1 00:00:12,410 --> 00:00:15,070 _ 2 00:00:15,090 --> 00:00:21,700 _ 3 00:00:49,070 --> 00:00:52,620 You skinflint old bastard. 4 00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:19,799 _ 5 00:01:53,900 --> 00:01:56,209 Oh, can they not read? 6 00:01:56,210 --> 00:01:58,689 The inscription clearly states 7 00:01:58,690 --> 00:02:00,739 "rest in peace". 8 00:02:00,740 --> 00:02:04,330 Why am I not allowed any peace? 9 00:02:06,820 --> 00:02:11,820 - Synced & corrected by MementMori - -- www.addic7ed.com -- 10 00:02:14,080 --> 00:02:20,159 _ 11 00:02:32,110 --> 00:02:35,259 Well, if I don't see you before Christmas, 12 00:02:35,260 --> 00:02:36,479 do have a very merry one. 13 00:02:36,480 --> 00:02:39,239 And you, too. Oh, we may call after dinner. 14 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:40,940 Oh, please do. Bring everyone. 15 00:02:40,953 --> 00:02:42,286 You know you're more than welcome. 16 00:02:42,287 --> 00:02:43,706 - Merry Christmas. - Mr. Cratchit? 17 00:02:43,707 --> 00:02:45,239 Mr. Bob? 18 00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:46,789 Will you come tomorrow? 19 00:02:46,790 --> 00:02:50,461 I'm afraid I can't tomorrow... work. 20 00:02:50,462 --> 00:02:52,129 Work, my love? 21 00:02:52,130 --> 00:02:53,789 - Tomorrow? - Dad. 22 00:02:53,790 --> 00:02:56,299 - You forgot this. - I'm not a "this," silly. 23 00:02:56,300 --> 00:02:59,259 No, I didn't forget old Timmy. I saw he was offering 24 00:02:59,260 --> 00:03:00,640 an extra prayer and I let him be. 25 00:03:00,650 --> 00:03:02,899 For our poor cat that died. 26 00:03:02,900 --> 00:03:04,219 Rest in peace. 27 00:03:04,220 --> 00:03:05,979 Rest in peace, my eye. 28 00:03:05,980 --> 00:03:08,689 He's chasing mice around St. Peter's feet. 29 00:03:08,690 --> 00:03:10,899 Tomorrow's Christmas Eve. 30 00:03:10,900 --> 00:03:12,879 You promised this year you'd stand up to him. 31 00:03:12,880 --> 00:03:15,619 Come on, Cratchit, it'll be a fine do tomorrow. 32 00:03:15,620 --> 00:03:17,079 Children in charge... 33 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:18,991 blind man's buff and all that. 34 00:03:18,992 --> 00:03:20,419 Bring the whole tribe. 35 00:03:20,420 --> 00:03:22,410 - I'm sorry. I'm afraid... - I'm afraid 36 00:03:22,411 --> 00:03:25,479 my husband works for a man with an ice pick for a heart. 37 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:28,219 Ah, of course, you toil for Old Scratch, don't you? 38 00:03:28,220 --> 00:03:29,667 Huh. My condolences. 39 00:03:29,668 --> 00:03:32,169 Oh, well. So be it. Merry Christmas, 40 00:03:32,170 --> 00:03:34,439 Cratchit tribe. 41 00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:36,869 - Excuse me. - So be it. 42 00:03:36,870 --> 00:03:40,069 Year after year. 43 00:03:40,070 --> 00:03:41,679 Belinda? 44 00:03:41,680 --> 00:03:44,239 Come on, you'll get wet and catch your death. 45 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:45,579 Ooh. 46 00:03:45,580 --> 00:03:48,749 It's nearly Christmas, Mama. 47 00:03:48,750 --> 00:03:50,570 Yes. 48 00:03:53,760 --> 00:04:00,799 _ 49 00:04:31,313 --> 00:04:33,219 Rag! 50 00:04:33,220 --> 00:04:35,059 Rag bone! 51 00:04:35,060 --> 00:04:38,640 Any old iron or rag! 52 00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:46,280 Rag bone! 53 00:04:46,286 --> 00:04:49,339 Any old iron and rag! 54 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:18,860 Late. 55 00:05:36,250 --> 00:05:38,000 One. 56 00:05:40,460 --> 00:05:42,420 Two. 57 00:05:45,290 --> 00:05:47,440 Three. 