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First Collector:
At this festive time of year, Mr. Scrooge, it is more than usually desirable that we should make some slight provision for the poor and destitute. Ebenezer:
Are there no prisons? First Collector:
Plenty of prisons. Ebenezer:
And the union workhouses - are they still in operation? First Collector:
They are. I wish I could say they were not. Ebenezer:
Oh, from what you said at first I was afraid that something had happened to stop them in their useful course. I'm very glad to hear it. First Collector:
I don't think you quite understand us, sir. A few of us are endeavoring to buy the poor some meat and drink, and means of warmth. Ebenezer:
Why? First Collector:
Because it is at Christmastime that want is most keenly felt, and abundance rejoices. Now what can I put you down for? Ebenezer:
Huh! Nothing! Second Collector:
You wish to be anonymous? Ebenezer:
[firmly, but calmly]
I wish to be left alone. Since you ask me what I wish sir, that is my answer. I help to support the establishments I have named; those who are badly off must go there. First Collector:
Many can't go there. Second Collector:
And some would rather die
At this festive time of year, Mr. Scrooge, it is more than usually desirable that we should make some slight provision for the poor and destitute. Ebenezer:
Are there no prisons? First Collector:
Plenty of prisons. Ebenezer:
And the union workhouses - are they still in operation? First Collector:
They are. I wish I could say they were not. Ebenezer:
Oh, from what you said at first I was afraid that something had happened to stop them in their useful course. I'm very glad to hear it. First Collector:
I don't think you quite understand us, sir. A few of us are endeavoring to buy the poor some meat and drink, and means of warmth. Ebenezer:
Why? First Collector:
Because it is at Christmastime that want is most keenly felt, and abundance rejoices. Now what can I put you down for? Ebenezer:
Huh! Nothing! Second Collector:
You wish to be anonymous? Ebenezer:
[firmly, but calmly]
I wish to be left alone. Since you ask me what I wish sir, that is my answer. I help to support the establishments I have named; those who are badly off must go there. First Collector:
Many can't go there. Second Collector:
And some would rather die
Full Transcript
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Hear me My time is nearly gone
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I come tonight to warn you that you have yet a chance and hope of escaping my fate
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A chance and hope of my procuring Ebenezer
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Thank you Jacob
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You were always a good friend of mine
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You will be visited by three spirits What
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Was that the chance of hope that you mentioned Jacob
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It was Oh well
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In that case never mind I think I'd rather not
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Movie Summary
Ebenezer Scrooge, a curmudgeonly, miserly businessman, has no time for sentimentality and largely views Christmas as a waste of time. However, this Christmas Eve he will be visited by three spirits who will show him the errors of his
Actors
First Collector
Second Collector
