Study Questions, Activities, and Resources, 58. Here, again, were shadows on the window-blind of guests assembling; and there a group of handsome girls, all hooded and fur-booted, and all chattering at once, tripped lightly off to some near neighbours house; where, woe upon the single man who saw them enter-artful witches, well they knew it - in a glow! Bless those women; they never do anything by halves. With a dimpled, surprised-looking, capital face; a ripe little mouth, that seemed made to be kissedas no doubt it was; all kinds of good little dots about her chin, that melted into one another when she laughed; and the sunniest pair of eyes you ever saw in any little creatures head. Design changes: Please bear with us if you come across anything that may look a little disjointed. To-night, if you have aught to teach me, let me profit by it.. The sight of these poor revellers appeared to interest the Spirit very much, for he stood with Scrooge beside him in a bakers doorway, and taking off the covers as their bearers passed, sprinkled incense on their dinners from his torch. It is a fair, even-handed, noble adjustment of things, that while there is infection in disease and sorrow, there is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good-humour. A smell like a washing-day! At last, however, he began to thinkas you or I would have thought at first; for it is always the person not in the predicament who knows what ought to have been done in it, and would unquestionably have done it tooat last, I say, he began to think that the source and secret of this ghostly light might be in the adjoining room, from whence, on further tracing it, it seemed to shine. They knelt down at its feet, and clung upon the outside of its garment. Look upon me!. The chimes were ringing the three quarters past eleven at that moment. Two tumblers, and a custard-cup without a handle. He dont do any good with it. He told me, coming home, that he hoped the people saw him in the church, because he was a cripple, and it might be pleasant to them to remember upon Christmas Day, who made lame beggars walk, and blind men see.. Now, being prepared for almost anything, he was not by any means prepared for nothing; and, consequently, when the Bell struck One, and no shape appeared, he was taken with a violent fit of trembling. For his pretending not to know her; his pretending that it was necessary to touch her head-dress, and further to assure himself of her identity by pressing a certain ring upon her finger, and a certain chain about her neck; was vile, monstrous! He has given us plenty of merriment, I am sure, said Fred, and it would be ungrateful not to drink his health. A tremendous family to provide for, muttered Scrooge. Suppose somebody should have got over the wall of the back-yard, and stolen it, while they were merry with the goosea supposition at which the two young Cratchits became livid! 5. In A Christmas Carol, Scrooge is dramatically affected by the Cratchit familys poignant scene. Bob Cratchit told them how he had a situation in his eye for Master Peter . The way he went after that plump sister in the lace tucker, was an outrage on the credulity of human nature. Down in the west the setting sun had left a streak of fiery red, which glared upon the desolation for an instant, like a sullen eye, and frowning lower, lower, lower yet, was lost in the thick gloom of darkest night, while there is infection in disease and sorrow, there is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good-humour, a ripe little mouth, that seemed made to be kissed, I am sorry for him; I couldnt be angry with him if I tried, for it is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas, when its mighty Founder was a child himself, Where graceful youth should have filled their features out, and touched them with its freshest tints, a stale and shrivelled hand, like that of age, had pinched, and twisted them, and pulled them into shreds. Who suffers by his ill whims! The Daughters of the Late Colonel: XII, 189. Uncle Scrooge!. Heres Martha, mother! said a girl, appearing as she spoke. Will you decide what men shall live, what men shall die? With this in mind, Scrooge asks the Spirit what will become of Tiny Tim in the future. The mention of his name cast a dark shadow on the party, which was not dispelled for full five minutes. Look, look, down here! exclaimed the Ghost. If these shadows remain unaltered by the Future, the child will die., No, no, said Scrooge. Christmas Day., It should be Christmas Day, I am sure, said she, on which one drinks the health of such an odious, stingy, hard, unfeeling man as Mr Scrooge. Himself, always. Bobs voice was tremulous when he told them this, and trembled more when he said that Tiny Tim was growing strong and hearty. To-night, if you have aught to teach me, let me profit by it." "Touch my robe!" He obeyed. All this time the chestnuts and the jug went round and round; and by-and-bye they had a song, about a lost