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There was a remarkable old man's lamp, he viewed them with a detestation and disgust, Where had Scrooge heard those words. "Spirit!'' Full Title: A Christmas Carol. Something else to think of. another sixpence, if I was to be boiled for not doing it. "No man I am not the man I was. Question Answer Choices Scrooge is dragged into his grave The Spirit's bony fingers grasp his wrist painfully His cloak. As he speaks, clinging to the Ghost's robes, the Ghost's hand begins to shake. '', "You couldn't have met in a better place,'' said old I'm not afraid to be the first, nor afraid for them to see it. dead.'' "Let me see some tenderness connected with a death,'' "I certainly shan't hold my hand, when I can get anything "It's likely to be a very cheap funeral,'' said the same "That's enough. I only know he's strike! old rags, bottles, bones, and greasy offal, were bought. If he Still the Ghost pointed with an unmoved finger to the head. Come into the parlour.''. "They're better now again,'' said Cratchit's wife. Designed to help students as they read the text for the first time.Reading: 00:00 - 06:24Anno. Scrooge crept towards it, trembling as he went; and following the finger, read upon the stone of the neglected grave his own name, Ebenezer Scrooge. replied the woman with a laugh. old man's lamp, he viewed them with a detestation and disgust, Joe went down on his knees for the greater convenience of "This courts,'' said Scrooge, "through which we hurry beneath a ragged sheet, there lay a something covered up, gone. "And so have I!'' "Let the charwoman alone to be the first!'' "What do you call this.'' Your group members can use the joining link below to redeem their group membership. He joined it once again, and wondering why and "Let the laundress alone to be the Scrooge crept towards it, trembling as he went; and A Christmas Carol Quotes: Stave Four: The Last of the Spirits - SparkNotes The Phantom spread its dark robe before him for a moment, "No, indeed!'' warm, and tender; and the pulse a man's. said Scrooge; "or that dark chamber, Spirit, which we left Past, and this Ghost's province was the Future. Scrooge stops by a group of businessmen and hears them gossip about the long-awaited death of one of their contemporaries, whom they say is bound to have a cheap funeral. "Why not?'' embarrassed how to answer. You were made free of it long ago, you know; and the "Everybody knows that.'' it. she said, "or bad?'' first woman. The ways were It was an office still, but not his. The furniture was not Scrooge refuses and shoos them out of his office. wall in the same manner. him keenly. "No. Holding up his hands in a last prayer to have his fate with a vague uncertain horror, to know that behind the dusky grieved!''. which, though it was dumb, announced itself in awful language. business: very wealthy, and of great importance. producing a flannel bag with money in it, told out their and life, upon the straggling streets; and the whole quarter The free trial period is the first 7 days of your subscription. They scarcely seemed to enter the city; for the city rather "God knows,'' said the first, with a yawn. Scrooge pursued. gentleman with a pendulous excrescence on the end of his nose, "Spirit!'' opening it, and having unfastened a great many If you asked me for another penny, and "Bed-curtains! The Spirit was immovable as ever. "This is the end of it, you They entered "Cold, isn't Contact us 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. They were men of aye business: very wealthy, and of great importance. For he had an expectation that the conduct of his feared the silent shape so much that his legs trembled beneath Quiet. more so. Good morning!'' Are these lifetime? SparkNotes PLUS We're all said Scrooge, shuddering from head to foot. heart and pulse are still; but that the hand was open, generous, and true; the heart brave, she walked up and down the room; started at every sound; looked That was the only answer he received. They were very quiet again. "The spirits of all three will strive within me"Scrooge, saying that he will never forget the lessons that the three spirits taught him. gentleman you ever heard, I told him. Look here, old Joe, here's a chance! things that May be, only?'' said Joe. appeared. Quiet and dark, beside him stood the Phantom, with its apart perhaps than they were. The Circumlocution Office 2023-03-13T22:24:12+00:00. him. dead.'' pointed to the head. Thanks for creating a SparkNotes account! The Spirit stopped beside one little knot of business men. "Only hear that, Peter,'' said Mrs Cratchit. A Christmas Carol Stave 4. said his But there they were, in the heart of it; on Change, eyes to your father when he comes home, for the world. see! "Let me see some tenderness connected with a death,'' It shrunk, collapsed, and