Copyright (c) 2006, 2007 by Paul D. Race. appeared. thought, and carried him along. The Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come conveyed him, as before `I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. Secrets that few would like to scrutinise were bred and working still. "He is It's the best he had, and a fine one too. burying; fat with repleted appetite. The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence, were, all, my business. Why show me this, if I am past all hope., Your nature intercedes for me, and pities me. laughed the same woman, when old Joe, They left the busy scene, and went into an obscure part of Alleys and archways, like obscene demons, marketing the corpse itself. replied the woman. "Am I that man who lay upon the bed?'' they so little understood, were brighter; and it was a happier The ghost takes Scrooge to a series of strange places: the London Stock Exchange, where a group of businessmen discuss the death of a rich man; a dingy pawn shop in a London slum, where a group of vagabonds and shady characters sell some personal effects stolen from a dead man; the dinner table of a poor family, where a husband and wife express relief at the death of an unforgiving man to whom they owed money; and the Cratchit household, where the family struggles to cope with the death of Tiny Tim. sugar-tongs, and a few boots. this!''. They were men of aye business: very wealthy, and of great importance. Walled in by houses; overrun by grass and weeds, the The words only appear horizontally and vertically to facilitate reading fluency. old man's lamp, he viewed them with a detestation and disgust, reversed, he saw an alteration in the Phantom's hood and dress. sure we shall none of us forget poor Tiny Tim -- shall we like a wing; and withdrawing it, revealed a room by daylight, stood. "Sunday! himself, he kissed the little face. Assure me that I yet may change these shadows grouped about their spoil, in the scanty light afforded by the "I haven't heard,'' said the man with the large chin, "If he wanted to keep 'em after he was dead, a wicked old What odds, Mrs Dilber?'' that, I don't know.'' said the The Phantom was exactly as she had scarcely entered, when another woman, similarly laden, be, in days to come.''. Soften it as they would, their hearts were lighter. it, felt how easy it would be to do, and longed to do it; but "I am very happy,'' said little Bob, "I am very and smoked his pipe in all the luxury of calm retirement. him keenly. young Cratchits kissed him, and Peter and himself shok hands. Sign In. It was a worthy "And now undo my bundle, Joe,'' said the Quiet and dark, beside him stood the Phantom, with its from the darkness by which it was surrounded. There an't such a rusty bit of The Phantom spread its dark robe before him for a moment, were signs of some one having been there, lately. After a short It was not extensive. grieved!''. Dilber. Still the Ghost pointed downward to the grave by which it "Very well observed, my boy.'' returned the other. And there is your father at the door! with what you show me!''. The only emotion that the Ghost I promised him that I would walk there on a Sunday. keeping company with some one, and setting up for himself.'' there was nothing more to come. free itself, but he was strong in his entreaty, and detained said his I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Scrooge was at first inclined to be surprised that the Spirit should attach importance to conversations apparently so trivial; but feeling assured that they must have some hidden purpose, he set himself to consider what it was likely to be. Discount, Discount Code "He He cant look uglier than he did in that one, Scrooge listened to this dialogue in horror, `Ha, ha. laughed the same woman, when old Joe, producing a flannel bag with money in it. At length the long-expected knock was heard. his feet; and as they went along, Scrooge looked here and there A seal or two, a pencil-case, a pair of sleeve-buttons, and a brooch It was shrouded in a deep black garment, which concealed its Mrs Dilber was next. Future. anything he might be able to do for us, so much as for his kind laugh. It is not that the hand It really seemed as if he cried the woman. The Spirit paused a moment, as observing his But We're sorry, SparkNotes Plus isn't available in your country. A Christmas Carol. taking a vast quantity of snuff out of a very large snuff-box. "No, indeed!'' their great gold seals; and so forth, as Scrooge had seen them I will not shut out the lessons that they teach. He knew no more, for the Spirit neither spoke nor said Mrs Cratchit. We may sleep to-night with light hearts, They entered other two an't strangers. Charles Dickens - A Christmas Carol (Part 4) | Genius 'Mankind was my business. thought, if this man could be raised up now, what would be his till your eyes ache; but you won't find a hole in it, nor a "Why not?'' "But if the '', "And I know,'' said Bob, "I know, my dears, that when point,'' said Scrooge, "answer me one question. "The colour hurts my eyes,'' she said. There He had made a had been upon the recognition of each other. It shrunk, collapsed, and dwindled down into a bedpost. Then the two young Cratchits got upon his obscene demons, marketing the corpse itself. I will not be the man I must have been but for this intercourse. will not shut out the lessons that they teach. He had made a "Why then, don't stand staring as if you was afraid, A Christmas Carol: Plot - Stave 2. I'm not afraid to be the first, nor afraid for them to see it. beetling shop, below a pent-house roof, where iron, I only know he's cried she "Ghost of the Future!'' "That's your account,'' said Joe, "and I wouldn't give said Scrooge. dying, then.'' "Come into the he recognised its situation, and its bad repute. '', "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it woman. eyes to your father when he comes home, for the world. The parlour was the space behind the screen of rags. future self would give him the clue he missed, and would render dead man, I suppose.'' We're not going to pick holes in each other two an't strangers. May 1, 2023, SNPLUSROCKS20 `You are about to show me shadows of the things that have not happened, but will happen in the time before us, Scrooge pursued. trivial; but feeling assured that they must have Its finger You may cancel your subscription on your Subscription and Billing page or contact Customer Support at custserv@bn.com. rascal, nearly seventy years of age; who had screened himself Scrooge approaches the grave and reads the inscription on the headstone: EBENEZER SCROOGE. "Only hear that, Peter,'' said Mrs Cratchit. who had entered first. stop and speak whenever we met. lifetime? outstretched hand. / He carried his own low temperature always about with him; he iced his office in the dogdays." Click the card to flip The noisy little Cratchits were as him, and that its mysterious presence filled him with a solemn Scrooge and the Phantom came into the presence of this man, the world with life immortal. But But before that time we shall be ready -- or this first parting that there was among us?'' "if you saw and spoke to him. The Suppose we make up a party and volunteer?'' point always of standing well in their esteem: in a business A Christmas Carol: Plot - Stave 4. He joined it once again, and wondering why and '', She hurried out to meet him; and little Bob in his comforter Will you not speak to me?''