " she said . 1 " 10 said 8 " 9 she 9 she 10 said 10 said 11 . the colour [?] 1 the 2 colour ah , [poor] [tiny] [tim] [!] 1 ah 2 , " they ['re] [better] [now] [again] [,] ["] said [cratchit] ['s] [wife] [.] 1 " 9 said 2 they 9 said it must be near his time [.] ["] 1 it 2 must 2 must 3 be 3 be 4 near 4 near 6 time 5 his 6 time " [past] [it] [rather] [,] " [peter] [answered] [,] [shutting] [up] [his] [book] [.] 1 " 6 " " [but] [i] [think] he has walked a little slower than he used [,] these few last evenings , mother [.] ["] 1 " 5 he 5 he 6 has 6 has 7 walked 7 walked 10 slower 7 walked 11 than 8 a 9 little 9 little 10 slower 11 than 12 he 11 than 13 used 12 he 13 used 13 used 18 evenings 15 these 16 few 16 few 18 evenings 17 last 18 evenings 18 evenings 20 mother 19 , 20 mother they were very quiet again [.] 1 they 2 were 2 were 4 quiet 3 very 4 quiet 4 quiet 5 again at last she said , and in a steady , cheerful voice [,] that only faltered once : 1 at 2 last 1 at 3 she 3 she 4 said 4 said 5 , 4 said 14 that 4 said 16 faltered 4 said 18 : 5 , 6 and 7 in 12 voice 7 in 14 that 8 a 9 steady 8 a 12 voice 9 steady 10 , 11 cheerful 12 voice 14 that 16 faltered 15 only 16 faltered 16 faltered 17 once " [i] [have] [known] [him] [walk] [with] [i] [have] [known] [him] [walk] [with] [tiny] [tim] [upon] [his] [shoulder] [very] [fast] [indeed] [.] " 1 " 23 " " [and] so [have] [i] [,] ["] [cried] [peter] [.] 1 " 3 so " [often] [.] " 1 " 4 " " [and] so [have] [i] [,] ["] [exclaimed] [another] [.] 1 " 3 so so had all [.] 1 so 2 had 2 had 3 all and there is your father at the door [!] ["] 1 and 2 there 1 and 3 is 2 there 3 is 3 is 5 father 3 is 6 at 4 your 5 father 6 at 8 door 7 the 8 door she hurried out to meet him [;] [and] [little] [bob] in his comforter [he] [had] [need] of it , poor fellow [came] [in] [.] 1 she 2 hurried 2 hurried 3 out 3 out 4 to 4 to 5 meet 5 meet 6 him 5 meet 11 in 11 in 13 comforter 12 his 13 comforter 13 comforter 17 of 17 of 19 , 18 it 19 , 19 , 21 fellow 20 poor 21 fellow his tea was ready for him on the hob , and they all tried who should help him to it most [.] 1 his 2 tea 2 tea 3 was 3 was 4 ready 4 ready 5 for 4 ready 7 on 5 for 6 him 7 on 11 and 8 the 9 hob 9 hob 11 and 10 , 11 and 11 and 12 they 11 and 14 tried 11 and 15 who 11 and 16 should 13 all 14 tried 15 who 16 should 16 should 17 help 17 help 18 him 17 help 19 to 17 help 21 most 19 to 20 it don't be grieved [!] ["] 1 don't 2 be 2 be 3 grieved bob was very cheerful with them , and spoke pleasantly to all the family [.] 1 bob 2 was 2 was 4 cheerful 3 very 4 cheerful 4 cheerful 5 with 4 cheerful 10 pleasantly 4 cheerful 11 to 5 with 8 and 6 them 8 and 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 spoke 11 to 12 all 12 all 13 the 12 all 14 family 13 the 14 family he looked at the work upon the table , and praised the industry and [speed] [of] [mrs] [cratchit] and the girls [.] 1 he 10 and 2 looked 3 at 2 looked 10 and 3 at 5 work 4 the 5 work 5 work 6 upon 7 the 8 table 8 table 9 , 9 , 10 and 10 and 11 praised 11 praised 19 and 12 the 13 industry 13 industry 14 and 14 and 19 and 19 and 21 girls 20 the 21 girls they would be done long before [sunday] [,] [he] [said] [.] 1 they 2 would 2 would 3 be 3 be 4 done 4 done 5 long 4 done 6 before ["] [sunday] [!] you went to-day , then , [robert] [?] " said his wife [.] 1 you 2 went 2 went 3 to-day 3 to-day 5 then 4 , 5 then 5 then 6 , 6 , 9 " 6 , 10 said 10 said 12 wife 11 his 12 wife " [yes] [,] [my] [dear] [,] " [returned] [bob] [.] 1 " 7 " ["] [i] [wish] [you] [could] [have] [gone] [.] it would have done you [good] to see how green a place it is [.] 1 it 2 would 2 would 3 have 3 have 4 done 4 done 5 you 4 done 7 to 7 to 8 see 8 see 9 how 9 how 10 green 9 how 11 a 10 green 11 a 11 a 12 place 12 place 14 is 13 it 14 is but you 'll see it often [.] 1 but 2 you 1 but 4 see 2 you 3 'll 3 'll 4 see 4 see 5 it 4 see 6 often i [promised] [him] [that] [i] would walk [there] on [a] [sunday] . 1 i 6 would 6 would 7 walk 7 walk 9 on 9 on 12 . my little , little child [!] ["] [cried] [bob] [.] 1 my 5 child 2 little 3 , 2 little 5 child 4 little 5 child " [my] [little] [child] [!] " 1 " 6 " he broke down all at once [.] 1 he 2 broke 2 broke 3 down 2 broke 4 all 2 broke 6 once 5 at 6 once he couldn't help it [.] 1 he 2 couldn't 2 couldn't 3 help 3 help 4 it if he could have helped it , he and his child would have been farther apart , perhaps , than they were [.] 1 if 2 he 1 if 5 helped 1 if 7 , 1 if 9 and 2 he 3 could 4 have 5 helped 5 helped 6 it 8 he 9 and 9 and 11 child 9 and 12 would 10 his 11 child 12 would 13 have 13 have 14 been 14 been 15 farther 14 been 18 perhaps 14 been 20 than 15 farther 16 apart 17 , 18 perhaps 18 perhaps 19 , 20 than 21 they 20 than 22 were 21 they 22 were he left the room , and went up-stairs into the room above , which was lighted cheerfully , and hung [with] [christmas] [.] 