child travelling in the snow, from Tiny Tim, who had a plaintive little voice, and sang it very well indeed. Mrs. Cratchit made the gravy (ready beforehand in a little saucepan) hissing hot; Master Peter mashed the potatoes with incredible vigour; Miss Belinda sweetened up the apple-sauce; Martha dusted the hot plates; Bob took Tiny Tim beside him in a tiny corner at the table; the two young Cratchits set chairs for everybody, not forgetting themselves, and mounting guard upon their posts, crammed spoons into their mouths, lest they should shriek for goose before their turn came to be helped. Then Bob proposed: A Merry Christmas to us all, my dears. Whats the consequence? Himself, always. Scrooge sees the family make much of a simple goose for dinner. The Spirit did not tarry here, but bade Scrooge hold his robe, and passing on above the moor, spedwhither? Describe the two children who emerge from the second spirit's robe in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. How does Dickens present Scrooge's character in stave 1? The Daughters of the Late Colonel: V, 180. But even here, two men who watched the light had made a fire, that through the loophole in the thick stone wall shed out a ray of brightness on the awful sea. Tiny Tim drank it last of all, but he didn't care twopence for it. After it had passed away, they were ten times merrier than before, from the mere relief of Scrooge the Baleful being done with. Study Questions, Activities, and Resources, 21. Scrooge was the ogre of the family. The mention of his name cast a dark shadow on the party, which was not dispelled for full five minutes ' is a quotation from A Christmas Carol ( Stave 3 ). He is obviously distressed by it and protests the spirit's words. I was only going to say, said Scrooges nephew, that the consequence of his taking a dislike to us, and not making merry with us, is, as I think, that he loses some pleasant moments, which could do him no harm. said the Spirit, turning on him for the last time with his own words. The Ghost was greatly pleased to find him in this mood, and looked upon him with such favour, that he begged like a boy to be allowed to stay until the guests departed. He knows and cares nothing about Cratchit's life and family. Oh, no, kind Spirit! The spirit warns that unless his life changes and he has better conditions, he will die. The mention of his name cast a dark shadow on the party, which was not dispelled for full five minutes. And all for the want of money. Latest answer posted December 01, 2021 at 9:27:30 PM. So surely as they raised their voices, the old man got quite blithe and loud; and so surely as they stopped, his vigour sank again. Slander those who tell it ye! It was a Game called Yes and No, where Scrooges nephew had to think of something, and the rest must find out what; he only answering to their questions yes or no, as the case was. I mean to give him the same chance every year, whether he likes it or not, for I pity him. Then up rose Mrs Cratchit, Cratchits wife, dressed out but poorly in a twice-turned gown[8], but brave in ribbons, which are cheap and make a goodly show for sixpence; and she laid the cloth, assisted by Belinda Cratchit, second of her daughters, also brave in ribbons; while Master Peter Cratchit plunged a fork into the saucepan of potatoes, and getting the corners of his monstrous shirt collar (Bobs private property, conferred upon his son and heir in honour of the day) into his mouth, rejoiced to find himself so gallantly attired, and yearned to show his linen in the fashionable Parks. Readers learn that Scrooge lived a lonely childhood but compensated with imagination and fun. ", poverty and lack of education will ruin the city of London. Study Questions, Activities, and Resources, 166. Id give him a piece of my mind to feast upon, and I hope hed have a good appetite for it. ' Scrooge was the Ogre of the family. The Barnacles were a very high family, and a very large family. look here. This idea taking full possession of his mind, he got up softly and shuffled in his slippers to the door. See!. Charles Culliford Boz Dickens (18371896), Catherine Elizabeth Macready Dickens (18391929), Alfred DOrsay Tennyson Dickens (18451912), Sydney Smith Haldimand Dickens (18471872). Study Questions, Activities, and Resources, 9. Have you had many brothers, Spirit?. As the last stroke ceased to vibrate, he remembered the prediction of old Jacob Marley, and lifting up his eyes, beheld a solemn Phantom, draped and hooded, coming, like a mist along the ground, towards him. The mention of his name cast a dark shadow on the party, which was not dispelled for full five minutes. Suppose it should not be done enough! Study Questions, Activities, and Resources, Appendix 1: A Mini-Casebook on The Turn of the Screw, Appendix 2: A Mini-Casebook on Brave New World, Appendix 3: A Mini-Casebook on Heart of Darkness, Appendix 5: Writing an Analysis of a Poem, Story, or Play, Appendix 6: Documenting Essays in MLA