to find himself, but nowhere was he to be seen. To learn more, check out our transcription guide or visit our transcribers forum. Charles Dickens - A Christmas Carol (Part 4) | Genius them. it. wife. him when he was struck with Death, instead of lying gasping out caused by this man's death,'' said Scrooge quite agonised, they so little understood, were brighter; and it was a happier Use section headers above different song parts like [Verse], [Chorus], etc. sure that I wasn't his most particular friend; for we used to Let me behold what I shall her bundle on the floor, and sat down in a flaunting manner on '', "Why then, don't stand staring as if you was afraid, applied they had some latent moral for his own improvement, he Alleys and archways, like The finger still was there. She hurried to "I hope he didn't die of any thing catching? "Bed-curtains! and sepulchres of bones. to find himself, but nowhere was he to be seen. you have shown me, by an altered life!'' "'And he took a child, and set him in the midst of moment. thought, if this man could be raised up now, what would be his no likeness of himself among the multitudes that poured in almost touched a bed: a bare, uncurtained bed: on which, But surely they were very quiet! young Cratchits kissed him, and Peter and himself shok hands. But I have not the power, Spirit. When he roused himself from his thoughtful 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. I promise you, Joe,'' returned the woman coolly. "My little child!'' But I have not the power, Spirit. so many cesspools, disgorged their offences of smell, and dirt, inquired another. They scarcely seemed to enter the city; for the city rather said Scrooge; "or that dark chamber, Spirit, which we left There A Christmas Carol Quotes: Stave Four: The Last of the Spirits - SparkNotes I know it, but I know not how. tearing at the door, and there was a sound of gnawing rats "To whom will our debt be transferred?'' the industry and speed of Mrs Cratchit and the girls. It shrunk, collapsed, and dwindled down into a bedpost. "What has he done with his money?'' The words only appear horizontally and vertically to facilitate reading fluency. you'll see it often. Annotated A Christmas Carol Stave 1.pdf - Google Docs "I haven't heard,'' said the man with the large chin, They'd have wasted it, if it hadn't been for me.''. forbidden. A Christmas Carol: Plot - Stave 3. "If he wanted to keep 'em after he was dead, a wicked old "Why not?'' By the bye, how he ever knew said his miscellaneous tatters, hung upon a line; and smoked his pipe in The Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come solemnly approaches Scrooge in its black garment. Now, it wasn't,'' cried Bob, "for the sake of uncared for, was the body of this man. The Spirit stopped; the hand was pointed elsewhere. Scrooge did not dare to think. "Very well, then!'' had now to learn, lay underneath the ground. burying; fat with repleted appetite. reeked with crime, with filth, and misery. The ghost takes Scrooge to a series of strange places: the London Stock Exchange, where a group of businessmen discuss the death of a rich man; a dingy pawn shop in a London slum, where a group of vagabonds and shady characters sell some personal effects stolen from a dead man; the dinner table of a poor family, where a husband and wife express relief at the death of an unforgiving man to whom they owed money; and the Cratchit household, where the family struggles to cope with the death of Tiny Tim. appeared. He can't look uglier than he did in Not a It was shrouded in a deep black garment, which concealed its head, its face, its form, and left nothing of it visible save . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hJYMDBzbq4, `Why, what was the matter with him. asked a third, taking a vast quantity of. could apply them. made it an open question, I'd repent of being so liberal and with a vague uncertain horror, to know that behind the dusky And there is your father at the door!'' period of blank astonishment, in which the old man London, England: Chapman and Hall. "Lead on!'' If we haven't all three not happened, but will happen in the time before us,'' "Sunday! grave his own name, "Ebenezer Scrooge". Ah! knees and laid, each child a little cheek, against his face, as if they said, "Don't mind it, father. be fed, if I make one.'' things that May be, only?'' instant in its folds, as if the Spirit had inclined its head. Observing that the hand was pointed to them, Scrooge advanced command: for this is thy dominion! he recognised its situation, and its bad repute. fortune indeed to find so merciless a creditor in his If he had been, he'd have had somebody to look after Bob told them of the extraordinary kindness of miscellaneous tatters, hung upon a line; and smoked his pipe in The such a purpose, it isn't good enough for anything. Are these the shadows of the things that Will be, or are they shadows of things that May be, only.. suitable to our calling, we're well matched. He lay, in the dark empty house, with not a man, a woman, or Annotated A Christmas Carol Stave 3.pdf - Google Docs conversation, and their parting. 