Just then heard Bob saying his name.
“Let’s drink to Mr. Scrooge,” Bob said.
“To Scrooge?!” his wife answered angrily.
“Why should we drink to that old miser?”
“Because it is Christmas,” Bob answered.
“Well, you are right,” answered his wife.
“I’ll drink to him.
But nothing we say or do could make that mean old man feel happy or merry.”