This boy is Ignorance . This girl is Want . Beware of them both , and all of their degree , but most of all beware this boy , for on his brow I see that written which is Doom , unless the writing be erased . Deny it ! '' cried the Spirit , stretching out its hand towards the city . `` Slander those who tell it ye ! Admit it for your factious purposes , and make it worse ! And bide the end ! '' `` Have they no refuge or resource ? '' cried Scrooge . `` Are there no prisons ? '' said the Spirit , turning on him for the last time with his own words . `` Are there no workhouses ? '' The bell struck Twelve . Scrooge looked about him for the Ghost , and saw it not . As the last stroke ceased to vibrate , he remembered the prediction of old Jacob Marley , and , lifting up his eyes , beheld a solemn Phantom , draped and hooded , coming like a mist along the ground towards him . STAVE FOUR THE LAST OF THE SPIRITS The Phantom slowly , gravely , silently approached . When it came near him , Scrooge bent down upon his knee ; for in the very air through which this Spirit moved it seemed to scatter gloom and mystery . It was shrouded in a deep black garment , which concealed its head , its face , its form , and left nothing of it visible , save one outstretched hand . But for this , it would have been difficult to detach its figure from the night , and separate it from the darkness by which it was surrounded .
He felt that it was tall and stately when it came beside him , and that its mysterious presence filled him XXXXX a solemn dread .
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