Style. It has been done in your name, or at least in that of your family, said Scrooge. And perhaps it was the pleasure the good Spirit had in showing off this power of his, or else it was his own kind, generous, hearty nature, and his sympathy with all poor men, that led him straight to Scrooges clerks; for there he went, and took Scrooge with him, holding to his robe; and on the threshold of the door the Spirit smiled, and stopped to bless Bob Cratchits dwelling with the sprinkling of his torch. The Daughters of the Late Colonel: VII, 182. The crisp leaves of holly, mistletoe, and ivy reflected back the light, as if so many little mirrors had been scattered there; and such a mighty blaze went roaring up the chimney, as that dull petrification of a hearth had never known in Scrooges time, or Marleys, or for many and many a winter season gone. Hide, Martha, hide!. Are there no workhouses?. Admit it for your factious purposes, and make it worse! Also how she had seen a countess and a lord some days before, and how the lord was much about as tall as Peter; at which Peter pulled up his collars so high that you couldnt have seen his head if you had been there. He never finishes what he begins to say! Bob Cratchit If he be like to die, he had better do it, and decrease the surplus population.. He dont lose much of a dinner.. No change, no degradation, no perversion of humanity, in any grade, through all the mysteries of wonderful creation, has monsters half so horrible and dread. After Bob Cratchit toasts Mr. Scrooge as "the founder of the feast," the person who made their Christmas dinner possible, Mrs. Cratchit follows with a sarcastic toast of her own. By the time the Ghost of Christmas Present takes Scrooge to see the Cratchit family celebrating their meager Christmas, Scrooge's heart has begun to be softened. Long life to him! " His wealth is of no use to him. And every man on board, waking or sleeping, good or bad, had had a kinder word for another on that day than on any day in the year; and had shared to some extent in its festivities; and had remembered those he cared for at a distance, and had known that they delighted to remember him. In almshouse, hospital, and jail, in miserys every refuge, where vain man in his little brief authority had not made fast the door, and barred the Spirit out, he left his blessing, and taught Scrooge his precepts. Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations. Their sentiments are not missed by the miser who realizes he is the "Ogre of the family.". ", Thus chastised, Scrooge, "bent before the Ghost's rebuke," lifts his head as he hears his name. To-night, if you have aught to teach me, let me profit by it.. If these shadows remain unaltered by the Future, the child will die., No, no, said Scrooge. Why is Kentucky a good place to raise horses? Study Questions, Activities, and Resources, 162. Scrooge looked about him for the Ghost, and saw it not. And at the same time there emerged from scores of bye-streets, lanes, and nameless turnings, innumerable people, carrying their dinners to the bakers shops. A smell like a washing-day! This idea taking full possession of his mind, he got up softly and shuffled in his slippers to the door. Scrooge appears both baffled by the family's happiness and to soften at this point, remembering some of the things he has said to Crachit and how he has treated him. Scrooge reverently did so. He rejoices to remember a "visit" from the storybook character Ali Baba. At last the dishes were set on, and grace was said. I wish I had him here. Scrooge promised that he would; and they went on, invisible, as they had been before, into the suburbs of the town. For, Scrooge was the "Ogre of the family"; his name cast a pall over the celebration. The Daughters of the Late Colonel: I, 176. Joining their horny hands over the rough table at which they sat, they wished each other Merry Christmas in their can of grog; and one of them: the elder, too, with his face all damaged and scarred with hard weather, as the figure-head of an old ship might be: struck up a sturdy song that was like a Gale in itself. However, his offences carry their own punishment, and I have nothing to say against him., Im sure he is very rich, Fred, hinted Scrooges niece. All the fun of Charles Dickenss Greenwich Fair. How does Dickens show this to be true? The Daughters of the Late Colonel: VI, 181. The moment Scrooges hand was on the lock, a strange voice called him by his name, and bade him enter. Scrooges niece was not one of the blind-mans buff party, but was made comfortable with a large chair and a footstool, in a snug corner, where the Ghost and Scrooge were close behind her. Despite these circumstances, Bob Cratchit represents the opposite qualities of Scrooge including kindness, generosity and the love of his family members. One half hour, Spirit, only one!. He dont make himself comfortable with it. Tiny Tim drank it last of all, but he didnt care twopence for it. But, they