Stave Three

Cards (11)

  • he put them every one aside with his own hands (Scrooge)
  • bright gleaming berries glistened (description of Scrooge's room)
  • so many little mirrors had been scattered there (description of Scrooge's room)
  • timidly (Scrooge) submissively (Scrooge)
  • brave in ribbons (Mrs Cratchit)
  • threadbare clothes darned up and brushed, to look seasonable (Bob Cratchit)
  • "I see a vacant seat... the child will die" (Present about Tim)
  • horny hands (the lighthouse men)
  • the Ghost grew older, clearly older (Present)
  • Yellow, meagre, ragged, scowling, wolfish (Ignorance and Want)
  • "Are there no prisons" "Are there no workhouses?" (Present mocking Scrooge)