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'

Mr.

Marley

has

been

dead

these

seven

years

,

'

Scrooge

replied

.

'

He

died

seven

years

ago

,

this

very

night

.

'

52

'

We

have

no

doubt

his

liberality

is

well

represented

by

his

surviving

partner

,

'

said

the

gentleman

,

presenting

his

credentials

.

53

It

certainly

was

;

for

they

had

been

two

kindred

spirits

.

At

the

ominous

word

'

liberality

,

'

Scrooge

frowned

,

and

shook

his

head

,

and

handed

the

credentials

back

.

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'

At

this

festive

season

of

the

year

,

Mr.

Scrooge

,

'

said

the

gentleman

,

taking

up

a

pen

,

'

it

is

more

than

usually

desirable

that

we

should

make

some

slight

provision

for

the

Poor

and

Destitute

,

who

suffer

greatly

at

the

present

time

.

Many

thousands

are

in

want

of

common

necessaries

;

hundreds

of

thousands

are

in

want

of

common

comforts

,

sir

.

'

55

'

Are

there

no

prisons

?

'

asked

Scrooge

.

56

'

Plenty

of

prisons

,

'

said

the

gentleman

,

laying

down

the

pen

again

.

57

'

And

the

Union

workhouses

?

'

demanded

Scrooge

.

'

Are

they

still

in

operation

?

'

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'

They

are

.

Still

,

'

returned

the

gentleman

,

'

I

wish

I

could

say

they

were

not

.

'

59

'

The

Treadmill

and

the

Poor

Law

are

in

full

vigour

,

then

?

'

said

Scrooge

.

60

'

Both

very

busy

,

sir

.

'

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