`` His wealth is of no use to him . He do n't do any good with it . He do n't make himself comfortable with it . He has n't the satisfaction of thinking -- ha , ha , ha ! -- that he is ever going to benefit Us with it . '' `` I have no patience with him , '' observed Scrooge 's niece . Scrooge 's niece 's sisters , and all the other ladies , expressed the same opinion . `` Oh , I have ! '' said Scrooge 's nephew . `` I am sorry for him ; I could n't be angry with him if I tried . Who suffers by his ill whims ? Himself always . Here he takes it into his head to dislike us , and he wo n't come and dine with us . What 's the consequence ? He do n't lose much of a dinner . '' `` Indeed , I think he loses a very good dinner , '' interrupted Scrooge 's niece . Everybody else said the same , and they must be allowed to have been competent judges , because they had just had dinner ; and , with the dessert upon the table , were clustered round the fire , by lamp-light . `` Well ! I am very glad to hear it , '' said Scrooge 's nephew , `` because I have n't any great faith in these young housekeepers . What do you say , Topper ? ''
Topper had clearly got his eye XXXXX one of Scrooge 's niece 's sisters , for he answered that a bachelor was a wretched outcast , who had no right to express an opinion on the subject .
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