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2、htheseason,orwithme.Mayithaunttheirhousespleasantly,andnoonewishtolayit.TheirfaithfulFriendandServant,C.D.December,1843.SonsandLoversStave1:Marley’sGhostMarleywasdead:tobeginwith.Thereisnodoubtwhat-everaboutthat.Theregisterofhisburialwassignedbytheclergyman,theclerk,theunder
3、taker,andthechiefmourner.Scroogesignedit.AndScrooge’snamewasgoodupon‘Change,foranythinghechosetoputhishandto.OldMarleywasasdeadasadoor-nail.Mind!Idon’tmeantosaythatIknow,ofmyownknowl-edge,whatthereisparticularlydeadaboutadoor-nail.Imighthavebeeninclined,myself,toregardacoffin
4、-nailasthedeadestpieceofironmongeryinthetrade.Butthewis-domofourancestorsisinthesimile;andmyunhallowedhandsshallnotdisturbit,ortheCountry’sdonefor.Youwillthereforepermitmetorepeat,emphatically,thatMar-leywasasdeadasadoor-nail.Scroogeknewhewasdead?Ofcoursehedid.Howcoulditbeoth
5、erwise?ScroogeandhewerepartnersforIdon’tknowhowmanyyears.Scroogewashissoleexecutor,hissoleadministrator,hissoleassign,hissoleresiduarylegatee,hissolefriend,andsolemourner.AndevenScroogewasnotsodreadfullycutupbythesadevent,butthathewasanexcellentmanofbusinessontheverydayofthef
6、uneral,andsolemniseditwithanundoubtedbargain.ThementionofMarley’sfuneralbringsmebacktothepointIstartedfrom.ThereisnodoubtthatMarleywasdead.ThismustFreeeBooksatPlaneteBook.combedistinctlyunderstood,ornothingwonderfulcancomeofthestoryIamgoingtorelate.Ifwewerenotperfectlyconvin
7、cedthatHamlet’sFatherdiedbeforetheplaybegan,therewouldbenothingmoreremarkableinhistakingastrollatnight,inaneasterlywind,uponhisownramparts,thantherewouldbeinanyothermiddle-agedgentlemanrashlyturningoutafterdarkinabreezyspot—saySaintPaul’sChurchyardforinstance—literallytoaston
8、ishhisson’sweakmind.ScroogeneverpaintedoutOldMarley’sname.Thereitsto
