A Christmas carol . Mrs. Cratchit, Cratchits wife,dressed out but poorly in a twice-turnedgown, but brave in ribbons, which are cheapand make a goodly show for sixpence ; andshe laid the cloth, assisted by Belinda Cratchit, 84 H Cbristmas Carol second of her daughters, also brave in rib-bons ; while Master Peter Cratchit plunged afork into the saucepan of potatoes, and get-ting the corners of hismonstrous shirt collar(Bobs private prop-erty, conferred uponhis son and heir inhonour of the day) intohis mouth, rejoiced tofind himself s o gal-lantly attired, andyearned to show hislinen in the fash
A Christmas carol . Mrs. Cratchit, Cratchits wife,dressed out but poorly in a twice-turnedgown, but brave in ribbons, which are cheapand make a goodly show for sixpence ; andshe laid the cloth, assisted by Belinda Cratchit, 84 H Cbristmas Carol second of her daughters, also brave in rib-bons ; while Master Peter Cratchit plunged afork into the saucepan of potatoes, and get-ting the corners of hismonstrous shirt collar(Bobs private prop-erty, conferred uponhis son and heir inhonour of the day) intohis mouth, rejoiced tofind himself s o gal-lantly attired, andyearned to show hislinen in the fashionableParks. And now twosmaller Cratchits, boyand girl, came tearingin, screaming that out-side the bakers theyhad smelt the goose,and known it for theirown ; and basking in luxurious thoughts ofsage-and-oni n, these young Cratchits dancedabout the table, and exalted Master Peter Crat-chit to the skies, while he (not proud, al-though his collars nearly choked him) blewthe fire, until the slow potatoes bubbling up,. While Master Peter Cratchitplunged a fork into thesaucepan of potatoes,^^ S5
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