Identifier: christmascarol00dick2 (find matches)
Title: A Christmas carol
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 Coburn, Frederick Simpson
Subjects: Christmas stories Misers
Publisher: New York : Putnam
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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ed an hour. The bellsceased as they had begun, together. Theywere succeeded by a clanking noise, deepdown below ; as if some person were drag-ging a heavy chain over the casks in the wine-merchants cellar. Scrooge then rememberedto have heard that ghosts in haunted houseswere described as dragging chains. The cellar-door flew open with a boomingsound, and then he heard the noise muchlouder, on the floors below ; then coming upthe stairs ; then coming straight towards hisdoor. *Mt s humbug still ! said Scrooge. *Mwont believe it. His colour changed though, when, withouta pause, it came on through the heavy door,and passed into the room before his eyes.Upon its coming in, the dying flame leapedup, as though it cried 1 know him ! MarleysGhost ! and fell again. The same face : the very same. Marley inhis pigtail, usual waistcoat, tights, and boots ;the tassels on the latter bristling, like his pig-tail, and his coat-skirts, and the hair upon hishead. The chain he drew was clasped about 24
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H Cbristmas Carol his middle. It was long, and woundabout him like a tail ; and it was made(for Scrooge observed it closely) of cash-boxes, keys, padlocks, ledgers, deeds, andheavy purses wrought in steel. His body wastransparent; so that Scrooge, observing him,and looking through his waistcoat, couldsee the two buttons on his coat behind. Scrooge had often heard it said thatMarley had no bowels, but he had neverbelieved it until now. No, nor did he believe it even now. -^Though he looked the phantom through andthrough, and saw it standing before him ;though he felt the chilling influence of its death-cold eyes ; and marked the very texture of thefolded kerchief bound about its head andchin, which wrapper he had not observedbefore : he was still incredulous, and foughtagainst his senses. How now ! said Scrooge, caustic and What do you want with cold as ever. me ? Much !- it. Who are you.? Ask me who I was. Marleys voice, no doubt about 25 H Cbtlstmas Carol Who were you then? said Scro

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