A Merry Christmas, Uncle

Scrooge said that he would see him. He went the whole length of the expression and said that he will see him in that extremity first. His nephew left the room without an angry word. Scrooge stopped at the outer door to bestow the greetings of the season on the clerk, who, cold as he was, was warmer than scrooge for he returned cordially. This lunatic, in letting scrooge's nephew out, had let two other people in. They were portly gentlemen, pleasant to behold, and now stood with their hats off in scrooge’s office. The gentleman resenting his credentials, it certainly was, for