A Christmas Carol: Marley’s Ghost

711.84 - 739.519 Keith Morrison

We choose this time because it's a time of all others when want is keenly felt and abundance rejoices. What shall I put you down for?" "'Nothing,' Scrooge replied. "'You wish to be anonymous?' "'I wish to be left alone,' said Scrooge. "'Since you ask me what I wish, gentlemen, that is my answer. I don't make myself merry at Christmas, and I can't afford to make idle people merry.'