were happy, grateful, pleased with one another, and contented with the time; and when they faded, and looked happier yet in the bright sprinklings of the Spirits torch at parting, Scrooge had his eye upon them, and especially on Tiny Tim, until the last. He may rail at Christmas till he dies, but he cant help thinking better of itI defy himif he finds me going there, in good temper, year after year, and saying Uncle Scrooge, how are you? from The University of Texas at Arlington. Any Cratchit would have blushed to hint at such a thing. Symbol of fire to represent family, warmth and love, the circle represents unity, his own nephew's and to find himself in a bright, dry, gleaming room, GCSE Grade 9 analysis of Ignorance and Want, Power and Conflict Poetry - Kamikaze (quotes), Latin for the New Millennium: Student Text Level 1, Vocabulary from Latin and Greek: A Study of Word Families, Level IX, North American Cambridge Latin Course Unit 2 Student's Book, Vocabulary from Latin and Greek Roots: Level X. Scrooge was the Ogre of the family. Here, the flickering of the blaze showed preparations for a cosy dinner, with hot plates baking through and through before the fire, and deep red curtains, ready to be drawn to shut out cold and darkness. To sea. To a poor one most., Spirit, said Scrooge, after a moments thought, I wonder you, of all the beings in the many worlds about us, should desire to cramp these peoples opportunities of innocent enjoyment., You would deprive them of their means of dining every seventh day, often the only day on which they can be said to dine at all, said Scrooge. There were pears and apples, clustered high in blooming pyramids; there were bunches of grapes, made, in the shopkeepers benevolence to dangle from conspicuous hooks, that peoples mouths might water gratis as they passed; there were piles of filberts, mossy and brown, recalling, in their fragrance, ancient walks among the woods, and pleasant shufflings ankle deep through withered leaves; there were Norfolk Biffins, squat and swarthy, setting off the yellow of the oranges and lemons, and, in the great compactness of their juicy persons, urgently entreating and beseeching to be carried home in paper bags and eaten after dinner. Scrooges nieces sisters, and all the other ladies, expressed the same opinion. But it had undergone a surprising transformation. Come in! Everybody had something to say about it, but nobody said or thought it was at all a small pudding for a large family. Look, look, down here! exclaimed the Ghost. There might have been twenty people there, young and old, but they all played, and so did Scrooge; for wholly forgetting in the interest he had in what was going on, that his voice made no sound in their ears, he sometimes came out with his guess quite loud, and very often guessed quite right, too; for the sharpest needle, best Whitechapel, warranted not to cut in the eye, was not sharper than Scrooge; blunt as he took it in his head to be. Indeed, I think he loses a very good dinner, interrupted Scrooges niece. A man who once expressed so much contempt and callous disregard for the welfare of the poorest members of society is now beginning to understand just how hard it is for those at the bottom rung of society's ladder. Eked out by apple-sauce and mashed potatoes, it was a sufficient dinner for the whole family; indeed, as Mrs. Cratchit said with great delight (surveying one small atom of a bone upon the dish), they hadnt ate it all at last! I have a big packet of the Christmas Carol Questions and I have barely read the book. Of course there was. Not coming upon Christmas Day!. Martha didnt like to see him disappointed, if it were only in joke; so she came out prematurely from behind the closet door, and ran into his arms, while the two young Cratchits hustled Tiny Tim, and bore him off into the wash-house, that he might hear the pudding singing in the copper. The children drank the toast after her. Yet every one had had enough, and the youngest Cratchits in particular, were steeped in sage and onion to the eyebrows! And so it was! I wish I had him here. I was only going to say, said Scrooges nephew, that the consequence of his taking a dislike to us, and not making merry with us, is, as I think, that he loses some pleasant moments, which could do him no harm. Stop! Heres Martha, mother! cried the two young Cratchits. 'Look upon me!'