A Christmas carol . ull ofcomfort. Near to the winter fire sat a beauti-ful young girl, so like the last that Scroogebelieved it was the same, until he saw her,now a comely matron, sitting opposite herdaughter. The noise in this room was per-fectly tumultuous, for there were more child-ren there, than Scrooge in his agitated stateof mind could count ; and, unlike the cele-brated herd in the poem, they were not fortychildren conducting themselves like one, butevery child was conducting itself like consequences were uproarious beyondbelief ; but no one seemed to care ; on thecontrary,
A Christmas carol . ull ofcomfort. Near to the winter fire sat a beauti-ful young girl, so like the last that Scroogebelieved it was the same, until he saw her,now a comely matron, sitting opposite herdaughter. The noise in this room was per-fectly tumultuous, for there were more child-ren there, than Scrooge in his agitated stateof mind could count ; and, unlike the cele-brated herd in the poem, they were not fortychildren conducting themselves like one, butevery child was conducting itself like consequences were uproarious beyondbelief ; but no one seemed to care ; on thecontrary, the mother and daughter laughedheartily, and enjoyed it very much ; andthe latter, soon beginning to mingle inthe sports, got pillaged by the young brigandsmost ruthlessly. What would I not have givento be one of them ? Though I never could havebeen so rude, no, no ! I would nt for thewealth of all the world have crushed thatbraided hair, and torn it down ; and for theprecious little shoe, I would nt have plucked 67.
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