58 00:05:51,270 --> 00:05:53,539 Four. 59 00:05:53,540 --> 00:05:54,739 There. 60 00:05:54,740 --> 00:05:57,106 Beyond reasonable. 61 00:05:57,107 --> 00:06:00,109 Oh. 62 00:06:00,110 --> 00:06:02,859 The smudge is from the fourth lump. 63 00:06:02,860 --> 00:06:05,299 I have no doubt. 64 00:06:05,300 --> 00:06:09,400 The smudge is from kindness. 65 00:06:42,569 --> 00:06:45,739 Morning, Mr. Scrooge. 66 00:06:56,040 --> 00:06:59,199 And Merry Christmas to you, too, Mr. Scrooge. 67 00:06:59,200 --> 00:07:00,711 I have left an important document 68 00:07:00,712 --> 00:07:03,709 to be copied three times before day's end. 69 00:07:03,710 --> 00:07:06,460 One for London, one for Birmingham, one for Manchester. 70 00:07:06,470 --> 00:07:08,719 Three, not four, sir? 71 00:07:08,720 --> 00:07:10,763 What? 72 00:07:10,764 --> 00:07:14,349 Today appears to be a day for four, not three. 73 00:07:14,350 --> 00:07:16,919 Ah, you mean the extra lump of coal I gave you. 74 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:19,981 Well, curse the fourth. 75 00:07:19,982 --> 00:07:22,189 Curse gestures. 76 00:07:22,190 --> 00:07:23,899 Just make three copies of the ledger. 77 00:07:23,900 --> 00:07:25,612 And should there be no blots, 78 00:07:25,613 --> 00:07:28,240 no smudges, no stains, you may go home. 79 00:07:29,700 --> 00:07:31,618 At 4:00. 80 00:07:34,240 --> 00:07:36,759 Mr. Scrooge, I-I thought we had agreed that today, 81 00:07:36,760 --> 00:07:38,916 on account of the day it is, I could go home 82 00:07:38,917 --> 00:07:41,919 at 3:00. 83 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:47,119 I give you an extra lump of coal... 84 00:07:47,120 --> 00:07:49,260 ... then straightaway you want to snip an extra hour 85 00:07:49,261 --> 00:07:51,789 off the day... three becomes four, 86 00:07:51,790 --> 00:07:53,180 four becomes three. 87 00:07:53,181 --> 00:07:56,351 I don't care for your revolutionary mathematics. 88 00:07:56,352 --> 00:07:58,645 This is not Paris. 89 00:08:05,940 --> 00:08:08,719 It's frozen, sir. 90 00:08:08,720 --> 00:08:10,369 What is? 91 00:08:10,370 --> 00:08:11,657 My ink. 92 00:08:11,658 --> 00:08:13,809 I'll have to thaw it on the fire. 93 00:08:13,810 --> 00:08:15,460 No, that will waste time. 94 00:08:15,470 --> 00:08:17,873 You can use mine. 95 00:08:31,020 --> 00:08:33,059 Ah, lovely. 96 00:08:33,060 --> 00:08:37,433 A sort of Christmas present, is it, sir? 97 00:08:37,434 --> 00:08:39,259 Oh, please. 98 00:08:39,260 --> 00:08:41,439 If it were a Christmas present I would have wrapped it 99 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:43,839 in ribbons and bows to artificially 100 00:08:43,840 --> 00:08:45,149 increase your anticipation. 101 00:08:45,150 --> 00:08:47,401 And you would tear it open and gasp 102 00:08:47,402 --> 00:08:50,679 and say, "Oh, my lord, a bottle of ink. 103 00:08:50,680 --> 00:08:53,079 This is exactly what I've always wanted." 