. Have you had many brothers, Spirit?. Where angels might have sat enthroned, devils lurked, and glared out menacing. Scrooge is saddened to hear this. Holly, mistletoe, red berries, ivy, turkeys, geese, game, poultry, brawn, meat, pigs, sausages, oysters, pies, puddings, fruit, and punch, all vanished instantly. And your brother, Tiny Tim! Bob held his withered little hand in his, as if he loved the child, and wished to keep him by his side, and dreaded that he might be taken from him. Study Questions, Activities, and Resources, 119. To a poor one most., Spirit? said Scrooge, after a moments thought, I wonder you, of all the beings in the many worlds about us, should desire to cramp these peoples opportunities of innocent enjoyment., You would deprive them of their means of dining every seventh day[6], often the only day on which they can be said to dine at all, said Scrooge. Now, being prepared for almost anything, he was not by any means prepared for nothing; and, consequently, when the Bell struck One, and no shape appeared, he was taken with a violent fit of trembling. He obeyed. Two tumblers, and a custard-cup without a handle, If these shadows remain unaltered by the Future, the child will die, If he be like to die, he had better do it, and decrease the surplus population. say he will be spared., If these shadows remain unaltered by the Future, none other of my race, returned the Ghost, will find him here. What did Scrooge say about giving his clerk a day off to celebrate Christmas in Charles Dickens'sA Christmas Carol? The chimes were ringing the three quarters past eleven at that moment. No change, no degradation, no perversion of humanity, in any grade, through all the mysteries of wonderful creation, has monsters half so horrible and dread. He looked down on every human being who did not share his own values. nearly closed, with perhaps two shutters down, or one; but through those gaps such glimpses! Gentlemen of the free-and-easy sort, who plume themselves on being acquainted with a move or two, and being usually equal to the time-of-day, express the wide range of their capacity for adventure by observing that they are good for anything from pitch-and-toss to manslaughter; between which opposite extremes, no doubt, there lies a tolerably wide and comprehensive range of subjects. 7. Wouldnt you?, You seek to close these places on the Seventh Day? said Scrooge. For, he wished to challenge the Spirit on the moment of its appearance, and did not wish to be taken by surprise, and made nervous. Lesson Transcript. God bless us every one! said Tiny Tim, the last of all. My life upon this globe, is very brief, replied the Ghost. Here, he takes it into his head to dislike us, and he wont come and dine with us. Scrooge reverently did so. There was nothing of high mark in this. There was no doubt about that. At the beginning of the novel, Scrooge is described as "the Ogre of the family", this image allows the reader to understand that Scrooge is unloved and, furthermore, that his family are scared of him as he is seen to be monsterous. The sky was gloomy, and the shortest streets were choked up with a dingy mist, half thawed, half frozen, whose heavier particles descended in a shower of sooty atoms, as if all the chimneys in Great Britain had, by one consent, caught fire, and were blazing away to their dear hearts content. Study Questions, Activities, and Resources, 156. Without venturing for Scrooge quite as hardily as this, I dont mind calling on you to believe that he was ready for a good broad field of strange appearances, and that nothing between a baby and rhinoceros would have astonished him very much. Are there no prisons? said the Spirit, turning on him for the last time with his own words. He also tells the men that the men who wish to die should do it and "decrease the population." Scrooges niece played well upon the harp; and played among other tunes a simple little air (a mere nothing: you might learn to whistle it in two minutes), which had been familiar to the child who fetched Scrooge from the boarding-school, as he had been reminded by the Ghost of Christmas Past. Scrooges empathy and compassion are developed by seeing the Cratchit familys happiness and gratitude despite their relatively meager holiday feast and small home. The Spirit did not tarry here, but bade Scrooge hold his robe, and passing on above the moor, sped whither. Any Answers? And so it was! Not to sea. It does not matter to them that their meal is small, that the pudding smells like laundry, or that they dont have enough punch cups. The pudding was out of the copper. View all our archive of over 600 Charles Dickens quotations, View quotations by character (sorted by work). He told me, coming home, that he hoped the people saw him in the church, because he was a cripple, and it might be pleasant to them to remember upon Christmas Day, who made lame beggars walk, and blind men see.. My opinion is, that it was a done thing between him and Scrooges nephew; and that the Ghost of Christmas Present knew it. The lamp-lighter who ran before dotting the dusky streets with specks of the light laughed out loud as the spirits passed. Somehow he gets thoughtful, sitting by himself so much, and thinks the strangest things you ever heard. But the whole scene passed off in the breath of the last word spoken by his nephew; and he and the Spirit were again upon their travels. The Spirit stood beside sick beds, and they were cheerful; on foreign lands, and they were close at home; by struggling men, and they were patient in their greater hope; by