A Christmas Carol: The Second of the Three Spirits

1125.181 - 1157.479 Keith Morrison

"'I see a vacant seat,' replied the ghost, "'in the poor chimney corner, "'and a crutch without an owner, carefully preserved. "'If these shadows remain unaltered by the future, "'the child will die.' "'No, no,' said Scrooge, "'no, no, kind spirit, say he will be spared.' If these shadows remain unaltered by the future, none other of my race, returned the ghost, will find him here. What then?