Scrooge

Ebenezer Scrooge:
I will start anew/I will make amends/and I will make quite certain/that the story ends/on a note of hope/on a strong amen/and I'll thank the world/and remember when/I was able to begin again!

the Ghost of Jacob Marley:
Hello, Ebeneezer. I've been waiting here for you; I heard you were coming down, today. Thought I'd be here to greet you; show you to your new office... no one else wanted to...

Scrooge:
Plague and damnation! Can't they see that I'm trying to run a business here?

Fred:
Uncle Ebenezer! I cannot tell you what a joy it is to see your happy, smiling face.

Scrooge:
Oh... it's you.

2nd Portly Gentleman:
What may we put you down for, sir?

Scrooge:
Nothing, sir.

1st Portly Gentleman:
Ah, you wish to remain anonymous.

Scrooge:
I wish to be left alone, sir, that is what I wish! I don't make myself merry at Christmas and I can't afford to make idol people merry. I have been forced to support the establishments I mentioned through taxation, and God knows they cost more than they're worth. Those who are badly off must go there.

2nd Portly Gentleman:
Many would rather die than go there.

Scrooge:
If they'd rather die, they had better do it and decrease the surplus population. Good night, gentlemen.

Scrooge:
Humbug!