and moved out into the frosty, dark night to join t others. Scrooge ran to the window. Outside, the air was full of spirits, all wearing chains like Marley's ghost, crying miserably as they realized, too late, the terri mistakes that they had made in their lives. Little by little, the spirits and their voices disappeared into the fog and the darkness, and the night was sil again. Scrooge closed the window, and checked bedroom door. It was still locked. He started to say Humbug! "But stopped suddenly. Perhaps because he very tired, or because it was late, he went straight to b without taking off his clothes, and fell asleep immediat.