' What does your torch do, spirit ? ' asked scrooge.
' It gives a special taste to people's dinner on this day , ' answered the spirit.
' why do you use it most on poor people? ' said Scrooge.
' Because poor people need it most, ' was the reply.
They went on through London, and came to the small house where Scrooge's clerk lived. Here the spirit smiled, and held his torch hight over the door. Inside, Bob Cratchit's
wife and second daughter, Belinda, in their everyday dresses, but looking clean and pretty, were putting plates on the table for their Christmas dinner. Bob's son peter was helping to cook the potatoes, and two smaller Cratchits, a boy and a girl, were running round excitedly. Just