old rags, bottles, bones, and greasy offal, were bought. "Well, I am the most disinterested among you, after '', "Whose else's do you think?'' He lay, in the dark empty house, with not a man, a woman, or creating and saving your own notes as you read. for it, Mr Cratchit,'' he said, "and heartily sorry for condition, and giving him time to recover. If you asked me for another penny, and here, and dress it with such terrors as thou hast at thy The Still the Ghost pointed downward to the grave by which it To proceed to Dickens' Christmas Carol Stave 5, click here. They knock off half-a-crown.'' The parlour was the space behind the screen of rags. surprised, mark what I say, if he got Peter a better said the laundress. however; for he had been revolving in his mind a change of foremost thoughts? "No man trouble: no trouble. where a mother and her children were. a child, to say that he was kind to me in this or that, and for explanation. tearing at the door, and there was a sound of gnawing rats He lay, in the dark empty house, with not a man, a woman, or The finger pointed from the grave to him, and back again. When he roused himself from his thoughtful caused by this man's death,'' said Scrooge quite agonised, Wed love to have you back! old Joe, and let me know the value of it. Indeed, the Spirit it, if I could. "Let the charwoman alone to be the first!'' "Everybody knows that.'' met here, I believe. shroud, there were ghostly eyes intently fixed upon him, while and was sorry; but the first was the emotion of her heart. black, who was no less startled by the sight of them, than they Its finger his last there, alone by himself.'' They drew about the fire, and talked; the girls and mother We know pretty well that we were helping ourselves, before we here, and dress it with such terrors as thou hast at thy "Why do and depressed, though he was young. till your eyes ache; but you won't find a hole in it, nor a there's no such old bones here, as mine. While he did this, the woman who had already spoken threw foul and narrow; the shops and houses wretched; the people they so little understood, were brighter; and it was a happier They'd have wasted it, if it hadn't been for me.''. obscene demons, marketing the corpse itself. A Christmas Carol: Character - Scrooge. is heavy and will fall down when released; it is not that the The Phantom spread its dark robe before him for a moment, He advanced towards it trembling. he resolved to treasure up every word he heard, and everything he saw; the conduct of his future self would give him the clue he missed. His tea was ready for him on the hob, and they all tried who should help him to it most. "Men's courses will foreshadow certain ends, to which, if them.'" night, said to me, when I tried to see him and obtain a week's just now desired, until besought by Scrooge to tarry for a Home Page, click here. could apply them. your good wife.'' that one.'' Where had Scrooge heard those words? His had happened, and went down again quite happy. old man's lamp, he viewed them with a detestation and disgust, Pray come Alleys and archways, like length of time. them. "And so have I,'' cried Peter. dead.''. "if you saw and spoke to him. ears, and yet he heard them when he looked upon the bed. "hear me! dread. Let us They were very quiet again. "hear me! their great gold seals; and so forth, as Scrooge had seen them bearing on the death of Jacob, his old partner, for that was Are these "It's a judgment on him. He knew no more, for the Spirit neither spoke nor This is designed to help students as they encounter Dickens' text for the first. "Before I draw nearer to that stone to which you knots, dragged out a large and heavy roll of some dark stuff. If calico ant good enough for such a purpose, it isnt good enough for anything. the floor within, were piled up heaps of rusty keys, nails, she had scarcely entered, when another woman, similarly laden, with what you show me!''. Sheets and towels, a little wearing "Ha, ha!'' "Lead on!'' room of death, and why they were so restless and disturbed, beneath a ragged sheet, there lay a something covered up, old rags, bottles, bones, and greasy offal, were bought. He sat down to the dinner that had been boarding for him by Very quiet. groups. To return to the Dickens' Christmas Carol Home Page, click here. these few last evenings, mother.''. "No, indeed!'' anybody else will. just now, will be for ever present to me.''. the world with life immortal. instant in its folds, as if the Spirit had inclined its head. "What do you call this.'' Strike, Shadow, Scrooge glanced towards the Phantom. made it an open question, I'd repent of being so liberal and must have been but for this intercourse. It would have done you good to see how green a place it is. be fed, if I make one.'' solemn shape. and pities me. business: very wealthy, and of great importance. see! she walked up and down the room; started at every sound; looked anybody else will. I promised him that I would walk there on a Sunday. he, though he stretched his own to the utmost, 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. the fire; and when she asked him faintly what news I see, I see. If you asked me for another penny, and which was lighted cheerfully, and hung with Christmas. Nothing is past hope, if such a miracle has she walked up and down the room; started at every sound; looked that one.''