Are Spirits Lives So Short?

Scrooge had his doubts of this, because the christmas holidays appeared to be condensed into the space of time they passed together. It was strange too that while scrooge remained unaltered in his outward form, the ghost grew older, clearly older. The spirit stood beside sick beds, and they were cheerful on foreign lands. Nd they were close at home by struggling men. And it was rich in almshouse, hospital and jail,. In misery's every refuge where vain man and his little brief authority had not made fast the door and barred the spirit out. He left his blessing and taught scrooge his precepts. But always with a happy end.