1 he 6 and 2 left 4 room 2 left 6 and 3 the 4 room 5 , 6 and 6 and 7 went 7 went 19 and 8 up-stairs 9 into 8 up-stairs 19 and 9 into 11 room 10 the 11 room 11 room 12 above 11 room 14 which 13 , 14 which 14 which 15 was 14 which 18 , 15 was 16 lighted 16 lighted 17 cheerfully 19 and 20 hung there was a [chair] [set] close [beside] [the] [child] , and there were signs of some one having been [there] lately [.] 1 there 2 was 2 was 21 lately 3 a 6 close 3 a 21 lately 6 close 10 , 10 , 11 and 11 and 12 there 11 and 13 were 13 were 14 signs 14 signs 15 of 15 of 17 one 16 some 17 one 17 one 18 having 18 having 19 been poor [bob] [sat] [down] [in] [it] , [and] [,] [when] [he] [had] [thought] [a] [little] [and] [composed] [himself] [,] [he] [kissed] [the] [little] [face] [.] 1 poor 7 , he was reconciled to what had happened , and went down again quite happy [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 reconciled 3 reconciled 4 to 4 to 5 what 5 what 6 had 6 had 9 and 7 happened 9 and 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 went 10 went 11 down 10 went 12 again 10 went 14 happy 13 quite 14 happy they drew about the fire , and talked [;] [the] [girls] [and] [mother] working [still] [.] 1 they 7 and 2 drew 3 about 2 drew 7 and 3 about 5 fire 4 the 5 fire 6 , 7 and 7 and 8 talked 8 talked 14 working " [on] [which] [,] ["] said [bob] [,] ["] [for] he is the pleasantest-spoken gentleman you ever heard , [i] [told] [him] . 1 " 6 said 6 said 11 he 6 said 19 , 6 said 23 . 11 he 12 is 12 is 15 gentleman 13 the 15 gentleman 14 pleasantest-spoken 15 gentleman 15 gentleman 16 you 15 gentleman 18 heard 16 you 18 heard 17 ever 18 heard ['] [i] [am] [heartily] [sorry] [for] [it] [,] [mr] [cratchit] [,] ['] [he] [said] [,] ['] [and] [heartily] [sorry] [for] [your] [good] [wife] [.] ['] by-the-bye , [how] [he] [ever] [knew] [that] [i] [don't] [know] [.] " 1 by-the-bye 2 , 2 , 12 " " [knew] [what] [,] [my] [dear] [?] " 1 " 8 " " [why] [,] [that] [you] [were] [a] [good] [wife] [,] " [replied] [bob] [.] 1 " 11 " " everybody [knows] [that] [,] ["] said [peter] [.] 1 " 7 said 2 everybody 7 said " [very] [well] observed [,] [my] boy [!] ["] [cried] [bob] [.] 1 " 4 observed 4 observed 7 boy ["] [i] [hope] [they] [do] [.] ['] [heartily] [sorry] [,] ['] [he] [said] [,] ['] [for] [your] [good] [wife] [.] pray [come] to me [.] ['] 1 pray 3 to 3 to 4 me it really seemed as if he had known [our] [tiny] [tim] [,] [and] [felt] [with] [us] [.] ["] 1 it 3 seemed 2 really 3 seemed 3 seemed 5 if 4 as 5 if 5 if 6 he 5 if 8 known 6 he 7 had 7 had 8 known " [i] ['m] [sure] he ['s] [a] [good] [soul] [!] ["] said [mrs] [cratchit] . 1 " 5 he 5 he 12 said 12 said 15 . " [you] [would] [be] [sure] [of] [it] [,] [my] [dear] [,] " [returned] [bob] [,] ["] [if] [you] [saw] [and] [spoke] [to] [him] [.] 1 " 12 " i shouldn't [be] [at] [all] [surprised] [mark] [what] [i] [say] [!] [if] he got [peter] a better situation [.] ["] 1 i 2 shouldn't 2 shouldn't 13 he 13 he 14 got 14 got 18 situation 16 a 18 situation 17 better 18 situation " [only] [hear] [that] [,] [peter] [,] " [said] [mrs] [cratchit] [.] 1 " 8 " " [get] [along] [with] [you] [!] " [retorted] [peter] [,] [grinning] [.] 1 " 7 " " [never] [,] [father] [!] ["] cried [they] all [.] 1 " 7 cried 7 cried 9 all " no , [never] [,] [father] [!] " they all cried again [.] 1 " 11 cried 2 no 3 , 2 no 9 they 3 , 8 " 9 they 11 cried 10 all 11 cried 11 cried 12 again " [i] [am] [very] [happy] [,] " [said] [little] [bob] [,] ["] [i] [am] [very] [happy] [!] ["] 1 " 7 " [mrs] [cratchit] [kissed] [him] [,] [his] [daughters] [kissed] [him] [,] [the] [two] [young] [cratchits] [kissed] [him] [,] [and] [peter] [and] [himself] [shook] [hands] [.] spirit of [tiny] [tim] [,] [thy] childish essence was [from] [god] [!] 1 spirit 2 of 1 spirit 9 was 2 of 8 essence 7 childish 8 essence " [spectre] [,] ["] said [scrooge] , " [something] informs [me] [that] [our] [parting] [moment] [is] [at] [hand] [.] 1 " 5 said 5 said 10 informs 7 , 8 " 7 , 10 informs i know [it] , but [i] know [not] [how] [.] 1 i 5 but 2 know 5 but 4 , 5 but 5 but 7 know tell me what man that was whom we saw lying [dead] [?] ["] 1 tell 2 me 1 tell 3 what 3 what 4 man 4 man 5 that 4 man 6 was 4 man 7 whom 4 man 9 saw 5 that 6 was 7 whom 8 we 7 whom 9 saw 8 we 9 saw 9 saw 10 lying i see the house [.] 1 i 2 see 2 see 4 house 3 the 4 house let me behold [what] [i] [shall] [be] in days [to] [come] [.] ["] 1 let 2 me 1 let 3 behold 3 behold 8 in 8 in 9 days the [spirit] [stopped] [;] [the] hand was pointed elsewhere [.] 1 the 6 hand 6 hand 7 was 7 was 9 elsewhere 8 pointed 9 elsewhere " [the] [house] [is] [yonder] [,] " [scrooge] [exclaimed] [.] 1 " 7 " " [why] [do] [you] [point] [away] [?] " 1 " 8 " the inexorable finger underwent no change [.] 1 the 3 finger 2 inexorable 3 finger 3 finger 4 underwent 4 underwent 6 change 5 no 6 change scrooge hastened to the window of his office , and looked in [.] 1 scrooge 10 and 2 hastened 3 to 2 hastened 10 and 3 to 5 window 4 the 5 window 5 window 6 of 6 of 8 office 7 his 8 office 9 , 10 and 10 and 11 looked 11 looked 12 in it was an office still , but not his [.] 