poverty, and it was rich. In easy state upon this couch, there sat a jolly Giant, glorious to see; who bore a glowing torch, in shape not unlike Plentys horn, and held it up, high up, to shed its light on Scrooge, as he came peeping round the door. But this the Spirit said could not be done. After it had passed away, they were ten times merrier than before, from the mere relief of Scrooge the Baleful being done with. The children drank the toast after her. Altogether she was what you would have called provoking, you know; but satisfactory, too. Built upon a dismal reef of sunken rocks, some league or so from shore, on which the waters chafed and dashed, the wild year through, there stood a solitary lighthouse. Bring wintertime, he is forced to try and stay warm with thick clothes and heat himself by the flame of a candle. Girded round its middle was an antique scabbard; but no sword was in it, and the ancient sheath was eaten up with rust. Bob said he didnt believe there ever was such a goose cooked. Great heaps of sea-weed clung to its base, and storm-birds born of the wind one might suppose, as sea-weed of the waterrose and fell about it, like the waves they skimmed. ", Scrooge wants to profit in a different way, he recognises that there are things that are just as valuable as money. Give your view on Scrooge was the Ogre of the family. And Martha warnt as late last Christmas Day by half-an-hour!. To any kindly given. Who suffers by his ill whims? Suppose it should not be done enough! Mr. An old, old man and woman, with their children and their childrens children, and another generation beyond that, all decked out gaily in their holiday attire. Spirit, said Scrooge submissively, conduct me where you will. Scrooge started back, appalled. But, finding that he turned uncomfortably cold when he began to wonder which of his curtains this new spectre would draw back, he put them every one aside with his own hands, and lying down again, established a sharp look-out all round the bed. Ya tendrs en mente algunas imgenes de los personajes del cuento. At last the plump sister, falling into a similar state, cried out: I have found it out! Hes a comical old fellow, said Scrooges nephew, thats the truth: and not so pleasant as he might be. A piece of lace or the like worn around or within the top of the bodice. The compound in the jug being tasted, and considered perfect, apples and oranges were put upon the table, and a shovel-full of chestnuts on the fire. Whereat Scrooges nieces sisterthe plump one with the lace tucker: not the one with the rosesblushed. Awaking in the middle of a prodigiously tough snore, and sitting up in bed to get his thoughts together, Scrooge had no occasion to be told that the bell was again upon the stroke of One. The Daughters of the Late Colonel: IX, 184. The time is drawing near.. This appears to bother Scrooge a great deal. He is such a ridiculous fellow!. Then up rose Mrs. Cratchit, Cratchits wife, dressed out but poorly in a twice-turned gown, but brave in ribbons, which are cheap and make a goodly show for sixpence; and she laid the cloth, assisted by Belinda Cratchit, second of her daughters, also brave in ribbons; while Master Peter Cratchit plunged a fork into the saucepan of potatoes, and getting the corners of his monstrous shirt collar (Bobs private property, conferred upon his son and heir in honour of the day) into his mouth, rejoiced to find himself so gallantly attired, and yearned to show his linen in the fashionable Parks. Study Questions, Activities, and Resources, 28. Mrs Cratchitdressed out but poorly in a twice-turned gown, but brave in ribbons, which are cheap, and make a goodly show for sixpence. Eked out by apple-sauce and mashed potatoes, it was a sufficient dinner for the whole family; indeed, as Mrs Cratchit said with great delight (surveying one small atom of a bone upon the dish), they hadnt ate it all at last! I am the Ghost of Christmas Present, said the Spirit. Bob Cratchit said, and calmly too, that he regarded it as the greatest success achieved by Mrs Cratchit since their marriage. Explicit reference to poverty in the Cratchit family, Scrooge is concerned about the fate of Tiny Tim, Metaphor, Scrooge is essentially the opposite the family, he begged like a boy to be allowed to stay, Scrooge rediscovers his inner child and has enthusiasm again, two children, wretched, abject, frightful, hideous, miserable, List of postmodifying adjectives, vivid image of the horrid children, "This boy is Ignorance. Scrooge is a miserly, cruel employer who treats the father of the Crachit family cruelly everyday but particularly on Christmas Eve. Martha didnt like to see him disappointed, if it were only in joke; so she came out prematurely from behind the closet door, and ran into his arms, while the two young Cratchits hustled Tiny Tim, and bore him off into the wash-house, that he might hear the pudding singing in the copper.
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