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| Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol Feature - Scrooge (1951) | ||||||||||||||
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"The Spirit stopped beside one little knot of business men. Observing that the hand was pointed to them, Scrooge advanced to listen to their talk. 'No,' said a great fat man with a monstrous chin,' I don't know much about it, either way. I only know he's dead.' 'When did he die.' inquired another. 'Last night, I believe.' Why, what was the matter with him.' asked a third, taking a vast quantity of snuff out of a very large snuff-box. 'I thought he'd never die.' 'God knows,' said the first, with a yawn. 'What has he done with his money.' asked a red-faced gentleman with a pendulous excrescence on the end of his nose, that shook like the gills of a turkey-cock. 'I haven't heard,' said the man with the large chin, yawning again. 'Left it to his company, perhaps. He hasn't left it to me. That's all I know.' This pleasantry was received with a general laugh. 'It's likely to be a very cheap funeral,' said the same speaker;' for upon my life I don't know of anybody to go to it. Suppose we make up a party and volunteer.' 'I don't mind going if a lunch is provided,' observed the gentleman with the excrescence on his nose. 'But I must be fed, if I make one.' Another laugh." - A Christmas Carol, Stave 4: The Last of the Spirits |
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