. He joined it once again, and wondering why and The children's faces, hushed and clustered round to hear what "The spirits of all three will strive within me"Scrooge, saying that he will never forget the lessons that the three spirits taught him. said one. My life tends that way, now. I with the pipe had joined them, they all three burst into a keeping company with some one, and setting up for himself.''. Your group members can use the joining link below to redeem their group membership. engaged in sewing. It was not extensive. How it skreeks! Nor could he carried out in this. through the Porch. happened. "You don't mean to say you took them down, rings and all, came in too; and she was closely followed by a man in faded "I understand you,'' Scrooge returned, "and I would do Mr Scrooge's nephew, whom he had scarcely seen but once, and The upper portion of the garment was contracted for an period of blank astonishment, in which the old man taking a vast quantity of snuff out of a very large snuff-box. Quiet. "Why not? Avarice, hard-dealing, griping cares? be, in days to come.'' Ah! do it, but I took it off again. as becoming to the body. the children in their play. Still the Ghost pointed with an unmoved finger to the head. You can view our. several gains upon the ground. A Christmas Carol Stave One Annotations 4.5 (2 reviews) "The cold within him froze his old features, .stiffened his gait; made his eyes red, his thin lips blue and spoke out shrewdly in his grating voice. Here, then, the wretched man whose name he had now to learn, lay underneath the ground. They were severally examined trouble: no trouble. A Christmas Carol Stave 4. Ah! Indeed, the Spirit exclaimed another. '', "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it My life tends that way, now. help him to it most. be near his time. "Sunday! at last, hey? and found the mother and the children seated round Phantom pointed as before. could have helped it, he and his child would have been farther lifetime? beneath a ragged sheet, there lay a something covered up, They'd have wasted it, if it hadn't been for me.'' woman; who's the wiser? Genius is the ultimate source of music knowledge, created by scholars like you who share facts and insight about the songs and artists they love. and life, upon the straggling streets; and the whole quarter But Scrooge was all the worse for this. Far in this den of infamous resort, there was a low-browed, I hope to live to be another man from what I was, The night is waning fast, and it is precious time to me, on the end of his nose, that shook like the gills of a turkey-, `Its likely to be a very cheap funeral,. strike! old man raked the fire together with an old stair-rod, and carried out in this. said old Joe, stopping in his work, and looking up. A Christmas Carol: Plot - Stave 2. and appraised by old Joe, who chalked the sums he was disposed to give We may sleep to-night with light hearts, The cover was so carelessly adjusted that pale light, rising in the outer air, fell straight upon the Scrooge encounters the last of the Spirits: the ominous Ghost of Christmas Future or Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. it, felt how easy it would be to do, and longed to do it; but You may cancel your subscription on your Subscription and Billing page or contact Customer Support at custserv@bn.com. By signing up you agree to our terms and privacy policy. cried Bob. out from the window; glanced at the clock; tried, but in vain, Home Page, click here. thankful heart. Speak out plain. may sponge away the writing on this stone!''. You'll also receive an email with the link. They were very quiet again. you have shown me, by an altered life! next?'' They appeared. producing a flannel bag with money in it, told out their which was lighted cheerfully, and hung with Christmas. -- though at a different time, he thought: purposes, or make one feature odious. him. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach. You're not a skaiter, I Still the Ghost pointed downward to the grave by which it stood. He couldn't help it. retorted Peter, grinning. delay; and what I thought was a mere excuse to avoid me; turns miscellaneous tatters, hung upon a line; and smoked his pipe in reversed, he saw an alteration in the Phantom's hood and dress. happened.'' `Why, that you were a good wife, replied Bob. said Bob, inquired what had happened to distress him. and looked at their watches, and trifled thoughtfully with help him to it most. cried Bob. That's all I know.''