104 00:08:53,080 --> 00:08:57,819 And I would shrug and smile and tell you that 105 00:08:57,820 --> 00:09:00,329 of all the ink bottles in all the world, 106 00:09:00,330 --> 00:09:02,719 this is the one ink bottle 107 00:09:02,720 --> 00:09:04,709 I wanted you to have on this 108 00:09:04,710 --> 00:09:09,215 most holy and sacred of days. 109 00:09:09,216 --> 00:09:12,099 Behold. 110 00:09:12,100 --> 00:09:14,470 One day of the year. 111 00:09:14,471 --> 00:09:17,459 They all grin and greet each other when every other day 112 00:09:17,460 --> 00:09:21,180 they walk by with their faces in their collars. 113 00:09:21,186 --> 00:09:24,019 You know, it makes me very sad 114 00:09:24,020 --> 00:09:26,509 to see all the lies 115 00:09:26,510 --> 00:09:29,349 that come as surely as the snow 116 00:09:29,350 --> 00:09:33,119 at this time of year. 117 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:36,899 How many Merry Christmases are meant 118 00:09:36,900 --> 00:09:39,870 and how many are lies? 119 00:09:39,871 --> 00:09:44,539 To pretend on one day of the year 120 00:09:44,540 --> 00:09:47,519 that the human beast 121 00:09:47,520 --> 00:09:51,757 is not the human beast. 122 00:09:51,758 --> 00:09:54,609 That it is possible 123 00:09:54,610 --> 00:09:56,429 we can all be transformed. 124 00:10:02,269 --> 00:10:03,727 But if it were so... 125 00:10:03,728 --> 00:10:06,119 if it were possible 126 00:10:06,120 --> 00:10:07,849 for so many mortals 127 00:10:07,850 --> 00:10:10,439 to look at the calendar and transform 128 00:10:10,440 --> 00:10:12,659 from wolf to lamb... 129 00:10:12,660 --> 00:10:15,360 then why not every day? 130 00:10:17,080 --> 00:10:20,940 Instead of one day good, the rest bad, 131 00:10:20,950 --> 00:10:24,199 why not have everyone grinning at each other all year 132 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:26,819 and have one day in the year when we're all beasts 133 00:10:26,820 --> 00:10:28,253 and we pass each other by? 134 00:10:31,440 --> 00:10:33,549 Why not turn it around? 135 00:10:33,550 --> 00:10:36,119 Yes, sir. 136 00:10:36,120 --> 00:10:38,659 Yes, you could call that day of beastliness 137 00:10:38,660 --> 00:10:39,720 Scrooge Day. 138 00:10:41,308 --> 00:10:43,058 In honor of its inventor. 139 00:10:43,059 --> 00:10:45,686 Yes. Why not? 140 00:10:45,687 --> 00:10:48,589 It would be the one day where everyone is free 141 00:10:48,590 --> 00:10:50,149 to tell all those around them 142 00:10:50,150 --> 00:10:52,379 exactly what they really think of them. 143 00:10:52,380 --> 00:10:54,659 Well, I think every clerk in England 144 00:10:54,660 --> 00:10:56,900 would report for work on that day, sir. 145 00:10:56,907 --> 00:10:59,219 In order that they could tell their employer 146 00:10:59,220 --> 00:11:01,077 the awful truth of what is in their hearts. 147 00:11:03,070 --> 00:11:05,829 - Yes. - Ah. 148 00:11:05,830 --> 00:11:13,200 The truth without ribbons and bows. 149 00:11:22,098 --> 00:11:23,725 What do you say? 150 00:11:25,480 --> 00:11:28,459 I say, sir, 151 00:11:28,460 --> 00:11:31,799 in all my ten years of working here you've never 152 00:11:31,800 --> 00:11:34,349 bothered to explain your philosophy before. 153 00:11:34,350 --> 00:11:37,939 I'm quite flattered, sir, that today 154 00:11:37,940 --> 00:11:40,099 of all days you should share the machinery 155 00:11:40,100 --> 00:11:41,867 of your great logic 156 00:11:41,868 --> 00:11:43,249 with a mere clerk. 