`` Left it to his company , perhaps . He has n't left it to me . That 's all I know . '' This pleasantry was received with a general laugh . `` It 's likely to be a very cheap funeral , '' said the same speaker ; `` for , upon my life , I do n't know of anybody to go to it . Suppose we make up a party , and volunteer ? '' `` I do n't mind going if a lunch is provided , '' observed the gentleman with the excrescence on his nose . `` But I must be fed if I make one . '' Another laugh . `` Well , I am the most disinterested among you , after all , '' said the first speaker , `` for I never wear black gloves , and I never eat lunch . But I 'll offer to go if anybody else will . When I come to think of it , I 'm not at all sure that I was n't his most particular friend ; for we used to stop and speak whenever we met . Bye , bye ! '' Speakers and listeners strolled away , and mixed with other groups . Scrooge knew the men , and looked towards the Spirit for an explanation . The Phantom glided on into a street . Its finger pointed to two persons meeting . Scrooge listened again , thinking that the explanation might lie here . He knew these men , also , perfectly . They were men of business : very wealthy , and of great importance .
He had made a point always of standing well in their esteem : in a business point of view , that is ; strictly in a business point XXXXX view .
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