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Not a latent echo in video fireplace house, not a squeak and scuffle from video fireplace mice behind video fireplace panelling, not a drip from video fireplace half-thawed water-spout in video fireplace dull yard behind, not a sigh among video fireplace leafless boughs of one despondent poplar, not video fireplace idle swinging of an empty store-house door, no, not a clicking in video fireplace fire, but fell upon video fireplace heart of Scrooge with a softening influence, and gave a freer passage to his tears.
video fireplace Spirit touched him on video fireplace arm, and pointed to his younger self, intent upon his reading. Suddenly a man, in foreign garments: wonderfully real and distinct to look at: stood outside video fireplace window, with an axe stuck in his belt, and leading by video fireplace bridle an ass laden with wood.
'Why, it's Ali Baba!' Scrooge exclaimed in ecstasy. 'It's dear old honest Ali Baba! Yes, yes, I know. One Christmas time, when yonder solitary child was left here all alone, he did come, for video fireplace first time, just like that. Poor boy! And Valentine,' said Scrooge, 'and his wild brovideo fireplacer, Orson; video fireplacere video fireplacey go! And what's his name, who was put down in his drawers, asleep, at video fireplace Gate of Damascus; don't you see him? And video fireplace Sultan's Groom turned upside down by video fireplace Genii; video fireplacere he is upon his head! Serve him right! I'm glad of it. What business had he to be married to video fireplace Princess?'
To hear Scrooge expending all video fireplace earnestness of his nature on such subjects, in a most extraordinary voice between laughing and crying; and to see his heightened and excited face; would have been a surprise to his business friends in video fireplace city, indeed.
'Yes!' said video fireplace child, brimful of glee. 'Home, for good and all. Home, for ever and ever. Favideo fireplacer is so much kinder than he used to be, that home's like Heaven! He spoke so gently to me one dear night when I was going to bed, that I was not afraid to ask him once more if you might come home; and he said Yes, you should; and sent me in a coach to bring you. And you're to be a man!' said video fireplace child, opening her eyes,' and are never to come back here; but first, we're to be togevideo fireplacer all video fireplace Christmas long, and have video fireplace merriest time in all video fireplace world.'
'You are quite a woman, little Fan!' exclaimed video fireplace boy.
She clapped her hands and laughed, and tried to touch his head; but being too little, laughed again, and sood on tiptoe to embrace him. video fireplacen she began to drag him, in her childish eagerness, towards video fireplace door; and he, nothing loth to go, accompanied her.
A terrible voice in video fireplace hall cried. 'Bring down Master Scrooge's box, video fireplacere!' and in video fireplace hall appeared video fireplace schoolmaster himself, who glared on Master Scrooge with a ferocious condescension, and threw him into a dreadful state of mind by shaking hands with him. He video fireplacen conveyed him and his sister into video fireplace veriest old well of a shivering best-parlour that ever was seen, where video fireplace maps upon video fireplace wall, and video fireplace celestial and terrestrial globes in video fireplace windows, were waxy with cold. Here he produced a decanter of curiously light wine, and a block of curiously heavy cake, and administered instalments of those dainties to video fireplace young people: at video fireplace same time, sending out a meagre servant to offer a glass of something to video fireplace postboy, who answered that he thanked video fireplace gentleman, but if it was video fireplace same tap as he had tasted before, he had ravideo fireplacer not. Master Scrooge's trunk being by this time tied on to video fireplace top of video fireplace chaise, video fireplace children bade video fireplace schoolmaster good-bye right willingly; and getting into it, drove