157 00:11:43,250 --> 00:11:45,219 It isn't logic, Cratchit. 158 00:11:45,220 --> 00:11:48,750 Well, then, sir, what is it? 159 00:11:50,920 --> 00:11:52,719 Mind out for the word "litigation." 160 00:11:52,720 --> 00:11:55,270 You have a habit of spelling it wrongly. 161 00:11:59,730 --> 00:12:02,589 I spelt it wrongly once. 162 00:12:02,590 --> 00:12:05,359 Five years ago. 163 00:12:05,360 --> 00:12:08,800 Any old iron and rag! 164 00:12:10,814 --> 00:12:12,589 Rag bone! 165 00:12:12,590 --> 00:12:16,019 Any old iron and rag! 166 00:12:16,020 --> 00:12:18,230 Rag bone! 167 00:12:19,440 --> 00:12:20,699 Rag bone! 168 00:12:20,700 --> 00:12:23,499 Any old iron and rag! 169 00:12:23,500 --> 00:12:25,099 - Every third day. - Rag bone! 170 00:12:25,100 --> 00:12:28,038 Punctual at ten minutes past 7:00 for the past 171 00:12:28,039 --> 00:12:32,039 199 days, with a seven-day hiatus 172 00:12:32,040 --> 00:12:34,019 July 4 to 11, when, no doubt, 173 00:12:34,020 --> 00:12:36,213 he and his horse were in Margate 174 00:12:36,214 --> 00:12:38,519 - or somewhere atrocious. - Rag bone! 175 00:12:38,520 --> 00:12:40,260 - Any old iron and rag! - Two... 176 00:12:42,050 --> 00:12:43,259 Oh, no ink. 177 00:12:43,260 --> 00:12:45,399 - Any old iron or rag! - Three calls, 178 00:12:45,400 --> 00:12:48,099 15 steps of the horse, five turns of the wheel. 179 00:12:48,100 --> 00:12:49,811 I need a pencil. 180 00:12:50,860 --> 00:12:52,688 Chestnuts! 181 00:12:52,689 --> 00:12:53,981 Roasted chestnuts! 182 00:12:53,982 --> 00:12:56,483 Oh, what? 183 00:12:56,484 --> 00:12:57,818 A new voice? 184 00:12:57,819 --> 00:13:01,199 Any old iron and rag! 185 00:13:02,365 --> 00:13:04,059 Four calls, 21 steps of the hoof, 186 00:13:04,060 --> 00:13:05,819 - nine turns of the wheels. - Chestnuts! 187 00:13:05,820 --> 00:13:07,379 Hot off the coals! 188 00:13:07,380 --> 00:13:10,550 Two from the chestnut woman. 189 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:14,168 Oh, damn it. 190 00:13:15,990 --> 00:13:18,219 Any old iron and rag! 191 00:13:18,220 --> 00:13:19,290 Five calls. 192 00:13:19,299 --> 00:13:21,599 - Chestnuts! - 27 steps of the horse, 193 00:13:21,600 --> 00:13:23,300 11 turns of the wheel. 194 00:13:23,303 --> 00:13:26,096 Fresh, new, fresh from Regents Park! 195 00:13:26,097 --> 00:13:29,892 - Any old iron or rag! - Three from chestnut woman. 196 00:13:29,893 --> 00:13:32,019 Five and 27... 197 00:13:32,020 --> 00:13:34,188 eleven... 198 00:13:34,189 --> 00:13:37,139 rag and bone. Now please pass by. 199 00:13:37,140 --> 00:13:41,479 Both of you, please pass by. 200 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:47,949 Chestnuts! Warm chestnuts! 201 00:13:47,950 --> 00:13:50,287 Yes. Ah, that's an eight. 202 00:13:54,626 --> 00:13:57,127 ? Joy to the world ? 203 00:13:57,128 --> 00:13:58,669 ? The Lord is come ? 204 00:13:58,670 --> 00:13:59,779 How am I supposed to work 205 00:13:59,780 --> 00:14:02,460 - with all this fucking noise? - ? Let earth receive ? 206 00:14:02,467 --> 00:14:04,176 ? Her King ? 207 00:14:04,177 --> 00:14:06,595 - Yes, I hear you. - ? Let every heart ? 208 00:14:06,596 --> 00:14:09,598 - Four. - ? Prepare Him room ? 209 00:14:09,599 --> 00:14:11,350 ? And heaven and nature sing... ? 