1 it 6 , 2 was 5 still 2 was 6 , 3 an 5 still 4 office 5 still 6 , 8 not 7 but 8 not 8 not 9 his the furniture was [not] [the] [same] , and the figure in the chair was not himself . 1 the 2 furniture 2 furniture 3 was 3 was 17 . 7 , 8 and 7 , 17 . 8 and 10 figure 8 and 14 was 9 the 10 figure 11 in 13 chair 12 the 13 chair 13 chair 14 was 14 was 15 not 14 was 16 himself the [phantom] [pointed] [as] [before] . 1 the 6 . he joined it once again [,] and , wondering [why] and [whither] he had gone , accompanied it until they reached an iron gate [.] 1 he 7 and 2 joined 3 it 2 joined 5 again 2 joined 7 and 4 once 5 again 7 and 16 , 8 , 9 wondering 8 , 11 and 11 and 13 he 13 he 14 had 14 had 16 , 15 gone 16 , 16 , 17 accompanied 17 accompanied 18 it 17 accompanied 19 until 19 until 20 they 19 until 21 reached 20 they 21 reached 21 reached 24 gate 22 an 24 gate 23 iron 24 gate he paused to look round before entering [.] 1 he 2 paused 2 paused 3 to 3 to 4 look 4 look 5 round 5 round 6 before 6 before 7 entering a churchyard [.] 1 a 2 churchyard here , then , the wretched man , whose name he had now to learn , lay underneath the ground [.] 1 here 2 , 1 here 7 man 2 , 3 then 3 then 4 , 3 then 7 man 5 the 7 man 6 wretched 7 man 7 man 9 whose 7 man 17 lay 8 , 9 whose 9 whose 10 name 9 whose 16 , 10 name 12 had 11 he 12 had 12 had 14 to 13 now 14 to 14 to 15 learn 17 lay 18 underneath 18 underneath 20 ground 19 the 20 ground it was a worthy place [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 5 place 3 a 4 worthy 3 a 5 place 4 worthy 5 place [a] [worthy] [place] [!] the [spirit] [stood] [among] [the] graves , and pointed [down] [to] [one] [.] 1 the 6 graves 6 graves 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 pointed he advanced towards it trembling [.] 1 he 2 advanced 2 advanced 3 towards 2 advanced 5 trembling 3 towards 4 it the [phantom] [was] exactly as it had been , but he dreaded that he saw [new] meaning [in] [its] [solemn] shape [.] 1 the 21 shape 4 exactly 5 as 4 exactly 9 , 5 as 6 it 6 it 7 had 7 had 8 been 9 , 10 but 10 but 11 he 10 but 12 dreaded 11 he 12 dreaded 12 dreaded 13 that 13 that 14 he 13 that 17 meaning 14 he 15 saw 17 meaning 21 shape " [before] [i] [draw] [nearer] [to] [that] [stone] [to] [which] [you] [point] [,] ["] said [scrooge] [,] ["] [answer] [me] one [question] [.] 1 " 15 said 15 said 21 one are these the shadows of [the] [things] [that] [will] [be] , or are they shadows of the things [that] [may] be only [?] ["] 1 are 2 these 1 are 4 shadows 3 the 4 shadows 4 shadows 5 of 5 of 11 , 11 , 12 or 12 or 13 are 12 or 21 be 13 are 14 they 14 they 15 shadows 14 they 21 be 15 shadows 16 of 15 shadows 21 be 16 of 18 things 17 the 18 things 21 be 22 only still the [ghost] [pointed] downward [to] [the] [grave] [by] [which] [it] [stood] [.] 1 still 5 downward 2 the 5 downward " [men] ['s] [courses] [will] [foreshadow] [certain] [ends] [,] [to] [which] [,] [if] [persevered] [in] , they [must] [lead] [,] ["] said [scrooge] [.] 1 " 22 said 16 , 17 they 17 they 22 said ["] [but] [if] [the] [courses] [be] [departed] [from] [,] [the] [ends] [will] [change] [.] say it is thus with what you show me [!] ["] 1 say 2 it 1 say 3 is 2 it 3 is 3 is 4 thus 3 is 5 with 5 with 6 what 6 what 7 you 6 what 8 show 7 you 8 show 8 show 9 me the [spirit] [was] [immovable] [as] [ever] . 1 the 7 . " [am] [i] [that] [man] [who] [lay] [upon] [the] [bed] [?] " he cried upon his knees [.] 1 " 14 cried 12 " 13 he 13 he 14 cried 14 cried 15 upon 15 upon 17 knees 16 his 17 knees the finger pointed from the grave to him , and back again [.] 1 the 2 finger 2 finger 3 pointed 3 pointed 4 from 3 pointed 7 to 3 pointed 12 again 4 from 6 grave 5 the 6 grave 6 grave 7 to 7 to 10 and 8 him 10 and 9 , 10 and 10 and 11 back ["] [no] [,] [spirit] [!] oh [no] , no [!] " 1 oh 3 , 3 , 4 no 4 no 6 " the finger still was there [.] 1 the 2 finger 2 finger 4 was 3 still 4 was 4 was 5 there " [spirit] [!] " he cried , [tight] clutching at its robe , " hear me ! 1 " 6 cried 4 " 5 he 5 he 6 cried 6 cried 9 clutching 6 cried 13 , 6 cried 15 hear 6 cried 17 ! 7 , 9 clutching 9 clutching 10 at 10 at 12 robe 11 its 12 robe 13 , 14 " 15 hear 16 me i am not [the] [man] [i] [was] . 1 i 2 am 2 am 3 not 3 not 8 . i will not be [the] [man] [i] [must] [have] [been] but for this intercourse [.] 1 i 2 will 2 will 3 not 3 not 4 be 4 be 11 but 11 but 12 for 12 for 14 intercourse 13 this 14 intercourse why [show] [me] [this] , [if] [i] [am] [past] [all] [hope] [?] ["] 1 why 5 , for the first time the hand appeared to shake [.] 1 for 4 time 1 for 6 hand 2 the 3 first 2 the 4 time 5 the 6 hand 6 hand 7 appeared 7 appeared 8 to 7 appeared 9 shake 8 to 9 shake assure [me] [that] [i] [yet] [may] [change] [these] [shadows] you have shown [me] by an altered life [?] ["] 1 assure 10 you 10 you 11 have 11 have 12 shown 12 shown 14 by 14 by 17 life 15 an 17 life 16 altered 17 life the kind hand trembled [.] 