A Christmas Carol: The End of It

772.133 - 800.76 Keith Morrison

But he was early at the office the next morning. Oh, he was early there. If he could only be the first there and catch Bob Cratchit coming late, that was a thing he had set his heart upon. And he did it. Yes, he did. The clock struck nine. No Bob. A quarter past. No Bob. He was full eighteen minutes and a half behind his time. Scrooge sat with his door wide open that he might see him come in.