Brave in Ribbons

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Have never walked forth with the younger members of my family; meaning (for I am very young) my elder brothers born in these later years.

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It was strange, too, that while Scrooge remained unaltered in his outward form, the Ghost grew older, clearly older. He’s a comical old fellow,” said Scrooge’s nephew, “that’s the truth: and not so pleasant as he might be. No doubt she told him her opinion of it, when, another blind-man being in office, they were so very confidential together, behind the curtains. Its feet, observable beneath the ample folds of the garment, were also bare; and on its head it wore no other covering than a holly wreath, set here and there with shining icicles.We’d a deal of work to finish up last night,’ replied the girl,’ and had to clear away this morning, mother. For his pretending not to know her; his pretending that it was necessary to touch her head-dress, and further to assure himself of her identity by pressing a certain ring upon her finger, and a certain chain about her neck; was vile, monstrous!

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Spirit,” said Scrooge, after a moment’s thought, “I wonder you, of all the beings in the many worlds about us, should desire to cramp these people’s opportunities of innocent enjoyment. to hear the Insect on the leaf pronouncing on the too much life among his hungry brothers in the dust! We'd a deal of work to finish up last night,'' replied the girl, ``and had to clear away this morning, mother! Holly, mistletoe, red berries, ivy, turkeys, geese, game, poultry, brawn, meat, pigs, sausages, oysters, pies, puddings, fruit, and punch, all vanished instantly . By this time it was getting dark, and snowing pretty heavily; and as Scrooge and the Spirit went along the streets, the brightness of the roaring fires in kitchens , parlours, and all sorts of rooms, was wonderful.

In almshouse, hospital, and jail, in misery’s every refuge, where vain man in his little brief authority had not made fast the door and barred the Spirit out, he left his blessing, and taught Scrooge his precepts.

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Knocking down the fire-irons, tumbling over the chairs, bumping against the piano, smothering himself among the curtains, wherever she went, there went he. He has given us plenty of merriment, I am sure,” said Fred, “and it would be ungrateful not to drink his health.T hen up rose Mrs Cratchit, Cratchit's wife, dressed out but poorly in a twice-turned gown , but brave in ribbons, which are cheap and make a goodly show for sixpence; and she laid the cloth, assisted by Belinda Cratchit, second of her daughters, also brave in ribbons; while Master Peter Cratchit plunged a fork into the saucepan of potatoes, and getting the corners of his monstrous shirt collar (Bob's private property, conferred upon his son and heir in honour of the day) into his mouth, rejoiced to find himself so gallantly attired, and yearned to show his linen in the fashionable Parks. There was nothing very cheerful in the climate or the town, and yet was there an air of cheerfulness abroad that the clearest summer air and brightest summer sun might have endeavoured to diffuse in vain. Down in the west the setting sun had left a streak of fiery red, which glared upon the desolation for an instant, like a sullen eye, and frowning lower, lower, lower yet, was lost in the thick gloom of darkest night. Suppose somebody should have got over the wall of the back-yard, and stolen it, while they were merry with the goose—a supposition at which the two young Cratchits became livid! From the foldings of its robe, it brought two children ; wretched, abject, frightful, hideous, miserable.

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After it had passed away, they were ten times merrier than before, from the mere relief of Scrooge the Baleful being done with. An old, old man and woman, with their children and their children’s children, and another generation beyond that, all decked out gaily in their holiday attire. All this time, he lay upon his bed, the very core and centre of a blaze of ruddy light , which streamed upon it when the clock proclaimed the hour; and which, being only light, was more alarming than a dozen ghosts, as he was powerless to make out what it meant, or would be at; and was sometimes apprehensive that he might be at that very moment an interesting case of spontaneous combustion , without having the consolation of knowing it. Awakingin the middle of a prodigiously tough snore, and sitting up in bed to get his thoughts together, Scrooge had no occasion to be told that the bell was again upon the stroke of One.

And now two smaller Cratchits, boy and girl, came tearing in, screaming that outside the baker’s they had smelt the goose, and known it for their own; and basking in luxurious thoughts of sage and onion , these young Cratchits danced about the table, and exalted Master Peter Cratchit to the skies, while he (not proud, although his collars nearly choked him) blew the fire, until the slow potatoes bubbling up, knocked loudly at the saucepan-lid to be let out and peeled. Its feet, observable beneath the ample folds of the garment, were also bare ; and on its head it wore no other covering than a holly wreath , set here and there with shining icicles. So did the room, the fire, the ruddy glow, the hour of night, and they stood in the city streets on Christmas morning, where (for the weather was severe) the people made a rough, but brisk and not unpleasant kind of music, in scraping the snow from the pavement in front of their dwellings, and from the tops of their houses, whence it was mad delight to the boys to see it come plumping down into the road below, and splitting into artificial little snow-storms. The sight of these poor revellers appeared to interest the Spirit very much, for he stood with Scrooge beside him in a baker’s doorway, and taking off the covers as their bearers passed, sprinkled incense on their dinners from his torch.