They would be done long before Sunday , he said . `` Sunday ! You went to-day , then , Robert ? '' said his wife . `` Yes , my dear , '' returned Bob . `` I wish you could have gone . It would have done you good to see how green a place it is . But you 'll see it often . I promised him that I would walk there on a Sunday . My little , little child ! '' cried Bob . `` My little child ! '' He broke down all at once . He could n't help it . If he could have helped it , he and his child would have been farther apart , perhaps , than they were . He left the room , and went up-stairs into the room above , which was lighted cheerfully , and hung with Christmas . There was a chair set close beside the child , and there were signs of some one having been there lately . Poor Bob sat down in it , and , when he had thought a little and composed himself , he kissed the little face . He was reconciled to what had happened , and went down again quite happy . They drew about the fire , and talked ; the girls and mother working still .
Bob told them of the extraordinary kindness of Mr. Scrooge 's nephew , whom he had scarcely seen but once , and who , meeting him in the street that day , and seeing that he looked a little -- `` just a little down , you know , '' said Bob , inquired what had happened XXXXX distress him .
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