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"Rise! and walk with me!"<\/p>\n

It would have been in vain for Scrooge to plead that the weather and the hour were not adapted to pedestrian purposes; that bed was warm, and the thermometer a long way below freezing; that he was clad but lightly in his slippers, dressing-gown, and nightcap; and that he had a cold upon him at that time. The grasp, though gentle as a woman's hand, was not to be resisted. He rose: but finding that the Spirit made towards the window, clasped his robe in supplication.<\/p>\n

"I am a mortal," Scrooge remonstrated, "and liable to fall."<\/p>\n

"Bear but a touch of my hand there," said the Spirit, laying it upon his heart, "and you shall be upheld in more than this!"<\/p>\n

As the words were spoken, they passed through the wall, and stood upon an open country road, with fields on either hand. The city had entirely vanished. Not a vestige of it was to be seen. The darkness and the mist had vanished with it, for it was a clear, cold, winter day, with snow upon the ground.<\/p>\n

"Good Heaven!" said Scrooge, clasping his hands together, as he looked about him. "I was bred in this place. I was a boy here!"<\/p>\n

The Spirit gazed upon him mildly. Its gentle touch, though it had been light and instantaneous, appeared still present to the old man's sense of feeling. He was conscious of a thousand odours floating in the air, each one connected with a thousand thoughts, and hopes, and joys, and cares long, long, forgotten!<\/p>\n

"Your lip is trembling," said the Ghost. "And what is that upon your cheek?"<\/p>\n

Scrooge muttered, with an unusual catching in his voice, that it was a pimple; and begged the Ghost to lead him where he would.<\/p>\n

"You recollect the way?" inquired the Spirit.<\/p>\n

"Remember it!" cried Scrooge with fervour; "I could walk it blindfold."<\/p>\n

"Strange to have forgotten it for so many years!" observed the Ghost. "Let us go on."<\/p>\n

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