Stave 4

• The Cratchits reaction when tiny Tim is ill

  " The noisy Cratchits were as still as statues "
• Scrooges dependence on objects that many do not have

  " He isn't likely to take the cold without 'em "
• Scrooge valuing life and empathy towards death

  " Let me see some tenderness connected with a death "
• Scrooge admitting that he has changed

  " Hear me! I am not the man I was "
• Scrooge honouring Christmas

  " I will honour in my heart "
• The introduction to ghost of Christmas yet to come

  " The phantom slowly, gravely, silently approached "