`` If you please , '' said Scrooge . `` Not a farthing less . A great many back-payments are included in it , I assure you . Will you do me that favour ? '' `` My dear sir , '' said the other , shaking hands with him , `` I do n't know what to say to such munifi -- '' `` Do n't say anything , please , '' retorted Scrooge . `` Come and see me . Will you come and see me ? '' `` I will ! '' cried the old gentleman . And it was clear he meant to do it . `` Thankee , '' said Scrooge . `` I am much obliged to you . I thank you fifty times . Bless you ! '' He went to church , and walked about the streets , and watched the people hurrying to and fro , and patted the children on the head , and questioned beggars , and looked down into the kitchens of houses , and up to the windows ; and found that everything could yield him pleasure . He had never dreamed that any walk -- that anything -- could give him so much happiness . In the afternoon he turned his steps towards his nephew 's house . He passed the door a dozen times before he had the courage to go up and knock . But he made a dash , and did it . `` Is your master at home , my dear ? ''
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