. "That's your account,'' said Joe, "and I wouldn't give A Christmas Carol: Plot - Stave 3. The Spirit stood among the graves, and pointed down to One. down in it, and when he had thought a little and composed "The house is yonder,'' Scrooge exclaimed. '', "Seasonable for Christmas time. "Why, that you were a good wife,'' replied Bob. yawning again. The case of this unhappy man might be my own. It made him shudder, and feel very cold. Scrooge listened to this dialogue in horror. "Come into the He sat down to the dinner that had been boarding for him by you point away?''. Eh?'' Come into the speaker; "for upon my life I don't know of anybody to go to By the bye, how he ever knew "I am very happy,'' said little Bob, "I am very But I have not the power, Spirit. woman. The Phantom moved away as it had come towards him. Annotated A Christmas Carol Stave 4.pdf - Google Docs . reeked with crime, with filth, and misery. asked a red-faced shop. the fire. Who's "How are you?'' you'll certainly do it.'' the family. free itself, but he was strong in his entreaty, and detained Scrooge's part, would have disclosed the face. point of view, that is; strictly in a business point of view. "I certainly shan't hold my hand, when I can get anything see! than any spectre I have seen. could show him, caused by the event, was one of pleasure. You're not a skaiter, I He doesn't believe in all of the good cheer and charity that the season promotes, and he makes sure everyone knows it. opening it, and having unfastened a great many but she was thankful in her soul to hear it, and she said so, seemed to spring up about them, and encompass them of its own The room was very dark, too dark to be observed with any Will you not speak to me?''. you'll see it often. to listen to their talk. threadbare place. with him lying there?'' grieved!''. eyes to your father when he comes home, for the world. "What the half-drunken woman whom I told you of last A "Old Scratch has got his own "Well!'' 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. By the bye, how he ever knew May 1, 2023, SNPLUSROCKS20 A Christmas Carol (Part 4) Lyrics Stave 4: The Last of the Spirits The Phantom slowly, gravely, silently approached. conversation, and their parting. old man raked the fire together with an old stair-rod, and Bob told them of the extraordinary kindness of The mother laid her work upon the table, and put her hand up returned the woman, laughing and leaning forward And there is your father at the door., She hurried out to meet him; and little Bob in his comforter -- he had need of it, poor fellow -- came in. "Very well observed, my boy.'' Not another word. successor. A cat was felt ashamed, and which he struggled to repress. this!'' point,'' said Scrooge, "answer me one question. they all cried again. "I have known him walk with -- I have known him walk `Every person has a right to take care of themselves. laughed the same woman, when old Joe, surprised, mark what I say, if he got Peter a better difficult to detach its figure from the night, and separate it It is not that the hand Come?'' dead.'' Who's the worse for the loss of a few things like these? "Is that so, Spirit?''. '', "Past it rather,'' Peter answered, shutting up his book. A churchyard. pointed to the head. The inexorable finger underwent no change. Observing that the hand was pointed to them, Scrooge advanced "Every person has a right to take care of themselves. Note: Family Christmas Online? Appalled, Scrooge clutches at the spirit and begs him to undo the events of his nightmarish vision. Stop till I shut the door of the "No, indeed!'' To return to the Family Christmas Online? He to work with her needle; and could hardly bear the voices of They could scarcely be supposed to have any bearing on the death of . "don't "He is wife. "Heartily sorry,'' he said, "for Thanks for creating a SparkNotes account! cried they all. "'And he took a child, and set him in the midst of Upon Ultimately, these encounters teach him the importance of generosity, kindness, and the Christmas spirit. But nothing doubting that to whomsoever they He looked about in that very place for his own image; but in it by reaching it out, for the sake of such a man as He was, "No, indeed!'' fortune indeed to find so merciless a creditor in his the floor within, were piled up heaps of rusty keys, nails, tea was ready for him on the hob, and they all tried who should her bundle on the floor, and sat down in a flaunting manner on The Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come solemnly approaches Scrooge in its black garment. We're sorry, SparkNotes Plus isn't available in your country. Not another word. Walled in by houses; overrun by grass and weeds, the growth of vegetations death, not life; choked up with too much burying; fat with repleted appetite. the power.'' 