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Chapter 1

           TheLordMayor,inthestrongholdofthemightyMansionHouse,gaveorderstohisfiftycooksandbutlerstokeepChristmasasaLordMayor’shouseholdshould;andeventhelittletailor,whomhehadfinedfiveshillingsonthepreviousMondayforbeingdrunkandbloodthirstyinthestreets,stirredupto-morrow’spuddinginhisgarret,whilehisleanwifeandthebabysalliedouttobuythebeef.

           Foggieryet,andcolder!Piercing,searching,bitingcold.IfthegoodSaintDunstanhadbutnippedtheEvilSpirit’snosewithatouchofsuchweatherasthat,insteadofusinghisfamiliarweapons,thenindeedhewouldhaveroaredtolustypurpose.Theownerofonescantyoungnose,gnawedandmumbledbythehungrycoldasbonesaregnawedbydogs,stoopeddownatScrooge’skeyholetoregalehimwithaChristmascarol:butatthefirstsoundof

           ‘Godblessyou,merrygentlemen!Maynothingyoudismay!’

           Scroogeseizedtherulerwithsuchenergyofaction,thatthesingerfledinterror,leavingthekeyholetothefogandevenmorecongenialfrost.

           Atlengththehourofshuttingupthecounting-housearrived.Withanill-willScroogedismountedfromhisstool,andtacitlyadmittedthefacttotheexpectantclerkintheTank,whoinstantlysnuffedhiscandleout,andputonhishat.

           ‘You’llwantalldayto-morrow,Isuppose?’saidScrooge.

           ‘Ifquiteconvenient,sir.

           ‘It’snotconvenient,’saidScrooge,‘andit’snotfair.IfIwastostopyouhalf-a-crownforit,you’dthinkyourselfill-used,I’llbebound?’

           Theclerksmiledfaintly.

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