1 the 3 hand 2 kind 3 hand 3 hand 4 trembled " [i] [will] honour [christmas] in my heart , [and] [try] to keep [it] all the year [.] 1 " 4 honour 4 honour 6 in 6 in 9 , 7 my 8 heart 8 heart 9 , 9 , 12 to 12 to 13 keep 13 keep 15 all 15 all 16 the 15 all 17 year 16 the 17 year i will live in [the] [past] , [the] [present] , and [the] [future] [.] 1 i 7 , 2 will 3 live 2 will 7 , 3 live 4 in 7 , 10 , 10 , 11 and the [spirits] [of] [all] [three] [shall] [strive] [within] [me] . 1 the 10 . i will not shut out the lessons that they teach [.] 1 i 2 will 2 will 3 not 2 will 4 shut 3 not 4 shut 4 shut 5 out 4 shut 7 lessons 6 the 7 lessons 7 lessons 8 that 7 lessons 10 teach 8 that 9 they 8 that 10 teach oh , [tell] me [i] [may] sponge [away] [the] [writing] [on] [this] [stone] [!] ["] 1 oh 2 , 1 oh 7 sponge 2 , 4 me in his agony , he caught the spectral hand [.] 1 in 3 agony 1 in 4 , 1 in 5 he 2 his 3 agony 5 he 6 caught 6 caught 9 hand 7 the 9 hand 8 spectral 9 hand it sought to [free] itself , but he was strong in his entreaty , and detained it [.] 1 it 2 sought 2 sought 3 to 3 to 15 and 5 itself 6 , 6 , 7 but 7 but 8 he 7 but 14 , 8 he 9 was 9 was 10 strong 10 strong 11 in 11 in 13 entreaty 12 his 13 entreaty 14 , 15 and 15 and 16 detained 16 detained 17 it the [spirit] [,] stronger [yet] , [repulsed] [him] [.] 1 the 4 stronger 4 stronger 6 , holding up his hands in a last prayer to have his fate reversed [,] [he] [saw] [an] [alteration] in the [phantom] ['s] hood and dress [.] 1 holding 2 up 1 holding 3 his 1 holding 4 hands 4 hands 5 in 4 hands 8 prayer 4 hands 9 to 6 a 8 prayer 7 last 8 prayer 9 to 10 have 10 have 12 fate 10 have 13 reversed 11 his 12 fate 13 reversed 19 in 19 in 24 and 20 the 23 hood 23 hood 24 and 24 and 25 dress it [shrunk] [,] collapsed , and dwindled down into a bedpost [.] 1 it 6 and 4 collapsed 6 and 5 , 6 and 6 and 7 dwindled 6 and 8 down 6 and 9 into 9 into 11 bedpost 10 a 11 bedpost [stave] [five] [the] [end] [of] [it] yes ! [and] [the] [bedpost] [was] [his] [own] . 1 yes 2 ! 1 yes 9 . the bed was his own , [the] [room] [was] [his] own [.] 1 the 2 bed 2 bed 3 was 3 was 11 own 4 his 5 own 4 his 11 own 5 own 6 , best [and] [happiest] [of] [all] [,] [the] [time] [before] [him] was [his] [own] [,] to make amends in [!] 1 best 11 was 11 was 15 to 15 to 16 make 16 make 17 amends 16 make 18 in " [i] [will] [live] [in] [the] [past] [,] [the] [present] [,] [and] [the] [future] [!] " 1 " 16 " scrooge repeated as he scrambled out of bed [.] 1 scrooge 2 repeated 2 repeated 3 as 3 as 4 he 3 as 5 scrambled 4 he 5 scrambled 5 scrambled 8 bed 6 out 7 of 7 of 8 bed ["] [the] [spirits] [of] [all] [three] [shall] [strive] [within] [me] [.] oh , [jacob] [marley] [!] 1 oh 2 , heaven [and] [the] [christmas] [time] be praised for this [!] 1 heaven 6 be 6 be 7 praised 7 praised 8 for 8 for 9 this i say it on my knees [,] [old] [jacob] [;] on my knees [!] ["] 1 i 2 say 2 say 3 it 3 it 4 on 4 on 6 knees 5 my 6 knees 6 knees 11 on 11 on 13 knees 12 my 13 knees he was so fluttered and so glowing with his good intentions , that his broken voice would scarcely answer to his call [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 so 2 was 5 and 4 fluttered 5 and 5 and 19 answer 5 and 20 to 6 so 7 glowing 7 glowing 8 with 7 glowing 17 would 8 with 12 , 8 with 16 voice 9 his 11 intentions 10 good 11 intentions 11 intentions 12 , 12 , 13 that 14 his 16 voice 15 broken 16 voice 17 would 19 answer 18 scarcely 19 answer 20 to 22 call 21 his 22 call he had been sobbing violently in his conflict with [the] [spirit] , and his face was wet with tears [.] 1 he 2 had 2 had 3 been 3 been 4 sobbing 4 sobbing 5 violently 4 sobbing 6 in 4 sobbing 9 with 6 in 8 conflict 7 his 8 conflict 9 with 12 , 12 , 13 and 13 and 14 his 13 and 15 face 14 his 15 face 15 face 16 was 16 was 17 wet 17 wet 18 with 18 with 19 tears they are [here] [i] [am] [here] the shadows of the things that would have been [may] be dispelled . 1 they 2 are 2 are 8 shadows 7 the 8 shadows 8 shadows 9 of 9 of 11 things 10 the 11 things 11 things 12 that 11 things 13 would 12 that 13 would 13 would 14 have 14 have 15 been 15 been 17 be 17 be 18 dispelled 18 dispelled 19 . they will be [.] 1 they 2 will 2 will 3 be i know they will [!] ["] 1 i 2 know 2 know 3 they 3 they 4 will ["] [i] [am] [as] [light] [as] [a] [feather] [,] [i] [am] [as] [happy] [as] [an] [angel] [,] [i] [am] [as] [merry] [as] [a] [school-boy] [.] i am as giddy as a drunken man [.] 1 i 2 am 2 am 4 giddy 3 as 4 giddy 4 giddy 5 as 5 as 8 man 6 a 7 drunken 6 a 8 man a merry [christmas] [to] everybody [!] 1 a 2 merry 2 merry 5 everybody a [happy] [new] [year] [to] [all] [the] world [!] 1 a 8 world [hallo] [here] [!] [whoop] [!] [hallo] [!] ["] he had frisked into the sitting-room , and was now standing there [:] [perfectly] [winded] [.] 