210 00:14:11,351 --> 00:14:13,310 Five. Yes? 211 00:14:13,311 --> 00:14:16,439 Rag and bone man's passing. 212 00:14:16,440 --> 00:14:20,879 He wants to know if we have any rags or bone or iron. 213 00:14:20,880 --> 00:14:22,444 None. 214 00:14:22,445 --> 00:14:25,281 He is just begging a Christmas box. 215 00:14:25,282 --> 00:14:28,099 - Six. - Sir. 216 00:14:28,100 --> 00:14:31,579 Are you all right? You don't seem yourself today. 217 00:14:31,580 --> 00:14:33,622 Well, I am myself, always. 218 00:14:33,623 --> 00:14:35,416 Please get on with your work. 219 00:14:35,417 --> 00:14:38,869 ? Repeat the sounding joy ? 220 00:14:38,870 --> 00:14:40,899 ? Repeat, repeat ? 221 00:14:40,900 --> 00:14:43,099 ? The sounding joy ? 222 00:14:43,100 --> 00:14:45,519 ? Far as the curse is found ? 223 00:14:45,520 --> 00:14:47,428 ? Far as the curse is found ? 224 00:14:47,429 --> 00:14:50,013 ? Far as, far as ? 225 00:14:50,014 --> 00:14:52,479 ? The curse is found ? 226 00:14:52,480 --> 00:14:54,949 ? He rules the world ? 227 00:14:54,950 --> 00:14:56,839 ? With truth and grace ? 228 00:14:56,840 --> 00:14:58,299 ? And makes the nations... ? 229 00:14:58,300 --> 00:15:01,859 Last night... 230 00:15:01,860 --> 00:15:05,429 I had a dream of 231 00:15:05,430 --> 00:15:08,429 chains and furnaces and... 232 00:15:08,430 --> 00:15:10,159 ? And wonders of His love... ? 233 00:15:10,160 --> 00:15:14,029 ... and I realized, 234 00:15:14,030 --> 00:15:19,769 when I am alone and I talk out loud... 235 00:15:19,770 --> 00:15:24,479 it is still you I am talking to. 236 00:15:26,950 --> 00:15:29,760 As if you are not completely gone. 237 00:15:31,720 --> 00:15:34,200 But I was at your burial. 238 00:15:35,590 --> 00:15:37,227 And I am rational. 239 00:15:37,228 --> 00:15:42,999 I placed the coins on your eyes. I... 240 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:46,070 I saw your coffin lowered. 241 00:15:50,140 --> 00:15:53,890 So I have no explanation why I speak out loud to you. 242 00:15:57,070 --> 00:16:00,792 Any old iron and rag! 243 00:16:00,793 --> 00:16:03,030 You miserable bastard. 244 00:16:07,820 --> 00:16:11,221 Six rag and bone. 245 00:16:12,830 --> 00:16:14,980 Oh, Jacob. 246 00:16:17,360 --> 00:16:21,648 Imagine, at least where you are, it's quiet. 247 00:16:29,180 --> 00:16:32,479 Oh, fate. 248 00:16:32,480 --> 00:16:34,859 Oh, spirits of life and death. 249 00:16:34,860 --> 00:16:38,499 Whoever is in charge in this ill-begotten universe, 250 00:16:38,500 --> 00:16:41,119 I'm begging you to free me 251 00:16:41,120 --> 00:16:42,870 from this consciousness. 252 00:16:46,260 --> 00:16:47,756 Let me rest. 253 00:16:47,757 --> 00:16:51,080 Give me darkness. 254 00:16:53,800 --> 00:16:57,199 I know my sins were many, 255 00:16:57,200 --> 00:17:01,260 but I have repented and repented and repented. 256 00:17:06,010 --> 00:17:10,060 Tell me what I must do to make amends... 257 00:17:12,850 --> 00:17:14,500 ... and I will do it. 258 00:17:17,260 --> 00:17:20,372 Please. 259 00:17:24,480 --> 00:17:27,088 _ 260 00:17:46,220 --> 00:17:49,890 Aah! 261 00:18:03,900 --> 00:18:05,000 Oh, Lord. 262 00:18:05,001 --> 00:18:08,169 Please tell me this is not hell. 263 00:18:08,170 --> 00:18:09,964 Not quite, pilgrim. 264 00:18:10,923 --> 00:18:14,051 I have money. Two pennies. They're yours. 