stave 5

• ‘He was so fluttered and so glowing with his good intentions, that his broken voice would scarcely answer to his call.
• ‘He had been sobbing violently in his conflict with the Spirit, and his face was wet with tears.’
• ‘His hands were busy with his garments all this time: turning them inside out, putting them on upside down, tearing them, mislaying them, making them parties to every kind of extravagance.’
• ‘”I am as light as a feather, I am as happy as an angel, I am as merry as a school-boy.”’
• ‘For a man who had been out of practice for so many years, it was a splendid laugh, a most illustrious laugh.’
• ‘No fog, not mist; clear, bright, jovial, stirring, cold.’
• ‘Oh, glorious. Glorious!’
• ‘”The Spirits have done it all in one night. They can do anything they like. Of course they can.”’
• An intelligent boy!” said Scrooge. “A remarkable boy!
• ‘”Allow me to ask for your pardon.”
• ‘Everything could yield him pleasure.’
• ‘Let him in! It is a mercy he didn’t shake his arm off. He was at home in five minutes. Nothing could be heartier.’
• “’I’ll raise your salary, and endeavour to assist your struggling family, and we will discuss your affairs this very afternoon
• ‘Scrooge was better than his word. He did it all and infinitely more'
• ‘His own heart laughed: and that was quite enough for him'
• ‘He knew how to keep Christmas well.’
• ‘And so, as Tiny Tim observed, God bless Us, Every One!’