Рождественская история

Chapter 1

           ‘Itcomesfromotherregions,EbenezerScrooge,andisconveyedbyotherministers,tootherkindsofmen.NorcanItellyouwhatIwould.Averylittlemore,isallpermittedtome.Icannotrest,Icannotstay,Icannotlingeranywhere.Myspiritneverwalkedbeyondourcounting-housemarkme!inlifemyspiritneverrovedbeyondthenarrowlimitsofourmoney-changinghole;andwearyjourneysliebeforeme!’

           ItwasahabitwithScrooge,wheneverhebecamethoughtful,toputhishandsinhisbreechespockets.PonderingonwhattheGhosthadsaid,hedidsonow,butwithoutliftinguphiseyes,orgettingoffhisknees.

           ‘Youmusthavebeenveryslowaboutit,Jacob,’Scroogeobserved,inabusiness-likemanner,thoughwithhumilityanddeference.

           ‘Slow!’theGhostrepeated.

           ‘Sevenyearsdead,’musedScrooge.‘Andtravellingallthetime!’

           ‘Thewholetime,’saidtheGhost.‘Norest,nopeace.Incessanttortureofremorse.

           ‘Youtravelfast?’saidScrooge.

           ‘Onthewingsofthewind,’repliedtheGhost.

           ‘Youmighthavegotoveragreatquantityofgroundinsevenyears,’saidScrooge.

           TheGhost,onhearingthis,setupanothercry,andclankeditschainsohideouslyinthedeadsilenceofthenight,thattheWardwouldhavebeenjustifiedinindictingitforanuisance.

           ‘Oh!captive,bound,anddouble-ironed,’criedthephantom,‘nottoknow,thatagesofincessantlabour,byimmortalcreatures,forthisearthmustpassintoeternitybeforethegoodofwhichitissusceptibleisalldeveloped.

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