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Ebenezer Scrooge
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Please let me stay!
Spirit of Christmas Present:
Nonsense! You don't want to stay!
Ebenezer Scrooge:
Yes, I do!
Spirit of Christmas Present:
No! You don't like Christmas!
Ebenezer Scrooge:
Yes! Yes I do! I like Christmas! I LOVE Christmas!
[Scrooge has come in after being visited by the ghosts]
Ebenezer Scrooge:
Fred! My dear nephew! How are you?
Fred:
Well who is this?
Ebenezer Scrooge:
It's me! Your uncle Scrooge! Smile makes a difference, doesn't it?
Ebenezer Scrooge:
[to Marley's ghost] We'll soon see how real you are.
[Calling out the window]
Ebenezer Scrooge:
Watch! There's an intruder in my room!
Leader of watch:
Right up, sir - law and order!
Jacob Marley's ghost:
It was for your welfare that I made this visit, Ebenezer Scrooge.
[He disappears]
Leader of watch:
[unable to find him] Your intruder seems to have hackscrewed it, if I may say so, sir.
Ebenezer Scrooge:
He was here! He was a spirit!
Leader of watch:
[laughing] Of course, sir! A fine night for spirits - of one form or another, sir!
Ebenezer Scrooge:
[to Marley's ghost] We'll soon see how real you are.
[Calling out the window]
Ebenezer Scrooge:
Watch! There's an intruder in my room!
Leader of watch:
Right up, sir - law and order!
Jacob Marley's ghost:
It was for your welfare that I made this visit, Ebenezer Scrooge.
[He disappears]
Leader of watch:
[unable to find him] Your intruder seems to have extruded, if I may say so, sir.
Ebenezer Scrooge:
He was here! He was a spirit!
Leader of watch:
[laughing] Of course, sir! A fine night for spirits - of one form or another, sir!