265 00:18:14,052 --> 00:18:16,360 Please, let me go. 266 00:18:22,060 --> 00:18:24,349 I... I know you. 267 00:18:24,350 --> 00:18:25,800 Aye. 268 00:18:27,565 --> 00:18:29,609 You do. 269 00:18:32,528 --> 00:18:36,699 I died like a horse of exhaustion 270 00:18:36,700 --> 00:18:38,230 in one of your workshops. 271 00:18:43,440 --> 00:18:46,419 So many men, women, 272 00:18:46,420 --> 00:18:49,079 and children died 273 00:18:49,080 --> 00:18:52,159 at your penny-pinching hands, 274 00:18:52,160 --> 00:18:55,677 and each one I've forged into a link in the chain. 275 00:18:57,620 --> 00:19:00,515 The chain you must now wear, Mr. Marley. 276 00:19:03,510 --> 00:19:05,379 What reason? 277 00:19:05,380 --> 00:19:07,299 I've been dead a year. Why now? 278 00:19:07,300 --> 00:19:09,356 You rang the bell. 279 00:19:09,357 --> 00:19:11,775 You offered penance. 280 00:19:11,776 --> 00:19:14,799 And since your call was answered... 281 00:19:18,866 --> 00:19:22,439 I'd wager the spirits have a little job for you. 282 00:20:11,520 --> 00:20:15,320 Marley. Marley. 283 00:20:18,030 --> 00:20:20,761 Marley. Marley. 284 00:21:42,635 --> 00:21:45,319 Done, Mr. Scrooge. 285 00:21:45,320 --> 00:21:46,806 Finished. 286 00:21:50,590 --> 00:21:52,819 You already proofed the first two, sir. 287 00:21:52,820 --> 00:21:54,979 Just checking again, Cratchit. 288 00:21:54,980 --> 00:21:57,309 The light grows dim. 289 00:21:57,310 --> 00:22:00,460 I sense you are angry with me. 290 00:22:01,820 --> 00:22:03,029 Why do you say that? 291 00:22:03,030 --> 00:22:06,199 Because everything on this page is perfect, precise... 292 00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:08,069 immaculate, you might say. 293 00:22:08,070 --> 00:22:13,379 You got it all right to spite me, to... to show me. 294 00:22:13,380 --> 00:22:14,539 No, sir. No. 295 00:22:14,540 --> 00:22:18,639 To, uh, to afford you the possibility that-that since all the work 296 00:22:18,640 --> 00:22:21,089 is done correctly and early I might leave early 297 00:22:21,090 --> 00:22:22,789 and spend the rest of the day with my family. 298 00:22:22,790 --> 00:22:25,119 Your anger made you work quickly 299 00:22:25,120 --> 00:22:26,970 but perfectly. You didn't stop to think 300 00:22:26,971 --> 00:22:29,939 that working quickly and perfectly also suits me... 301 00:22:29,940 --> 00:22:34,360 the object of your hatred... down to the ground. 302 00:22:41,500 --> 00:22:45,739 I don't hate you, sir. 303 00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:49,200 I'm not accustomed to talking about these matters with you. 304 00:22:50,980 --> 00:22:52,309 I ask you again: 305 00:22:52,310 --> 00:22:55,079 is everything all right with you? 306 00:22:55,080 --> 00:22:58,169 Christmas, it seems, 307 00:22:58,170 --> 00:23:00,319 inspires such emotion. 308 00:23:00,320 --> 00:23:05,216 Good and, evidently, bad. 309 00:23:05,217 --> 00:23:08,888 I feel your eyes burning into me. 310 00:23:10,806 --> 00:23:12,766 Imagine you were a violent man. 311 00:23:12,767 --> 00:23:16,144 Imagine your pen were a dagger. 312 00:23:16,145 --> 00:23:19,022 Imagine I were found dead 313 00:23:19,023 --> 00:23:21,979 on Christmas morning. 314 00:23:21,980 --> 00:23:25,199 The murder could be laid, too, 315 00:23:25,200 --> 00:23:27,489 at the door of the spirit of Christmas, yes? 316 00:23:27,490 --> 00:23:29,119 Mr. Scrooge. 