“Custom is a river of folly, and I shall not drown in it. Be here at seven, or be gone forever.”
Scrooge becomes attached to Tiny Tim and asks the spirit if the boy will live. The spirit mocks Scrooge with his own words: "If he be like to die, he had better do it, and decrease the surplus population." Shame washes over Scrooge. poveste de craciun de charles dickens.pdf text
