`` No , never , father ! '' they all cried again . `` I am very happy , '' said little Bob , `` I am very happy ! '' Mrs. Cratchit kissed him , his daughters kissed him , the two young Cratchits kissed him , and Peter and himself shook hands . Spirit of Tiny Tim , thy childish essence was from God ! `` Spectre , '' said Scrooge , `` something informs me that our parting moment is at hand . I know it , but I know not how . Tell me what man that was whom we saw lying dead ? '' The Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come conveyed him , as before -- though at a different time , he thought : indeed , there seemed no order in these latter visions , save that they were in the Future -- into the resorts of business men , but showed him not himself . Indeed , the Spirit did not stay for anything , but went straight on , as to the end just now desired , until besought by Scrooge to tarry for a moment . `` This court , '' said Scrooge , `` through which we hurry now , is where my place of occupation is , and has been for a length of time . I see the house . Let me behold what I shall be in days to come . '' The Spirit stopped ; the hand was pointed elsewhere . `` The house is yonder , '' Scrooge exclaimed . `` Why do you point away ? '' The inexorable finger underwent no change . Scrooge hastened to the window of his office , and looked in . It was an office still , but not his . The furniture was not the same , and the figure in the chair was not himself .
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