1 he 8 and 2 had 3 frisked 2 had 8 and 3 frisked 4 into 4 into 6 sitting-room 5 the 6 sitting-room 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 was 9 was 10 now 9 was 11 standing 11 standing 12 there " [there] ['s] [the] [saucepan] [that] [the] [gruel] [was] [in] [!] " [cried] [scrooge] [,] [starting] [off] [again] [,] [and] [going] [round] [the] [fire-place] [.] 1 " 12 " ["] [there] ['s] [the] [door] [by] [which] [the] [ghost] [of] [jacob] [marley] [entered] [!] there 's [the] corner [where] [the] [ghost] [of] [christmas] [present] [sat] [!] 1 there 2 's 2 's 4 corner there 's the window [where] [i] [saw] [the] [wandering] [spirits] [!] 1 there 2 's 2 's 4 window 3 the 4 window it 's all [right] , it 's all true , [it] all happened [.] 1 it 2 's 2 's 13 happened 3 all 5 , 5 , 6 it 5 , 10 , 6 it 7 's 7 's 9 true 8 all 9 true 10 , 12 all 12 all 13 happened ha , [ha] [,] [ha] [!] " 1 ha 2 , 2 , 7 " the [father] [of] [a] [long] [,] [long] line of brilliant laughs [!] 1 the 8 line 8 line 9 of 9 of 11 laughs 10 brilliant 11 laughs " [i] [don't] [know] what [day] [of] [the] [month] it [is] [,] ["] said [scrooge] [.] 1 " 14 said 5 what 10 it 10 it 14 said ["] [i] [don't] [know] [how] [long] [i] [have] [been] [among] [the] [spirits] [.] i don't know anything [.] 1 i 2 don't 2 don't 3 know 3 know 4 anything i 'm quite a baby [.] 1 i 2 'm 2 'm 5 baby 3 quite 4 a 4 a 5 baby never mind [.] 1 never 2 mind i don't care [.] 1 i 2 don't 2 don't 3 care i 'd [rather] be a baby [.] 1 i 2 'd 2 'd 4 be 4 be 6 baby 5 a 6 baby [hallo] [!] [whoop] [!] [hallo] [here] [!] ["] he was checked in his transports by the churches ringing out the lustiest peals he had ever heard [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 checked 3 checked 4 in 4 in 6 transports 5 his 6 transports 6 transports 7 by 6 transports 15 he 6 transports 18 heard 7 by 9 churches 8 the 9 churches 9 churches 10 ringing 9 churches 13 lustiest 9 churches 14 peals 10 ringing 11 out 12 the 13 lustiest 13 lustiest 14 peals 15 he 16 had 16 had 18 heard 17 ever 18 heard clash , clash , [hammer] [;] [ding] , dong , bell [!] 1 clash 2 , 2 , 3 clash 3 clash 4 , 4 , 8 , 8 , 9 dong 8 , 10 , 10 , 11 bell bell , dong , ding [;] [hammer] , clang , clash [!] 1 bell 2 , 1 bell 3 dong 3 dong 5 ding 4 , 5 ding 5 ding 8 , 8 , 10 , 9 clang 10 , 10 , 11 clash oh , [glorious] , glorious ! 1 oh 2 , 1 oh 5 glorious 4 , 5 glorious 5 glorious 6 ! running to the window , he opened it , and put out his head [.] 1 running 2 to 1 running 5 , 1 running 6 he 2 to 4 window 3 the 4 window 6 he 10 and 7 opened 8 it 7 opened 10 and 9 , 10 and 10 and 11 put 11 put 12 out 11 put 14 head 13 his 14 head oh , [glorious] [!] 1 oh 2 , [glorious] [!] " [eh] [?] " [returned] [the] [boy] [with] [all] [his] [might] [of] [wonder] [.] 1 " 4 " " [what] ['s] [to-day] [,] [my] [fine] [fellow] [?] " [said] [scrooge] [.] 1 " 10 " " [to-day] [!] " [replied] [the] [boy] [.] 1 " 4 " " [why] [,] [christmas] [day] [.] " 1 " 7 " " it ['s] [christmas] [day] [!] ["] said [scrooge] [to] [himself] [.] 1 " 8 said 2 it 8 said ["] [i] [haven't] [missed] [it] [.] the [spirits] [have] [done] [it] [all] [in] one [night] [.] 1 the 8 one they can do anything they like [.] 1 they 2 can 2 can 3 do 3 do 4 anything 4 anything 5 they 4 anything 6 like 5 they 6 like of course they can [.] 1 of 2 course 2 course 3 they 3 they 4 can of course they can [.] 1 of 2 course 2 course 3 they 3 they 4 can hallo , my fine fellow [!] ["] 1 hallo 2 , 2 , 3 my 3 my 4 fine 4 fine 5 fellow " [hallo] [!] " [returned] [the] [boy] [.] 1 " 4 " " [do] [you] [know] [the] [poulterer] ['s] [in] [the] [next] [street] [but] [one] [,] [at] [the] [corner] [?] " 1 " 19 " scrooge inquired [.] 1 scrooge 2 inquired " [i] [should] [hope] [i] [did] [,] ["] replied the lad [.] 1 " 9 replied 9 replied 11 lad 10 the 11 lad " [an] [intelligent] [boy] [!] " [said] [scrooge] [.] 1 " 6 " ["] [a] [remarkable] [boy] [!] do you know whether they 've sold the prize [turkey] that was hanging up there [?] 1 do 2 you 1 do 3 know 3 know 4 whether 3 know 11 that 3 know 12 was 4 whether 5 they 4 whether 6 've 5 they 6 've 6 've 7 sold 7 sold 9 prize 8 the 9 prize 11 that 12 was 12 was 13 hanging 13 hanging 14 up 14 up 15 there not the little prize [turkey] [:] [the] [big] [one] [?] ["] 1 not 4 prize 2 the 4 prize 3 little 4 prize " [what] [!] [the] [one] [as] [big] [as] [me] [?] " [returned] [the] [boy] [.] 1 " 11 " " [what] [a] [delightful] [boy] [!] " [said] [scrooge] [.] 1 " 7 " ["] [it] ['s] [a] [pleasure] [to] [talk] [to] [him] [.] yes , [my] buck [!] ["] 1 yes 2 , 2 , 4 buck " [it] ['s] [hanging] [there] [now] [,] " [replied] [the] [boy] [.] 1 " 8 " " [is] it [?] ["] said [scrooge] [.] 1 " 6 said 3 it 6 said " [go] [and] [buy] [it] [.] " 1 " 7 " " [walk-er] [!] ["] exclaimed the boy [.] 1 " 5 exclaimed 5 exclaimed 7 boy 6 the 7 boy " [no] [,] [no] [,] " [said] [scrooge] [,] ["] [i] [am] [in] [earnest] [.] 1 " 6 " go and buy it , and [tell] ['] em to bring it here , [that] [i] [may] [give] [them] [the] [directions] [where] to take it [.] 