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2、hme.Mayithaunttheirhousespleasantly,andnoonewishtolayit.TheirfaithfulFriendandServant,C.D.December,1843.SonsandLoversStave1:Marley’sGhostMarleywasdead:tobeginwith.Thereisnodoubtwhat-everaboutthat.Theregisterofhisburialwassignedbytheclergyman,theclerk,theundertaker,andthechiefmourner.Scrooge
3、signedit.AndScrooge’snamewasgoodupon‘Change,foranythinghechosetoputhishandto.OldMarleywasasdeadasadoor-nail.Mind!Idon’tmeantosaythatIknow,ofmyownknowl-edge,whatthereisparticularlydeadaboutadoor-nail.Imighthavebeeninclined,myself,toregardacoffin-nailasthedeadestpieceofironmongeryinthetrade.Bu
4、tthewis-domofourancestorsisinthesimile;andmyunhallowedhandsshallnotdisturbit,ortheCountry’sdonefor.Youwillthereforepermitmetorepeat,emphatically,thatMar-leywasasdeadasadoor-nail.Scroogeknewhewasdead?Ofcoursehedid.Howcoulditbeotherwise?ScroogeandhewerepartnersforIdon’tknowhowmanyyears.Scrooge
5、washissoleexecutor,hissoleadministrator,hissoleassign,hissoleresiduarylegatee,hissolefriend,andsolemourner.AndevenScroogewasnotsodreadfullycutupbythesadevent,butthathewasanexcellentmanofbusinessontheverydayofthefuneral,andsolemniseditwithanundoubtedbargain.ThementionofMarley’sfuneralbringsme
6、backtothepointIstartedfrom.ThereisnodoubtthatMarleywasdead.ThismustFreeeBooksatPlaneteBook.combedistinctlyunderstood,ornothingwonderfulcancomeofthestoryIamgoingtorelate.IfwewerenotperfectlyconvincedthatHamlet’sFatherdiedbeforetheplaybegan,therewouldbenothingmoreremarkableinhistakingastrolla
7、tnight,inaneasterlywind,uponhisownramparts,thantherewouldbeinanyothermiddle-agedgentlemanrashlyturningoutafterdarkinabreezyspot—saySaintPaul’sChurchyardforinstance—literallytoastonishhisson’sweakmind.ScroogeneverpaintedoutOldMarley’sname.Thereitsto
