asked a third , taking a vast quantity of snuff out of a very large snuff-box . `` I thought he 'd never die . '' `` God knows , '' said the first with a yawn . `` What has he done with his money ? '' asked a red-faced gentleman with a pendulous excrescence on the end of his nose , that shook like the gills of a turkey-cock . `` I have n't heard , '' said the man with the large chin , yawning again . `` 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 XXXXX an explanation .
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