A Christmas Carol1984

Ebenezer Scrooge:
...Where are we now?

Ghost of Christmas Present:
The name would mean nothing to you. It's a place, like too many in this world.

Meg:
...Mary, Peter, they're cooked. [to Ben] Do we have enough wood for the night?

Peter (their son):
They're too hot to eat yet, mother.

Meg:
They'll be cooler soon enough.

Mary (their daughter):
How did you get these, father?

Ben:
[defensive] I didn't steal them, if that's what you're saying!

Meg:
She never SAID you stole them, Ben! Don't berate the girl.

Ben:
She should have some respect!

Meg:
They fell from a cart into the road, Mary.

Ben:
Your father's not a thief, Mary... Not yet.

Meg:
...Ben, come back and eat with us, won't you?

Ben:
Look at these hands, Meg. They're hard hands; they've done hard work. I want to work, to have bread for my children... It's not right that there's no work.

Meg:
We four still have each other, Ben. That's the most important thing.

Ben:
I love you, Meg, all of you. Tomorrow, I want you to take the children and go to the Parish Poorhouse.

Meg:
No! Better we all drown in the river, than go to one of THOSE places and be separated forever!

Ben:
Only until I can find work.

Meg:
We wouldn't LAST that long...! Come on, Ben, let's have some dinner.

Ebenezer Scrooge:
Why are these people out here? Wearing rags, eating scraps! Why aren't they in poorhouses, or...?

Ghost of Christmas Present:
Have you VISITED any of these poorhouses you speak of?

Ebenezer Scrooge:
No, but I'm taxed for them; isn't that enough?

Ghost of Christmas Present:
YOU tell ME.