stave 3

Cards (4)

  • 'spirit' said scrooge, with an interest he had never felt before, 'tell me if tiny tim will live'
  • 'i see a vacant seat' replied the ghost, 'in the poor chimney corner, and a crutch without an owner, carefully preserved. if these shadows remain unaltered by the future, the child will die'
  • 'have they no refuge or resource?' cried scrooge
  • 'are there no prisons?' said the spirit, turning on him for the last time with his own words. 'are there no workhouses?'