He rubbed his hands ; adjusted his capacious waistcoat ; laughed all over himself , from his shoes to his organ of benevolence ; and called out , in a comfortable , oily , rich , fat , jovial voice : `` Yo ho , there ! Ebenezer ! Dick ! '' Scrooge 's former self , now grown a young man , came briskly in , accompanied by his fellow - ` prentice . `` Dick Wilkins , to be sure ! '' said Scrooge to the Ghost . `` Bless me , yes . There he is . He was very much attached to me , was Dick . Poor Dick ! Dear , dear ! '' `` Yo ho , my boys ! '' said Fezziwig . `` No more work to-night . Christmas-eve , Dick . Christmas , Ebenezer ! Let 's have the shutters up , '' cried old Fezziwig with a sharp clap of his hands , `` before a man can say Jack Robinson ! '' You would n't believe how those two fellows went at it ! They charged into the street with the shutters -- one , two , three -- had 'em up in their places -- four , five , six -- barred 'em and pinned 'em -- seven , eight , nine -- and came back before you could have got to twelve , panting like race-horses . `` Hilli-ho ! ''
cried old XXXXX , skipping down from the high desk with wonderful agility .
Christmas-eve Dick Ebenezer Fezziwig Hilli-ho Scrooge Wilkins prentice race-horses to-night