Рождественская история

Chapter 4

           Forhehadanexpectationthattheconductofhisfutureselfwouldgivehimthecluehemissed,andwouldrenderthesolutionoftheseriddleseasy.

           Helookedaboutinthatveryplaceforhisownimage;butanothermanstoodinhisaccustomedcorner,andthoughtheclockpointedtohisusualtimeofdayforbeingthere,hesawnolikenessofhimselfamongthemultitudesthatpouredinthroughthePorch.Itgavehimlittlesurprise,however;forhehadbeenrevolvinginhismindachangeoflife,andthoughtandhopedhesawhisnew-bornresolutionscarriedoutinthis.

           Quietanddark,besidehimstoodthePhantom,withitsoutstretchedhand.Whenherousedhimselffromhisthoughtfulquest,hefanciedfromtheturnofthehand,anditssituationinreferencetohimself,thattheUnseenEyeswerelookingathimkeenly.Itmadehimshudder,andfeelverycold.

           Theyleftthebusyscene,andwentintoanobscurepartofthetown,whereScroogehadneverpenetratedbefore,althoughherecogniseditssituation,anditsbadrepute.Thewayswerefoulandnarrow;theshopsandhouseswretched;thepeoplehalf-naked,drunken,slipshod,ugly.Alleysandarchways,likesomanycesspools,disgorgedtheiroffencesofsmell,anddirt,andlife,uponthestragglingstreets;andthewholequarterreekedwithcrime,withfilth,andmisery.

           Farinthisdenofinfamousresort,therewasalow-browed,beetlingshop,belowapent-houseroof,whereiron,oldrags,bottles,bones,andgreasyoffal,werebought.

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