A Christmas Carol

     

A Christmas Carol1984

A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, commonly known as A Christmas Carol, is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in London by Chapman & Hall in 1843 and illustrated by John Leech. A Christmas Carol recounts th… more »


Belle:
If there had been no understanding between us, would you seek me out and try to win me now, a dowerless girl with nothing but myself to bring to a marriage?

[silence from Young Scrooge]

Belle:
You have no answer?

Young Scrooge:
You think I would not then?

Belle:
Oh Ebenezer, what a safe and terrible answer! So characteristic of the careful man.

[pause]

Belle:
Ebenezer, I release you. You are a free man. I let you go with a full heart. May you be happy in the life you have chosen.

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