317 00:23:29,120 --> 00:23:32,749 Mr. Scrooge, it's now eight minutes past 3:00. 318 00:23:32,750 --> 00:23:34,859 My work is complete. 319 00:23:34,860 --> 00:23:36,624 If we're back to logic, then logic suggests 320 00:23:36,625 --> 00:23:40,059 that my sitting in there idle for no reason... 321 00:23:40,060 --> 00:23:41,160 that's the anomaly. 322 00:23:41,170 --> 00:23:43,979 Here it is! Where's the great... 323 00:23:43,980 --> 00:23:45,090 A letter of complaint 324 00:23:45,091 --> 00:23:48,339 to the Lord Mayor regarding persistent noise 325 00:23:48,340 --> 00:23:51,055 caused by costermongers, Gypsies, street musicians, 326 00:23:51,056 --> 00:23:54,919 rag and bone men, various other gutter runners. 327 00:23:54,920 --> 00:23:56,399 I want this letter written out 328 00:23:56,400 --> 00:23:59,310 in duplicate and put in with the last post today. 329 00:23:59,313 --> 00:24:01,481 It contains very precise mathematics 330 00:24:01,482 --> 00:24:04,119 pertaining to the quantity and frequency of the intrusions. 331 00:24:04,120 --> 00:24:06,069 Please be sure to get the numbers correct. 332 00:24:06,070 --> 00:24:09,019 I took great pains over them. 333 00:24:09,020 --> 00:24:12,260 Oh. Great pain. 334 00:24:12,270 --> 00:24:14,077 Yes, I can see that. 335 00:24:14,078 --> 00:24:17,706 It is not I in curious mood today, Cratchit, it is you. 336 00:24:17,707 --> 00:24:19,979 As if you're suddenly careless 337 00:24:19,980 --> 00:24:21,460 - of your situation. - No, sir. 338 00:24:22,740 --> 00:24:26,172 No, I'm not careless of my situation, sir. 339 00:24:26,173 --> 00:24:28,679 I know my situation. I have two children 340 00:24:28,680 --> 00:24:30,589 and a wife to take care of at a time 341 00:24:30,590 --> 00:24:32,409 of high unemployment. 342 00:24:32,410 --> 00:24:35,339 One of my children is very sick, sir, 343 00:24:35,340 --> 00:24:38,699 and his treatment costs money. I know, sir, 344 00:24:38,700 --> 00:24:41,980 I know the narrowness of my situation. 345 00:24:44,120 --> 00:24:46,569 And so do you. 346 00:24:51,800 --> 00:24:54,743 - So do you. - Two copies 347 00:24:54,744 --> 00:24:57,204 of that letter should take you nicely up to 4:00. 348 00:24:59,270 --> 00:25:01,660 We'll see. 349 00:25:08,950 --> 00:25:10,926 Hello? 350 00:25:16,520 --> 00:25:18,010 Hello? 351 00:25:28,370 --> 00:25:30,863 Why am I here? 352 00:25:33,140 --> 00:25:36,960 I was told the spirits have a job for me. 353 00:25:38,640 --> 00:25:40,519 What spirits? 354 00:25:40,520 --> 00:25:43,125 What job? 355 00:25:48,450 --> 00:25:49,839 Ah. 356 00:25:49,840 --> 00:25:53,718 Warmth, at least. 357 00:25:53,719 --> 00:25:55,899 And explanation. 358 00:25:55,900 --> 00:25:59,780 And perhaps salvation. 359 00:26:13,080 --> 00:26:15,230 Oh, God. 360 00:26:20,850 --> 00:26:23,849 Hello, old friend. 361 00:26:27,170 --> 00:26:32,619 Six times we won the Epsom Derby together. 362 00:26:32,620 --> 00:26:34,801 Marley. Marley. 363 00:26:34,802 --> 00:26:36,469 Marley. Marley. Marley. 364 00:26:36,470 --> 00:26:37,846 - Marley. - Marley. Marley. 365 00:26:37,847 --> 00:26:39,973 Marley. Marley. 366 00:26:42,850 --> 00:26:45,437 Hello? 367 00:26:49,733 --> 00:26:51,930 Hello? 368 00:26:57,820 --> 00:27:00,161 Hello? 