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Chapter 2

           Youcouldn’thavepredicted,atanygiventime,whatwouldhavebecomeofthemnext.AndwhenoldFezziwigandMrsFezziwighadgoneallthroughthedance;advanceandretire,bothhandstoyourpartner,bowandcurtsey,corkscrew,thread-the-needle,andbackagaintoyourplace;Fezziwigcutcutsodeftly,thatheappearedtowinkwithhislegs,andcameuponhisfeetagainwithoutastagger.

           Whentheclockstruckeleven,thisdomesticballbrokeup.MrandMrsFezziwigtooktheirstations,oneoneithersideofthedoor,andshakinghandswitheverypersonindividuallyasheorshewentout,wishedhimorheraMerryChristmas.Wheneverybodyhadretiredbutthetwo‘prentices,theydidthesametothem;andthusthecheerfulvoicesdiedaway,andtheladswerelefttotheirbeds;whichwereunderacounterintheback-shop.

           Duringthewholeofthistime,Scroogehadactedlikeamanoutofhiswits.Hisheartandsoulwereinthescene,andwithhisformerself.Hecorroboratedeverything,rememberedeverything,enjoyedeverything,andunderwentthestrangestagitation.Itwasnotuntilnow,whenthebrightfacesofhisformerselfandDickwereturnedfromthem,thatherememberedtheGhost,andbecameconsciousthatitwaslookingfulluponhim,whilethelightuponitsheadburntveryclear.

           ‘Asmallmatter,’saidtheGhost,‘tomakethesesillyfolkssofullofgratitude.

           ‘Small,’echoedScrooge.

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