It was a great surprise to Scrooge, while listening to the
noise of the wind and waves, to hear a happy laugh. He
recognized it as his nephew's, and found himself, with the
smiling spirit beside him, in his nephew's bright, warm
sitting-room.
When Scrooge's nephew laughed, everybody who was
with him wanted to laugh too. He had that kind of laugh.
And at the moment, his very pretty wife and several of his friends were laughing with him.
'He said that Christmas was humbug! Ha ha ha!' cried
Scrooge's nephew.