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           Buttheyandtheirspiritvoicesfadedtogether;andthenightbecameasithadbeenwhenhewalkedhome.

           Scroogeclosedthewindow,andexaminedthedoorbywhichtheGhosthadentered.Itwasdouble-locked,ashehadlockeditwithhisownhands,andtheboltswereundisturbed.Hetriedtosay‘Humbug!’butstoppedatthefirstsyllable.Andbeing,fromtheemotionhehadundergone,orthefatiguesoftheday,orhisglimpseoftheInvisibleWorld,orthedullconversationoftheGhost,orthelatenessofthehour,muchinneedofrepose;wentstraighttobed,withoutundressing,andfellasleepupontheinstant.