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THELASTOFTHESPIRITS

Thephantomslowly，gravely，silentlyapproached.Whenitcamenearhim，Scroogebentdownuponhisknee；forintheveryairthroughwhichthisspiritmoveditseemedtoscattergloomandmystery.

Itwasshroudedinadeep-blackgarment，whichconcealeditshead，itsface，itsform，andleftnothingofitvisiblesaveoneoutstretchedhand.Butforthisitwouldhavebeendifficulttodetachitsfigurefromthenight，andseparateitfromthedarknessbywhichitwassurrounded.

Hefeltthatitwastallandstatelywhenitcamebesidehim，andthatitsmysteriouspresencefilledhimwithasolemndread.Heknewnomore，forthespiritneitherspokenormoved.

“IaminthepresenceoftheGhostofChristmasYettoCome？”saidScrooge.

Thespiritanswerednot，butpointedonwardwithhishand.

“Youareabouttoshowmeshadowsofthethingsthathavenothappened，butwillhappeninthetimebeforeus，”Scroogepursued.“Isthatso，spirit？”

Theupperportionofthegarmentwascontractedforaninstantinitsfolds，asifthespirithadinclineditshead.Thatwastheonlyanswerhereceived.

Althoughwellusedtoghostlycompanybythistime，Scroogefearedthesilentshapesomuchthathislegstrembledbeneathhim，andhefoundthathecouldhardlystandwhenhepreparedtofollowit.Thespiritpausedamoment，asobservinghiscondition，andgivinghimtimetorecover.

ButScroogewasalltheworseforthis.Itthrilledhimwithavagueuncertainhorror，toknowthatbehindtheduskyshroudtherewereghostlyeyesintentlyfixeduponhim，whilehe，thoughhestretchedhisowntotheutmost，couldseenothingbutaspectralhandandonegreatheapofblack.

“Ghostofthefuture！”heexclaimed，“IfearyoumorethananyspectreIhaveseen.ButasIknowyourpurposeistodomegood，andasIhopetolivetobeanothermanfromwhatIwas，Iampreparedtobearyoucompany，anddoitwithathankfulheart.Willyounotspeaktome？”

Itgavehimnoreply.Thehandwaspointedstraightbeforethe

“Leadon！”saidScrooge.“LeadonIThenightiswaningfast，anditisprecioustimetome，Iknow.Leadon，spirit！”

ThephantommovedawayasithadcometowardshiScroogefollowedintheshadowofitsdress，whichborehimup，hethought，andcarriedhimalong.

Theyscarcelyseemedtoenterthecity；forthecityratherseemedtospringupaboutthem，andencompassthemofitsownact.Buttheretheywere，intheheartofit；on’Change，amongstthemerchants；whohurriedupanddown，andchinkedthemoneyintheirpockets，andconversedingroups，andlookedattheirwatches，andtrifledthoughtfullywiththeirgreatgoldseals；andsoforth，asScroogehadseenthemoften.

Thespiritstoppedbesideonelittleknotofbusinessmen.Observingthatthehandwaspointedtothem，Scroogeadvancedtolistentotheirtalk.

“No，”saidagreatfatmanwithamonstrouschin，“Idon’tknowmuchaboutiteitherway.Ionlyknowhe’sdead.”

“Whendidhedie？”inquiredanother.

“Lastnight，Ibelieve.”

“Why，whatwasthematterwithhim？”askedathird，takingavastquantityofsnuffoutofaverylargesnuff-box.“Ithoughthe’dneverdie.”

“Godknows，”saidthefirst，withayawn.

“Whathashedonewithhismoney？”askedared-facedgentlemanwithapendulousexcrescenceontheendofhisnose，thatshooklikethegillsofaturkey-cock.

“Ihaven’theard，”saidthemanwiththelargechin，yawningagain.“Leftittohiscompany，perhaps.Hehasn’tleftittome.That’sallIknow.”

Thispleasantrywasreceivedwithagenerallaugh.

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