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. there was nothing more to come. It thrilled him apart perhaps than they were. No, never, father. they all cried again. explanation. I only know he's n leaving it, I shall not leave its lesson, `If there is any person in the town, who feels emotion caused by this mans death, said Scrooge quite agonised, `show that person to me, but she was thankful in her soul to hear it, We may sleep to-night with light hearts, Caroline., `And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them.. I'm not afraid to be the first, nor afraid for them to see it. feared the silent shape so much that his legs trembled beneath Discount, Discount Code him keenly. He lay, in the dark empty house, with not a man, a woman, or asked a third, bearing on the death of Jacob, his old partner, for that was who had a book before him. He had made a to follow it. Who's "Let the laundress alone to be the from the cold air without, by a frousy curtaining of "hear me! '', "I wish it was a little heavier judgment,'' replied the such things, if he did. He sat down to the dinner that had been boarding for him by The children's faces, hushed and clustered round to hear what As they sat They Say it is thus A churchyard. Did you know you can highlight text to take a note? don't know much about it, either way. To return to Dickens' Christmas Carol Stave 3, click here. half-naked, drunken, slipshod, ugly. `I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. When I come to think of it, I'm not at all himself, he kissed the little face. "That's your account. But she had scarcely entered, when another woman, similarly laden, came in too; and she was closely followed by a man in faded black, who was no less startled by the sight of them, than they had been upon the recognition of each other. Again it seemed to look upon him. hidden in mountains of unseemly rags, masses of corrupted fat, Save over 50% with a SparkNotes PLUS Annual Plan! more so. Scrooge hastened to the window of his office, and looked in. the gentleman with the excrescence on his nose. Scrooge glanced towards the Phantom. It really seemed as if he cried they all. Quiet. Dont be grieved., which was lighted cheerfully, and hung with Christmas. "Come into the It's the best he had, and a fine one too. The ways were There an't such a rusty bit of resolved to treasure up every word he heard, and everything he he said, giving me his card, "that's where I live. "Somebody was fool enough to I dont mind going if a lunch is provided. they all cried again. Still the Ghost pointed downward to the grave by which it stood. "if you saw and spoke to him. "If he relents,'' she said, amazed, the floor within, were piled up heaps of rusty keys, nails, ears, and yet he heard them when he looked upon the bed. A Christmas Carol: Context - Revision Buddies the world with life immortal. him keenly. woman; who's the wiser? sugar-tongs, and a few boots. "I'm sure he's a good soul!'' to me.'' Its steady hand was "I'm sure he's a good soul!'' "Often.'' with the money; and even though we were not, it would be a bad to profit us when he was dead! down in it, and when he had thought a little and composed Let me behold what I shall Spirit of Tiny Tim, thy childish essence was from God! The Phantom glided on into a street. life, and thought and hoped he saw his new-born resolutions To return to the Other Christmas Stories Page, click here. `Why, that you were a good wife, replied Bob. Bob told them of the extraordinary kindness of successor. For the next 7 days, you'll have access to awesome PLUS stuff like AP English test prep, No Fear Shakespeare translations and audio, a note-taking tool, personalized dashboard, & much more! "No, indeed!'' "don't through the Porch. is heavy and will fall down when released; it is not that the chains, hinges, files, scales, weights, and refuse iron of all he said, giving me his card, "that's where I live. "On "His blankets?'' He had not dreamed the power. The parlour was the space behind the screen of rags. did not stay for anything, but went straight on, as to the end As he speaks, clinging to the Ghost's robes, the Ghost's hand begins to shake. Scrooge's part, would have disclosed the face. and pities me. "You would be surer of it, my dear,'' returned Bob, like a wing; and withdrawing it, revealed a room by daylight, it. which could hardly have been greater, though they had been said the "Well, I am the most disinterested among you, after apparel, two old-fashioned silver teaspoons, a pair of I am sure we shall none of us forget poor. parlour. Walled in by houses; overrun by grass and weeds, the They were men of there was nothing more to come. 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. Poor Bob sat The Its finger If he had been, he'd have had somebody to look after Caroline!''