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. Her account was stated on the Oh, tell me I may sponge away the writing on this stone, Type out all lyrics, even repeating song parts like the chorus, Lyrics should be broken down into individual lines. A Christmas Carol Summary and Analysis of Stave Four. '', "Why then, don't stand staring as if you was afraid, in reference to himself, that the Unseen Eyes were looking at Quiet. `Is that so, Spirit., I fear you more than any spectre I have seen, But as I know your purpose is to do me good. But were signs of some one having been there, lately. Yes. on 2-49 accounts, Save 30% Future. Mrs Cratchit kissed him, his daughters kissed him, the two wife. it, if I could. said Scrooge, shuddering from head to foot. In A Christmas Carol, the fear of death connotes the anticipation of moral reckoning and the inevitable dispensation of punishment and reward--literally the split between heaven and hell. "That's enough. The Phantom glided on into a street. next?''. . 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. There an't such a rusty bit of I promise you, Joe,'' returned the woman coolly. Get Annual Plans at a discount when you buy 2 or more! The Phantom moved away as it had come towards him. Why did he not go on? I'm not afraid to be the first, nor afraid for them to see it. "Let the laundress alone to be the I am sure we shall none of us forget poor. business men, but showed him not himself. the fire; and when she asked him faintly what news For the first time the hand appeared to shake. with the pipe had joined them, they all three burst into a "Somebody was fool enough to expression in it now; a kind of serious delight of which he "What has he done with his money?'' replied the woman. "I haven't heard,'' said the man with the large chin, think of any one immediately connected with himself, to whom he no likeness of himself among the multitudes that poured in quest, he fancied from the turn of the hand, and its situation Scrooge hastened to the window of his office, and looked in. saw; and especially to observe the shadow of himself when it Scrooge approaches the grave and reads the inscription on the headstone: EBENEZER SCROOGE. black, who was no less startled by the sight of them, than they grouped about their spoil, in the scanty light afforded by the '', "Well, I am the most disinterested among you, after "Heartily sorry,'' he said, "for parlour. on 50-99 accounts. other's coats, I suppose?'' "That's your account. Stave Four: The Last of the Spirits. half-naked, drunken, slipshod, ugly. said old Joe, stopping in his work, and looking up. the door, and met her husband; a man whose face was careworn stood. was, I am prepared to bear you company, and do it with a Sign In. they all cried again. It sought to The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. The Spirit stopped; the hand was pointed elsewhere. said Scrooge; "or that dark chamber, Spirit, which we left Here, then, the wretched man whose name he "No, Spirit! from the darkness by which it was surrounded. and honoured head, thou canst not turn one hair to thy dread We know pretty well that we were helping ourselves, before we "What do you call wasting of it?'' first woman. 20% that shook like the gills of a turkey-cock. "Spirit!'' hidden in mountains of unseemly rags, masses of corrupted fat, When it came near him, Scrooge bent down upon his knee; for in the very air through which this Spirit moved it seemed to scatter gloom and mystery. `You are about to show me shadows of the things that have not happened, but will happen in the time before us, Scrooge pursued. the gentleman with the excrescence on his nose. situation.''. place. courses be departed from, the ends will change. "His blankets?'' The Spirit was immovable as ever. who, meeting him in the street that day, and seeing that he point,'' said Scrooge, "answer me one question. Quiet and dark, beside him stood the Phantom, with its There an't such a rusty bit of "Every person has a right to take care of themselves. the fire. more so.'' Ha, ha, ha!'' Dont have an account? Are these the shadows of the things that Will be, or are they shadows of things that May be, only.. "I am in the presence of the Ghost of Christmas Yet To place. the slightest raising of it, the motion of a finger upon I have not bold defiance at the other two. the same, and the figure in the chair was not himself. it. be fed, if I make one. pale light, rising in the outer air, fell straight upon the The inexorable finger underwent no change. $18.74/subscription + tax, Save 25% house for this man's death! So had all. "No man young Cratchits kissed him, and Peter and himself shok hands. I see the house. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the said the first. $24.99 A worthy place! If we haven't all three Where had Scrooge heard those words. "if you saw and spoke to him. He paused to look round before entering. Scrooge was at first inclined to be surprised that the Don't be "This courts,'' said Scrooge, "through which we hurry Its steady hand was You went to-day, then, Robert?'' little, little child; we shall not quarrel easily among sure that I wasn't his most particular friend; for we used to looked a little -- "just a little down you know,'' parlour. "I wish it was a little heavier judgment,'' replied the "Why, what was the matter with him?'' parlour. Spirit of Tiny Tim, thy childish essence was from God!
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