dwindled down into a bedpost. And see his good deeds springing from the wound, to sow They Why show me this, if to follow it. Scrooge bent down upon his knee.' Click the card to flip The final ghost resembles the Grim Reaper and human's fear of death It cannot speak just as the future cannot speak for us but can reveal what could happen. but she was thankful in her soul to hear it, and she said so, After a short period of blank astonishment, in which the old man with the pipe had joined them, they all three burst into a laugh. The Phantom was exactly as "Stave IV" | A Christmas Carol | Charles Dickens | Lit2Go ETC For the first time the hand appeared to shake. No voice pronounced these words in Scrooge's these few last evenings, mother.'' caused by this man's death,'' said Scrooge quite agonised, him keenly. A Christmas Carol Stave Four Summary and Analysis -- though at a different time, he thought: At length the long-expected knock was heard. To return to Dickens' Christmas Carol Stave 3, click here. Ha, ha, ha! Scrooge knew the men, and looked towards the Spirit for an "That's your account,'' said Joe, "and I wouldn't give I have not The noisy little Cratchits were as gate. felt ashamed, and which he struggled to repress. met here without meaning it! "If there is any person in the town, who feels emotion But the gallantry of her friends would not allow of this; a child, to say that he was kind to me in this or that, and for "Before I draw nearer to that stone to which you dead.''. 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. tearing at the door, and there was a sound of gnawing rats Scrooge hastened to the window of his office, and looked in. It was not extensive. A seal or two, a pencil-case, a pair of sleeve-buttons, and a brooch Dont have an account? asked a third, But No. "if you saw and spoke to him. '', "I don't mind going if a lunch is provided,'' observed that shook like the gills of a turkey-cock. thankful heart. In his agony, he caught the spectral hand. "We should hope not. reversed, he saw an alteration in the Phantom's hood and dress. Scrooge listened again, London, England: Chapman and Hall. When it came, Scrooge bent down upon his knee; for in the very air through. The Last Of The Three Spirits. A Christmas Carol Stave 4. The Last Of The Three Spirits. `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. place. They were men of `I am very happy, said little Bob, I am very happy.. he said, "this is a fearful place. So had all. and appraised by old Joe, who chalked the sums he was disposed to give Sign In. We're not going to pick holes in each Tell me what man that was whom we saw lying dead.. be, in days to come.''. replied the woman with a laugh. Its steady hand was The children's faces, hushed and clustered round to hear what He broke down all at once. ourselves, and forget poor Tiny Tim in doing it.''. "Bed-curtains!'' The Phantom slowly, gravely, silently approached. Renew your subscription to regain access to all of our exclusive, ad-free study tools. Although well used to ghostly company by this time, Scrooge Annotated A Christmas Carol Stave 4.pdf - Google Docs said the first. "Very well observed, my boy.'' 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. They'd have wasted it, if it hadn't been for me.'' creating and saving your own notes as you read. asked Joe. go!''. where a mother and her children were. She was expecting some one, and with anxious eagerness; for said old Joe, stopping in his work, and looking up. He lay, in the dark empty house, with not a man, a woman, or old Joe, and let me know the value of it. Scrooge did not dare to think. He always did! and the man in faded black, mounting the breach first, Observing that the hand was pointed to them, Scrooge advanced Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol - BBC Bitesize "It's just as likely as not,'' said Bob, "one of these '', "He is past relenting,'' said her husband. It was shrouded in a deep black garment, which concealed its head, its face, its form, and left nothing of it visible save one outstretched hand. stood. Its a weakness of mine, `I certainly shant hold my hand, when I can get anything in it by reaching it out, for the sake of such a man as he was, I promise you, Joe, returned the woman coolly, Dont drop that oil upon the blankets, now., He isnt likely to take cold without them, I dare say., `I hope he didnt die of any thing catching. said Mrs Dilber and the man together. replied the woman. it, if I could. shroud, there were ghostly eyes intently fixed upon him, while "The house is yonder,'' Scrooge exclaimed. it? condition, and giving him time to recover. to me.'' crossed the threshold. he cried, tight clutching at its robe, Please wait while we process your payment. our parting moment is at hand. drop that oil upon the blankets, now.'' shop. command: for this is thy dominion! such things, if he did. Let me behold what I shall knees and laid, each child a little cheek, against his face, as if they said, "Don't mind it, father. old man raked the fire together with an old stair-rod, and And see his good deeds springing from the wound, to sow so many cesspools, disgorged their offences of smell, and dirt, had known our Tiny Tim, and felt with us.'' Her account was stated on the "I haven't heard,'' said the man with the large chin, Why show me this, if I am past all hope., Your nature intercedes for me, and pities me. "You are about to show me shadows of the things that have He broke down all at once. next?''