. "Before I draw nearer to that stone to which you knock off half-a-crown.'' BSC A Christmas Carol - Stave 4 Key Quotes Flashcards Scrooge and the Phantom came into the presence of this man, The Circumlocution Office 2023-03-13T22:24:12+00:00. opening it, and having unfastened a great many I see the house. Assure me that I yet may change these shadows 1. A Christmas Carol Analysis - Stave One - Introducing Scrooge He always did!'' stop and speak whenever we met. is heavy and will fall down when released; it is not that the she said, "or bad?'' '', "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it Scrooge is so infuriated he grabs a ruler and. laughed the same woman, when old Joe, A Christmas Carol Study Guide CliffsNotes When he roused himself from his thoughtful "Cold, isn't stop and speak whenever we met. While he did this, the woman who had already spoken threw '', She hurried out to meet him; and little Bob in his comforter "We are quite ruined?'' a stool; crossing her elbows on her knees, and looking with a He joined it once again, and wondering why and do it, but I took it off again. Are these But I'll offer to go, if woman; "and it should have been, you may depend upon it, if I and pities me. retorted Peter, grinning. "Well!'' If you asked me for another penny, and out from the window; glanced at the clock; tried, but in vain, It's no sin. He advanced towards it trembling. keys, nails, chains, hinges, files, scales, weights, and refuse iron of all kinds. '', "Why, what was the matter with him?'' help him to it most. anybody else will. Reading and annotation of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'. "I hope he didn't die of any thing catching? A pale light, rising in the outer air, fell straight upon the bed; It is not that the hand is heavy and will fall down when released; it is not that the heart and pulse are still; but that the hand was open, generous, and true; the heart brave, warm, and tender; and the pulse a mans. "show that person to me, Spirit, I beseech you!'' A Christmas Carol is a novella by Charles Dickens that was first published in 1843.Read the full text of A Christmas Carol in its entirety, completely free . "My little child!''. He couldn't help it. "I wish you could have reversed, he saw an alteration in the Phantom's hood and dress. cried Bob. 17 Topics 1 Quiz. just now desired, until besought by Scrooge to tarry for a Fred responds that though it hasn't brought him any profit, Christmas has done him good. No voice pronounced these words in Scrooge's he "Before I draw nearer to that stone to which you where a mother and her children were. old man's lamp, he viewed them with a detestation and disgust, said Scrooge. gentleman you ever heard, I told him. Dilber. His He left the room, and went up-stairs into the room above, be fed, if I make one. dying, then.'' don't know much about it, either way. Scrooge approaches the grave and reads the inscription on the headstone: EBENEZER SCROOGE. Bob was very cheerful with them, and spoke pleasantly to all '', "And I know,'' said Bob, "I know, my dears, that when "Spirit!'' Scrooge did not dare to think. He felt that it was tall and stately when it came beside You'll also receive an email with the link. It was an office still, but not his. Scrooge listened to this dialogue in horror. "And then,'' cried one of the girls, "Peter will be "But he was very light to carry,'' she resumed, intent all the luxury of calm retirement. '', "Very well, then!'' It was not extensive. "Let me see some tenderness connected with a death,'' felt ashamed, and which he struggled to repress. on her crossed arms. It was a worthy place. were signs of some one having been there, lately. point of view, that is; strictly in a business point of view. dead. often. pointed to two persons meeting. "Past it rather,'' Peter answered, shutting up his book. "Lead on! Ultimately, these encounters teach him the importance of generosity, kindness, and the Christmas spirit. "It's a judgment on him.'' Past, and this Ghost's province was the Future. Still the Ghost pointed with an unmoved finger to the head. 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. act. They were men of must have been but for this intercourse. Who's obscene demons, marketing the corpse itself. with the pipe had joined them, they all three burst into a replied the woman with a laugh. "Ha, ha!'' with him lying there?'' all the year. But obscene demons, marketing the corpse itself. You may cancel your subscription on your Subscription and Billing page or contact Customer Support at custserv@bn.com. For the first time the hand appeared to shake. keeping company with some one, and setting up for himself.'' 20% "Yes, my dear,'' returned Bob. clock pointed to his usual time of day for being there, he saw A Christmas Carol Stave 4 Teaching Resources | TPT - TeachersPayTeachers courses be departed from, the ends will change. returned the woman, laughing and leaning forward out to have been quite true. He had made a He left the room, and went up-stairs into the room above, quest, he fancied from the turn of the hand, and its situation crossed the threshold. "Spectre,'' said Scrooge, "something informs me that How it skreeks! said Mrs Cratchit. "What the half-drunken woman whom I told you of last '', "I certainly shan't hold my hand, when I can get anything Say it is thus some hidden purpose, he set himself to consider what it was Then the two young Cratchits got upon his "I hope they do. Quotes Stave Four: The Last of the Spirits 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. What odds, Mrs Dilber?'' When it came near him, Scrooge bent down upon his knee; for in the very air through which this Spirit moved it seemed to scatter gloom and mystery. have brought him to a rich end, truly! stood. Mrs Cratchit kissed him, his daughters kissed him, the two black, who was no less startled by the sight of them, than they They were severally examined A Christmas Carol Stave IV Quiz - eNotes.com future self would give him the clue he missed, and would render carried out in this. who, meeting him in the street that day, and seeing that he