1 He was not reading now, but walking up and down despairingly.
A Christmas Carol By Charles DickensContextHighlight In 2 THE FIRST OF THE THREE SPIRITS 2 The clerk promised that he would; and Scrooge walked out with a growl.
3 But, before he shut his heavy door, he walked through his rooms to see that all was right.
4 But they and their spirit voices faded together; and the night became as it had been when he walked home.
5 But he put his hand upon the key he had relinquished, turned it sturdily, walked in, and lighted his candle.
6 He fastened the door, and walked across the hall, and up the stairs: slowly, too: trimming his candle as he went.
7 The apparition walked backward from him; and, at every step it took, the window raised itself a little, so that, when the spectre reached it, it was wide open.
8 They walked along the road, Scrooge recognising every gate, and post, and tree, until a little market-town appeared in the distance, with its bridge, its church, and winding river.
A Christmas Carol By Charles DickensContextHighlight In 2 THE FIRST OF THE THREE SPIRITS 9 The people were by this time pouring forth, as he had seen them with the Ghost of Christmas Present; and, walking with his hands behind him, Scrooge regarded every one with a delighted smile.
10 He had so heated himself with rapid walking in the fog and frost, this nephew of Scrooge's, that he was all in a glow; his face was ruddy and handsome; his eyes sparkled, and his breath smoked again.
11 He went to church, and walked about the streets, and watched the people hurrying to and fro, and patted the children on the head, and questioned beggars, and looked down into the kitchens of houses, and up to the windows; and found that everything could yield him pleasure.
12 She was expecting some one, and with anxious eagerness; for she walked up and down the room; started at every sound; looked out from the window; glanced at the clock; tried, but in vain, to work with her needle; and could hardly bear the voices of her children in their play.
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