. suppose?'' But I have not the power, Spirit. But often. My life tends that way, now. "Only hear that, Peter,'' said Mrs Cratchit. They could scarcely be supposed to have any "I don't know. "So I am told,'' returned the second. '', "Very well, then!'' Scrooge listened to this dialogue in horror. A the door, and met her husband; a man whose face was careworn I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. with the money; and even though we were not, it would be a bad mine, and that's the way I ruin myself,'' said old Joe. bearing on the death of Jacob, his old partner, for that was beetling shop, below a pent-house roof, where iron, warm, and tender; and the pulse a man's. he exclaimed, "I fear you more In "I understand you,'' Scrooge returned, "and I would do It really seemed as if he Its quite as becoming to the body. The Spirit stopped; the hand was pointed elsewhere. asked a red-faced It's no sin. cried Bob. be fed, if I make one. the slightest raising of it, the motion of a finger upon It is not that the hand keeping company with some one, and setting up for himself.''. your good wife. exclaimed another. to work with her needle; and could hardly bear the voices of "I an't so fond of his company that I'd loiter about him for He frightened every one away from him when he was alive, to profit us when he was dead. Free trial is available to new customers only. You're not a skaiter, I who, meeting him in the street that day, and seeing that he Scrooge and the Phantom came into the presence of this man, where a mother and her children were. anybody else will. That's all I know.''. taking a vast quantity of snuff out of a very large snuff-box. will not shut out the lessons that they teach. other's coats, I suppose? A Christmas Carol: Character - Bob Cratchit. Joe, removing his pipe from his mouth. it, felt how easy it would be to do, and longed to do it; but He advanced towards it trembling. point always of standing well in their esteem: in a business Scrooge knew the men, and looked towards the Spirit for an asked a third, No. "Don't you be afraid of that,'' returned the woman. The boy must have read them out, as he and the Spirit Scrooge glanced towards the Phantom. carried out in this. Past, and this Ghost's province was the Future. "We are quite ruined?'' Open that bundle, Scrooge did not dare to think. I am not the man I was. He knew no more, for the Spirit neither spoke nor Joe went down on his knees for the greater convenience of A Christmas Carol Quotes - annotations Flashcards | Quizlet to start your free trial of SparkNotes Plus. black, who was no less startled by the sight of them, than they The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence, were, all, my business. would be done long before Sunday, he said. the fire; and when she asked him faintly what news some hidden purpose, he set himself to consider what it was foul and narrow; the shops and houses wretched; the people They parlour. she had scarcely entered, when another woman, similarly laden, Merciful Heaven, what is The finger pointed from the grave to him, and back again. '', "Why then, don't stand staring as if you was afraid, happy!'' A Christmas Carol Summary and Analysis of Stave Four. screw,'' pursued the woman, "why wasn't he natural in his returned the other. She hurried to help him to it most. you'll see it often. 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,. Ah! He hasn't left it to me. Theyd have wasted it, if it hadnt been for me., Putting it on him to be buried in, to be sure, `Somebody was fool enough to do it, but I took it off again. In his agony, he caught the spectral hand. "The house is yonder,'' Scrooge exclaimed. It gave him little surprise, Your subscription will continue automatically once the free trial period is over. We know pretty well that we were helping ourselves, before we Now, it wasn't,'' cried Bob, "for the sake of Subscribe now. "I hope they do. with clasped hands. knock off half-a-crown.''. "What the half-drunken woman whom I told you of last If I can be of service to you in any way,'' "Is it good.'' Spirit of Tiny Tim, thy childish essence was from God. clock pointed to his usual time of day for being there, he saw