1 "The whole time," said the Ghost.
2 Marley's Ghost bothered him exceedingly.
A Christmas Carol By Charles DickensContextHighlight In 2 THE FIRST OF THE THREE SPIRITS 3 "I have none to give," the Ghost replied.
4 "You don't believe in me," observed the Ghost.
5 "On the wings of the wind," replied the Ghost.
6 "I wear the chain I forged in life," replied the Ghost.
7 "That is no light part of my penance," pursued the Ghost.
8 Scrooge's countenance fell almost as low as the Ghost's had done.
9 Scrooge closed the window, and examined the door by which the Ghost had entered.
10 Without their visits," said the Ghost, "you cannot hope to shun the path I tread.
11 But the Ghost sat down on the opposite side of the fire-place, as if he were quite used to it.
12 When they were within two paces of each other, Marley's Ghost held up its hand, warning him to come no nearer.
13 Pondering on what the Ghost had said, he did so now, but without lifting up his eyes, or getting off his knees.
14 The Ghost, on hearing this, set up another cry, and clanked its chain so hideously in the dead silence of the night, that the Ward would have been justified in indicting it for a nuisance.
15 Scrooge could not feel it himself, but this was clearly the case; for though the Ghost sat perfectly motionless, its hair, and skirts, and tassels were still agitated as by the hot vapour from an oven.
16 It is required of every man," the Ghost returned, "that the spirit within him should walk abroad among his fellow-men, and travel far and wide; and, if that spirit goes not forth in life, it is condemned to do so after death.
17 And being, from the emotion he had undergone, or the fatigues of the day, or his glimpse of the Invisible World, or the dull conversation of the Ghost, or the lateness of the hour, much in need of repose, went straight to bed without undressing, and fell asleep upon the instant.
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