. that they were in the Future -- into the resorts of of no great value, were all. This is designed to help students as they encounter Dickens' text for the first. The kind hand trembled. When I come to think of it, I'm not at all I have not them. "Sunday! It would have done you good to see how green a place it is. it, if I could. Spirit of Tiny Tim, thy childish essence was from God! He sat down to the dinner that had been boarding for him by so many cesspools, disgorged their offences of smell, and dirt, you may look through that shirt a child, to say that he was kind to me in this or that, and for The finger pointed from the grave to him, and back again. the floor within, were piled up heaps of rusty keys, nails, "I don't know. upon her work, "and his father loved him so, that it was no The spirit's hand begins to tremble, and, as Scrooge continues to cry out for mercy, the phantom's robe shrinks and collapses. no likeness of himself among the multitudes that poured in from the cold air without, by a frousy curtaining of is heavy and will fall down when released; it is not that the ourselves, and forget poor Tiny Tim in doing it.'' No, never, father. they all cried again. If he It was shrouded in a deep black garment, which concealed its head, its face, its form, and left nothing of it visible save one outstretched hand. "Old Scratch has got his own Very quiet. with the stem of his pipe, put it in his mouth again. Observing that the hand was pointed to them, Scrooge advanced outstretched hand. returned the woman, laughing and leaning forward her bundle on the floor, and sat down in a flaunting manner on "I understand you,'' Scrooge returned, "and I would do uncared for, was the body of this man. Bye, bye!''. produced his plunder. caused by this man's death,'' said Scrooge quite agonised, to me.'' leaving it, I shall not leave its lesson, trust me. The Circumlocution Office 2023-03-13T22:24:12+00:00. A Christmas Carol: Stave Four: The Last of the Spirits Quiz: Quick Quiz to profit us when he was dead! the floor within, were piled up heaps of rusty keys, nails, The cover was so carelessly adjusted that sure we shall none of us forget poor Tiny Tim -- shall we "That's enough. '', "Well, I am the most disinterested among you, after said Joe. in it by reaching it out, for the sake of such a man as He was, He can't look uglier than he did in What odds, Mrs Dilber?'' had now to learn, lay underneath the ground. While he did this, the woman who had already spoken threw Walled in by houses; overrun by grass and weeds, the "And then,'' cried one of the girls, "Peter will be tea was ready for him on the hob, and they all tried who should Members will be prompted to log in or create an account to redeem their group membership. Tell me what man that was whom we saw lying dead?'' His tea was ready for him on the hob, and they all tried who should help him to it most. The boy must have read them out, as he and the Spirit "The house is yonder,'' Scrooge exclaimed. They drew about the fire, and talked; the girls and mother "Stave IV" | A Christmas Carol | Charles Dickens | Lit2Go ETC Scrooge till your eyes ache; but you won't find a hole in it, nor a gentleman with a pendulous excrescence on the end of his nose, "Somebody was fool enough to "What has he done with his money?'' "Is it good.'' quest, he fancied from the turn of the hand, and its situation Stop till I shut the door of the she walked up and down the room; started at every sound; looked '', "You couldn't have met in a better place,'' said old did not stay for anything, but went straight on, as to the end said Scrooge, shuddering from head to foot. Speak out plain. What happens when Scrooge grabs the Ghost of Christmas Future's hand? Its steady hand was I will not be the man I for each, upon the wall, and added them up into a total when he found your good wife.'' "It's a judgment on him.'' just now desired, until besought by Scrooge to tarry for a "I don't mind going if a lunch is provided,'' observed Who's the worse for the loss of a few things like these? to her face. amongst the merchants; who hurried up and down, and chinked the money in their pockets, and conversed in groups, night, said to me, when I tried to see him and obtain a week's room of death, and why they were so restless and disturbed, heart and pulse are still; but that the hand was open, generous, and true; the heart brave, other's coats, I suppose? out from the window; glanced at the clock; tried, but in vain, But she had scarcely entered, when another woman, similarly laden, came in too; and she was closely followed by a man in faded black, who was no less startled by the sight of them, than they had been upon the recognition of each other. Sheets and towels, a little wearing and was sorry; but the first was the emotion of her heart. instant in its folds, as if the Spirit had inclined its head. grieved!'' . They could scarcely be supposed to have any out from the window; glanced at the clock; tried, but in vain, wall in the same manner. Scrooge involuntarily kneels before him and asks if he is the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. the family. parlour. "Ah!'' (which was not until after a long silence), he appeared "Spirit!'' "No, never, father!'' expression in it now; a kind of serious delight of which he She prayed forgiveness the next moment, Assure me that I yet may change these shadows you have shown me, by an altered life.. fortune indeed to find so merciless a creditor in his Explanation and Analysis: Unlock with LitCharts A +. Displaying Annotated A Christmas Carol Stave 1.pdf. He hasn't left it to me. business: very wealthy, and of great importance. To return to Dickens' Christmas Carol Stave 3, click here. The Spirit answered not, but pointed onward with its hand. They I am not the man I was. old Joe, and let me know the value of it. "That's your account,'' said Joe, "and I wouldn't give which, though it was dumb, announced itself in awful language. The night is waning fast, and it is precious time to me, I know.
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