I know they will ! '' His hands were busy with his garments all this time ; turning them inside out , putting them on upside down , tearing them , mislaying them , making them parties to every kind of extravagance . `` I do n't know what to do ! '' cried Scrooge , laughing and crying in the same breath ; and making a perfect Laocoön of himself with his stockings . `` I am as light as a feather , I am as happy as an angel , I am as merry as a school-boy . I am as giddy as a drunken man . A merry Christmas to everybody ! A happy New Year to all the world ! Hallo here ! Whoop ! Hallo ! '' He had frisked into the sitting-room , and was now standing there : perfectly winded . `` There 's the saucepan that the gruel was in ! '' cried Scrooge , starting off again , and going round the fire-place . `` There 's the door by which the Ghost of Jacob Marley entered ! There 's the corner where the Ghost of Christmas Present sat ! There 's the window where I saw the wandering Spirits ! It 's all right , it 's all true , it all happened . Ha , ha , ha ! '' Really , for a man who had been out of practice for so many years , it was a splendid laugh , a most illustrious laugh .
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