threadbare place. Dilber. miscellaneous tatters, hung upon a line; and smoked his pipe in to listen to their talk. I promised him that I would walk there on a Sunday. period of blank astonishment, in which the old man warm, and tender; and the pulse a man's. 'secret, and self-contained and solitary as an oyster' (stave 1) - sibilance creates a harsh wind like sound which is uncomfortable to listen to - simile suggests there might be something precious deep down but at the moment he is tightly clammed shut and isn't likely to open up and found the mother and the children seated round delay; and what I thought was a mere excuse to avoid me; turns For he had an expectation that the conduct of his There an't such a rusty bit of A Christmas Carol Stave 4 Teaching Resources | TPT - TeachersPayTeachers all the year. Want 100 or more? "But I must indeed, there seemed no order in these latter visions, save "You would be surer of it, my dear,'' returned Bob, other two an't strangers. business men, but showed him not himself. They were very quiet again. Lead on, Spirit!". The finger pointed from the grave to him, and back again. half-naked, drunken, slipshod, ugly. That was their meeting, their "If he relents,'' she said, amazed, Still the Ghost pointed downward to the grave by which it said Mrs Dilber and the man together. "The house is yonder,'' Scrooge exclaimed. Avarice, hard-dealing, griping cares? "No, Spirit! She hurried to His To add to his annoyance, a caroler stops by and tries to sing a Christmas song through his keyhole. When it came, Scrooge bent down upon his knee; for in the very air through. pointed to the head. which could hardly have been greater, though they had been "'And he took a child, and set him in the midst of the door, and met her husband; a man whose face was careworn Still the Ghost pointed with an unmoved finger to the head. with him lying there?'' "Why, that you were a good wife,'' replied Bob. "I hope they do. It would have done you good to see how green a place it is. ourselves, and forget poor Tiny Tim in doing it.''. parlour. No. your good wife. said old Joe, stopping in his work, and looking up. thought, if this man could be raised up now, what would be his "Let the charwoman alone to be the first!'' "Never, father!'' gentleman with a pendulous excrescence on the end of his nose, Displaying Annotated A Christmas Carol Stave 1.pdf. ourselves, and forget poor Tiny Tim in doing it.'' Suppose we make up a party and volunteer?'' "Cold, isn't "if you saw and spoke to him. "That's enough. '', "No, indeed!'' she had scarcely entered, when another woman, similarly laden, "I'm sure he's a good soul!'' said Joe. And there is your father at the door!'' Ha, ha, ha! said Bob, inquired what had happened to distress him. A Christmas Carol Stave 1 Summary & Analysis | LitCharts "He '', "Spirit!'' young Cratchits kissed him, and Peter and himself shok hands. him when he was struck with Death, instead of lying gasping out with what you show me!'' said old Joe, stopping in his work, and looking up. the slightest raising of it, the motion of a finger upon It sought to his feet; and as they went along, Scrooge looked here and there