Scr. I'm afraid I have not. Have you had many brothers, Spirit?
2nd Spirit. More than eighteen hundred!
Scr. A tremendous family to provide for! (The Spirit rises.) Spirit, conduct me where you will—if you have ought to teach me, let me profit by it. Why do you carry that torch?
2nd Spirit. To sprinkle the light and incense of happiness every where—to poor dwellings most.
Scr. Why to poor ones most?
2nd Spirit. Because they need it most. But come—touch my robe—we have much to see. (As Scrooge approaches nearer to him, the Scene changes.)
SCENE IV.—A Bleak and Barren Moor. A poor mud cabin. (Painted in the flat.)
The Second Spirit and Scrooge enter.
Scr. What place is this?
2nd Spirit. A place where miners live, who labour in the bowels of the earth—they know me. See! (As he speaks, the window is lighted from within. The Spirit draws Scrooge to window.) What seest thou?