1 go 2 and 2 and 5 , 3 buy 4 it 3 buy 5 , 5 , 6 and 6 and 9 em 6 and 14 , 9 em 10 to 10 to 11 bring 11 bring 12 it 11 bring 13 here 12 it 13 here 14 , 23 to 23 to 24 take 24 take 25 it come back with the man , and [i] ['ll] [give] [you] a shilling [.] 1 come 2 back 2 back 3 with 3 with 7 and 4 the 5 man 5 man 6 , 6 , 7 and 7 and 13 shilling 12 a 13 shilling come back [with] [him] in less than five minutes [,] and [i] ['ll] give you [half-a-crown] [!] ["] 1 come 2 back 1 come 11 and 2 back 5 in 5 in 9 minutes 6 less 7 than 7 than 8 five 8 five 9 minutes 11 and 14 give 14 give 15 you the boy was off like a shot [.] 1 the 2 boy 2 boy 3 was 3 was 4 off 3 was 5 like 5 like 7 shot 6 a 7 shot he must have had a steady hand at a trigger who could have got a shot off half so fast [.] 1 he 2 must 2 must 3 have 3 have 4 had 4 had 7 hand 4 had 8 at 5 a 7 hand 6 steady 7 hand 7 hand 8 at 8 at 10 trigger 9 a 10 trigger 10 trigger 11 who 10 trigger 12 could 11 who 12 could 12 could 13 have 13 have 14 got 14 got 16 shot 14 got 17 off 14 got 20 fast 15 a 16 shot 16 shot 17 off 17 off 18 half 19 so 20 fast " [i] ['ll] [send] [it] [to] [bob] [cratchit] ['s] [,] " [whispered] [scrooge] [,] [rubbing] [his] [hands] [,] [and] [splitting] [with] [a] [laugh] [.] 1 " 11 " " he shan't know who sends [it] [.] 1 " 2 he 2 he 6 sends 3 shan't 4 know 4 know 5 who 5 who 6 sends it 's twice the size of [tiny] [tim] [.] 1 it 2 's 2 's 3 twice 2 's 5 size 4 the 5 size 5 size 6 of joe [miller] [never] [made] [such] [a] [joke] [as] [sending] it [to] [bob] 's [will] be [!] " 1 joe 10 it 10 it 13 's 13 's 15 be 15 be 17 " as he stood there , waiting [his] [arrival] , the knocker caught his eye [.] 1 as 2 he 1 as 3 stood 1 as 9 , 1 as 11 knocker 2 he 3 stood 3 stood 4 there 5 , 6 waiting 6 waiting 9 , 10 the 11 knocker 11 knocker 12 caught 12 caught 14 eye 13 his 14 eye " [i] [shall] [love] [it] [as] [long] [as] [i] [live] [!] ["] cried [scrooge] , patting [it] with his hand [.] 1 " 13 cried 13 cried 16 patting 15 , 16 patting 16 patting 18 with 18 with 20 hand 19 his 20 hand ["] [i] [scarcely] [ever] [looked] [at] [it] [before] [.] what an honest expression it has in its face [!] 1 what 4 expression 2 an 4 expression 3 honest 4 expression 4 expression 5 it 4 expression 6 has 5 it 6 has 6 has 7 in 7 in 9 face 8 its 9 face it 's a wonderful knocker [!] 1 it 2 's 2 's 5 knocker 3 a 5 knocker 4 wonderful 5 knocker here 's [the] [turkey] . 1 here 2 's 2 's 5 . [hallo] [!] [whoop] [!] how are you [?] 1 how 2 are 2 are 3 you [merry] [christmas] [!] ["] it was [a] [turkey] [!] 1 it 2 was he never could have stood upon his legs , that bird [.] 1 he 3 could 2 never 3 could 3 could 4 have 4 have 5 stood 5 stood 6 upon 6 upon 9 , 7 his 8 legs 8 legs 9 , 9 , 11 bird 10 that 11 bird he would have snapped ['] [em] short off [in] a minute , like sticks of sealing-wax [.] 1 he 2 would 2 would 12 , 3 have 4 snapped 3 have 12 , 4 snapped 7 short 4 snapped 8 off 8 off 11 minute 10 a 11 minute 12 , 13 like 13 like 14 sticks 14 sticks 15 of 15 of 16 sealing-wax " [why] [,] it ['s] [impossible] [to] [carry] [that] [to] [camden] [town] [,] ["] said [scrooge] [.] 1 " 15 said 4 it 15 said " [you] [must] [have] [a] [cab] [.] " 1 " 8 " he dressed himself " all in [his] [best] , " and [at] last got out into the streets [.] 1 he 2 dressed 2 dressed 3 himself 2 dressed 5 all 2 dressed 6 in 3 himself 4 " 6 in 9 , 9 , 10 " 9 , 11 and 11 and 13 last 11 and 14 got 14 got 15 out 15 out 16 into 16 into 18 streets 17 the 18 streets he looked so irresistibly pleasant , in a word , that three or four good-humoured fellows said , " good morning , sir [!] 1 he 2 looked 2 looked 4 irresistibly 2 looked 5 pleasant 3 so 4 irresistibly 5 pleasant 7 in 6 , 7 in 7 in 9 word 7 in 18 , 8 a 9 word 9 word 11 that 9 word 17 said 10 , 11 that 11 that 16 fellows 11 that 17 said 12 three 13 or 13 or 14 four 13 or 16 fellows 15 good-humoured 16 fellows 16 fellows 17 said 18 , 19 " 18 , 21 morning 18 , 22 , 20 good 21 morning 22 , 23 sir [a] [merry] [christmas] [to] [you] [!] ["] and [scrooge] said [often] [afterwards] that , of all the blithe sounds he had ever heard , those were the blithest in his ears [.] 1 and 3 said 3 said 6 that 6 that 18 those 6 that 19 were 7 , 8 of 8 of 9 all 8 of 17 , 8 of 18 those 9 all 10 the 9 all 12 sounds 10 the 12 sounds 11 blithe 12 sounds 12 sounds 13 he 12 sounds 16 heard 13 he 14 had 14 had 16 heard 15 ever 16 heard 18 those 19 were 19 were 21 blithest 19 were 22 in 20 the 21 blithest 21 blithest 22 in 22 in 24 ears 23 his 24 ears i hope you succeeded yesterday . 1 i 2 hope 2 hope 3 you 2 hope 4 succeeded 3 you 4 succeeded 4 succeeded 5 yesterday 5 yesterday 6 . it was very kind [of] [you] [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 4 kind 3 very 4 kind a merry [christmas] [to] [you] , sir [!] " 1 a 2 merry 2 merry 6 , 6 , 7 sir 7 sir 9 " " [mr] [scrooge] [?] " 1 " 5 " " [yes] [,] " [said] [scrooge] [.] 