A Christmas carol . H Cbrtstmas Carol an affront to your understanding, and wouldinstantly have sidled off in the direction of theplump sister. She often cried out that it was ntfair; and it really was not. But when at last, hecaught her ; when, in spite of all her silkenrustlings, and her rapid flutterings past him,he got her into a corner whence there was noescape ; then his conduct was the most exe-crable. For his pretending not to know her ;his pretending that it was necessary to touchher head-dress, and further to assure himselfof her identity by pressing a certain ring uponherfmger, and
A Christmas carol . H Cbrtstmas Carol an affront to your understanding, and wouldinstantly have sidled off in the direction of theplump sister. She often cried out that it was ntfair; and it really was not. But when at last, hecaught her ; when, in spite of all her silkenrustlings, and her rapid flutterings past him,he got her into a corner whence there was noescape ; then his conduct was the most exe-crable. For his pretending not to know her ;his pretending that it was necessary to touchher head-dress, and further to assure himselfof her identity by pressing a certain ring uponherfmger, and a certain chain about her neck;was vile, monstrous ! No doubt she told himher opinion of it, when, another blind man be-ing in office, they were so very confidentialtogether, behind the curtains. Scrooges niece was not one of the blind-mans-buff party, but was made comfortablewith a large chair and a footstool, in a snugcorner, where the Ghost and Scrooge wereclose behind her. But she joined in the for-feits, and lo
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