Observing that the hand was pointed to them , Scrooge advanced to listen to their talk . `` No , '' said a great fat man with a monstrous chin , `` I do n't know much about it either way . I only know he 's dead . '' `` When did he die ? '' inquired another . `` Last night , I believe . '' `` Why , what was the matter with him ? '' 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 .
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