1 " 4 " ["] [that] [is] [my] [name] [,] [and] [i] [fear] [it] [may] [not] [be] [pleasant] [to] [you] [.] allow me to ask your pardon [.] 1 allow 2 me 1 allow 3 to 3 to 4 ask 4 ask 6 pardon 5 your 6 pardon and will you have the goodness ["] [here] [scrooge] [whispered] in his ear [.] 1 and 2 will 2 will 3 you 2 will 4 have 4 have 6 goodness 5 the 6 goodness 6 goodness 11 in 11 in 13 ear 12 his 13 ear " [lord] [bless] [me] [!] ["] cried the gentleman , as if his breath were taken away [.] 1 " 7 cried 7 cried 9 gentleman 7 cried 12 if 8 the 9 gentleman 10 , 12 if 11 as 12 if 12 if 14 breath 12 if 16 taken 13 his 14 breath 14 breath 15 were 15 were 16 taken 16 taken 17 away " [my] [dear] [mr] [scrooge] [,] [are] [you] [serious] [?] " 1 " 11 " " [if] [you] [please] [,] " [said] [scrooge] [.] 1 " 6 " ["] [not] [a] [farthing] [less] [.] a great [many] back-payments [are] [included] [in] [it] [,] [i] [assure] [you] [.] 1 a 2 great 2 great 4 back-payments will you do [me] that favour [?] ["] 1 will 2 you 1 will 3 do 3 do 6 favour 5 that 6 favour " [don't] [say] [anything] [,] [please] [,] " [retorted] [scrooge] [.] 1 " 8 " ["] [come] [and] [see] [me] [.] will you come and see me [?] ["] 1 will 2 you 1 will 3 come 3 come 4 and 4 and 5 see 5 see 6 me " [i] [will] [!] ["] cried the old gentleman [.] 1 " 6 cried 6 cried 9 gentleman 7 the 9 gentleman 8 old 9 gentleman and it was clear he meant to do it [.] 1 and 2 it 1 and 6 meant 2 it 3 was 3 was 4 clear 5 he 6 meant 6 meant 7 to 7 to 8 do 8 do 9 it " [thankee] [,] " [said] [scrooge] [.] 1 " 4 " ["] [i] [am] [much] [obliged] [to] [you] [.] i thank you fifty times [.] 1 i 2 thank 2 thank 3 you 2 thank 5 times 4 fifty 5 times bless you [!] " 1 bless 2 you 2 you 4 " he had never dreamed that [any] [walk] [that] [anything] [could] [give] [him] [so] [much] [happiness] [.] 1 he 2 had 2 had 4 dreamed 3 never 4 dreamed 4 dreamed 5 that in the afternoon he turned his steps towards his nephew 's house [.] 1 in 3 afternoon 1 in 4 he 2 the 3 afternoon 4 he 5 turned 5 turned 7 steps 5 turned 8 towards 6 his 7 steps 7 steps 8 towards 8 towards 12 house 9 his 10 nephew 10 nephew 11 's 11 's 12 house he passed the door a dozen times before he had the courage to go up and knock [.] 1 he 2 passed 2 passed 4 door 2 passed 7 times 2 passed 13 to 3 the 4 door 5 a 6 dozen 6 dozen 7 times 7 times 9 he 7 times 10 had 8 before 9 he 9 he 10 had 10 had 12 courage 11 the 12 courage 13 to 14 go 14 go 16 and 15 up 16 and 16 and 17 knock but he made a dash , and [did] it . 1 but 2 he 1 but 6 , 2 he 3 made 3 made 5 dash 4 a 5 dash 6 , 7 and 7 and 9 it 9 it 10 . " [is] [your] [master] [at] [home] [,] [my] [dear] [?] ["] said [scrooge] [to] the girl [.] 1 " 12 said 12 said 16 girl 15 the 16 girl nice girl [!] 1 nice 2 girl [very] [.] " [yes] [sir] [.] " 1 " 5 " " [where] [is] he [,] [my] [love] [?] ["] said [scrooge] . 1 " 4 he 4 he 10 said 10 said 12 . ["] [he] ['s] [in] [the] [dining-room] [,] [sir] [,] [along] [with] [mistress] [.] i 'll show you up-stairs , [if] [you] please [.] ["] 1 i 2 'll 2 'll 3 show 3 show 4 you 3 show 6 , 4 you 6 , 5 up-stairs 6 , 6 , 9 please ["] [thankee] [.] he [knows] [me] [,] ["] said [scrooge] , with [his] [hand] [already] on the dining-room [lock] [.] 1 he 6 said 6 said 8 , 8 , 9 with 9 with 15 dining-room 13 on 14 the 14 the 15 dining-room " [i] ['ll] go in [here] , [my] [dear] [.] " 1 " 4 go 4 go 5 in 5 in 7 , 7 , 11 " he turned it gently [,] [and] [sidled] [his] [face] [in] [round] [the] [door] [.] 1 he 2 turned 2 turned 3 it 2 turned 4 gently " [fred] [!] " [said] [scrooge] [.] 1 " 4 " dear [heart] [alive] [,] [how] [his] niece [by] marriage [started] [!] 1 dear 7 niece 7 niece 9 marriage " [why] [,] [bless] [my] [soul] [!] " [cried] [fred] [,] ["] [who] ['s] [that] [?] ["] 1 " 8 " ["] [it] ['s] [i] [your] [uncle] [scrooge] [.] i have come to dinner [.] 1 i 2 have 2 have 3 come 3 come 4 to 4 to 5 dinner will you let me in , [fred] [?] " 1 will 2 you 1 will 3 let 3 let 4 me 3 let 5 in 5 in 6 , 6 , 9 " let him in [!] 1 let 2 him 1 let 3 in it is a mercy he didn't shake his arm off [.] 1 it 2 is 2 is 4 mercy 3 a 4 mercy 4 mercy 5 he 4 mercy 10 off 5 he 6 didn't 6 didn't 7 shake 7 shake 9 arm 7 shake 10 off 8 his 9 arm he was at home in five minutes [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 at 2 was 5 in 3 at 4 home 5 in 7 minutes 6 five 7 minutes nothing could be heartier [.] 1 nothing 2 could 2 could 3 be 3 be 4 heartier his niece looked just the same [.] 1 his 2 niece 2 niece 3 looked 3 looked 4 just 3 looked 6 same 5 the 6 same so did [topper] when he came [.] 1 so 2 did 2 did 4 when 4 when 5 he 4 when 6 came 5 he 6 came so did the plump sister when she came [.] 1 so 2 did 2 did 5 sister 3 the 5 sister 4 plump 5 sister 5 sister 6 when 6 when 7 she 6 when 8 came 7 she 8 came so did every one when they came [.] 1 so 2 did 2 did 4 one 3 every 4 one 4 one 5 when 5 when 6 they 5 when 7 came 6 they 7 came wonderful [party] , wonderful games , wonderful unanimity , won-der-ful happiness [!] 1 wonderful 11 happiness 3 , 5 games 3 , 6 , 4 wonderful 5 games 6 , 8 unanimity 6 , 9 , 7 wonderful 8 unanimity 9 , 10 won-der-ful 10 won-der-ful 11 happiness but he was early at the office next morning . 1 but 2 he 1 but 10 . 2 he 3 was 3 was 4 early 4 early 5 at 4 early 9 morning 5 at 7 office 6 the 7 office 8 next 9 morning oh , he was early there [!] 1 oh 2 , 1 oh 3 he 3 he 4 was 4 was 5 early 5 early 6 there if he could only be there first , and catch [bob] [cratchit] [coming] late [!] 1 if 2 he 2 he 3 could 3 could 9 and 4 only 5 be 5 be 6 there 5 be 7 first 5 be 9 and 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 catch 9 and 14 late that was the thing he had set his heart upon [.] 1 that 2 was 2 was 4 thing 3 the 4 thing 4 thing 5 he 4 thing 6 had 5 he 6 had 6 had 7 set 7 set 9 heart 7 set 10 upon 8 his 9 heart and he did it ; yes , he did [!] 1 and 2 he 1 and 9 did 2 he 3 did 3 did 4 it 5 ; 8 he 6 yes 7 , 6 yes 8 he 8 he 9 did the clock struck nine [.] 1 the 2 clock 2 clock 3 struck 3 struck 4 nine no [bob] . 1 no 3 . a quarter past [.] 1 a 3 past 2 quarter 3 past no [bob] . 1 no 3 . he was full eighteen minutes and a [half] behind his time [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 6 and 2 was 11 time 3 full 5 minutes 4 eighteen 5 minutes 5 minutes 6 and 6 and 9 behind 7 a 9 behind 10 his 11 time scrooge [sat] [with] [his] [door] wide [open] , that he might see him come into the tank [.] 1 scrooge 6 wide 6 wide 8 , 8 , 14 come 9 that 10 he 9 that 14 come 10 he 11 might 11 might 12 see 12 see 13 him 12 see 14 come 14 come 15 into 15 into 17 tank 16 the 17 tank his hat was off before he opened the door [;] his comforter too [.] 1 his 2 hat 2 hat 3 was 3 was 4 off 4 off 5 before 4 off 12 comforter 4 off 13 too 5 before 6 he 5 before 7 opened 6 he 7 opened 7 opened 9 door 8 the 9 door 11 his 12 comforter he was on his stool in a jiffy [;] driving away with his pen , as if he were trying to overtake nine o'clock [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 on 2 was 6 in 2 was 12 with 2 was 17 if 3 on 5 stool 4 his 5 stool 6 in 8 jiffy 7 a 8 jiffy 8 jiffy 10 driving 8 jiffy 12 with 10 driving 11 away 12 with 14 pen 13 his 14 pen 15 , 17 if 16 as 17 if 17 if 18 he 17 if 19 were 18 he 19 were 19 were 20 trying 20 trying 21 to 21 to 22 overtake 22 overtake 24 o'clock 23 nine 24 o'clock " [hallo] [!] ["] growled [scrooge] [in] [his] [accustomed] [voice] as [near] as he could [feign] [it] [.] 1 " 5 growled 5 growled 11 as 11 as 15 could 13 as 14 he 14 he 15 could " [what] [do] [you] [mean] [by] [coming] [here] [at] [this] [time] [of] [day] [?] " 1 " 15 " " [i] [am] [very] [sorry] [,] [sir] [,] " [said] [bob] [.] 1 " 9 " " [i] [am] [behind] [my] [time] [.] " 1 " 8 " " you are [!] ["] [repeated] [scrooge] [.] 1 " 2 you 2 you 3 are ["] [yes] [.] i think you are . 1 i 2 think 2 think 3 you 2 think 5 . 3 you 4 are step this way [,] [sir] [,] [if] [you] [please] [.] ["] 1 step 3 way 2 this 3 way " [it] ['s] [only] [once] [a] [year] [,] [sir] [,] " [pleaded] [bob] [,] [appearing] [from] [the] [tank] [.] 1 " 11 " ["] [it] [shall] [not] [be] [repeated] [.] i was making rather merry yesterday [,] [sir] [.] ["] 1 i 2 was 2 was 3 making 3 making 5 merry 4 rather 5 merry 5 merry 6 yesterday " [now] [,] [i] ['ll] [tell] [you] [what] [,] [my] [friend] [,] " [said] [scrooge] [.] 1 " 13 " ["] [i] [am] [not] [going] [to] [stand] [this] [sort] [of] [thing] [any] [longer] [.] bob trembled , and got a little nearer to the ruler [.] 1 bob 4 and 2 trembled 3 , 2 trembled 4 and 3 , 4 and 4 and 5 got 5 got 8 nearer 6 a 7 little 7 little 8 nearer 8 nearer 9 to 9 to 11 ruler 10 the 11 ruler ["] [a] [merrier] [christmas] [,] [bob] [,] [my] [good] [fellow] [,] [than] [i] [have] [given] [you] [for] [many] [a] [year] [!] make up the fires and buy another coal-scuttle before [you] [dot] [another] i , [bob] [cratchit] [!] " 1 make 2 up 1 make 4 fires 1 make 5 and 3 the 4 fires 5 and 6 buy 6 buy 8 coal-scuttle 6 buy 9 before 7 another 8 coal-scuttle 9 before 13 i 9 before 14 , 14 , 18 " scrooge was better than his word [.] 1 scrooge 2 was 2 was 3 better 3 better 4 than 4 than 6 word 5 his 6 word he did it [all] [,] [and] [infinitely] [more] [;] [and] to [tiny] [tim] , [who] [did] [not] [die] , he was a second father . 1 he 2 did 2 did 3 it 2 did 11 to 11 to 14 , 14 , 25 . 19 , 20 he 19 , 25 . 20 he 21 was 21 was 24 father 22 a 23 second 23 second 24 father his own heart laughed [:] [and] [that] [was] [quite] [enough] [for] [him] [.] 1 his 2 own 1 his 3 heart 3 heart 4 laughed may that be truly [said] of us , and all of us [!] 1 may 2 that 1 may 3 be 3 be 4 truly 3 be 6 of 6 of 9 and 7 us 9 and 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 all 9 and 11 of 11 of 12 us and [so] , as [tiny] [tim] [observed] [,] [god] [bless] [us] [,] [every] [one] [!] 1 and 3 , 3 , 4 as end of the [project] [gutenberg] [ebook] of [a] [christmas] [carol] , [by] [charles] [dickens] 1 end 2 of 2 of 11 , 3 the 7 of 7 of 11 ,