369 00:27:02,413 --> 00:27:04,998 Hello! Hello? 370 00:27:04,999 --> 00:27:07,667 Yeah, I saw someone 371 00:27:07,668 --> 00:27:11,005 tending this fire. Where are you? 372 00:27:15,270 --> 00:27:16,634 Hello? 373 00:27:16,635 --> 00:27:18,637 I'm... Aah! 374 00:27:30,820 --> 00:27:33,559 I have no idea who you are, 375 00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:36,700 but why on earth did you just burn my rocking horse? 376 00:27:39,742 --> 00:27:42,050 Because you're next. 377 00:27:45,873 --> 00:27:49,359 On the fires I burn memories 378 00:27:49,360 --> 00:27:50,750 and old affections. 379 00:27:52,770 --> 00:27:57,160 I am the Ghost of Christmas Past. 380 00:27:57,170 --> 00:27:59,929 Here to smoke out redemption. 381 00:28:02,056 --> 00:28:04,479 You have lingered in purgatory 382 00:28:04,480 --> 00:28:06,220 for your many sins. 383 00:28:06,227 --> 00:28:10,230 If it turns out you can be redeemed, 384 00:28:10,231 --> 00:28:15,019 I will rake you out of the flames 385 00:28:15,020 --> 00:28:17,399 and blow you cool 386 00:28:17,400 --> 00:28:21,739 and deliver you to everlasting 387 00:28:21,740 --> 00:28:25,840 and eternal... peace. 388 00:28:27,870 --> 00:28:32,070 Understood. Peace is indeed what I seek. 389 00:28:33,712 --> 00:28:36,173 If you want peace... 390 00:28:38,384 --> 00:28:40,389 ... there is a price. 391 00:28:40,390 --> 00:28:42,845 And the price is 392 00:28:42,846 --> 00:28:44,889 repentance. 393 00:28:44,890 --> 00:28:48,219 Uh, if this is about repentance, 394 00:28:48,220 --> 00:28:51,060 then I've already repented. I rang the bell. 395 00:28:51,063 --> 00:28:53,659 Rang as a consequence 396 00:28:53,660 --> 00:28:56,360 of my declared repentance, and the blacksmith... 397 00:28:57,910 --> 00:29:00,698 I don't care. 398 00:29:02,710 --> 00:29:07,560 You are not here for your sins alone. 399 00:29:11,160 --> 00:29:13,319 Your fate is bound 400 00:29:13,320 --> 00:29:17,119 to the soul of Ebenezer Scrooge. 401 00:29:17,120 --> 00:29:23,669 It is with him that you profaned the spirit of humanity. 402 00:29:23,670 --> 00:29:28,619 Together, you will repay. 403 00:29:28,620 --> 00:29:32,520 And together... and only together... 404 00:29:32,521 --> 00:29:35,559 can you repent. 405 00:29:35,560 --> 00:29:37,879 So you're saying that 406 00:29:37,880 --> 00:29:43,072 I should forever be held in purgatory un... 407 00:29:43,073 --> 00:29:45,739 until my friend 408 00:29:45,740 --> 00:29:48,660 has also repented? 409 00:29:53,630 --> 00:29:56,340 Then, if you would, throw another year on the fire. 410 00:29:56,350 --> 00:29:58,959 Bring me a blanket and a pillow if such things are allowed, 411 00:29:58,960 --> 00:30:00,499 because I am without doubt 412 00:30:00,500 --> 00:30:03,939 stuck here for fucking ever. 413 00:30:03,940 --> 00:30:08,159 Because that man, that... 414 00:30:08,160 --> 00:30:10,209 object in the shape of a man, 415 00:30:10,210 --> 00:30:14,259 that-that thing with black ink in his veins 416 00:30:14,260 --> 00:30:19,319 is 94% gravel and rubble, 417 00:30:19,320 --> 00:30:22,987 and the rest is his stupid hair. 418 00:30:22,988 --> 00:30:25,559 And I know for certain 419 00:30:25,560 --> 00:30:28,440 that he will never repent. 420 00:30:30,820 --> 00:30:34,899 Before this Christmas is ash, 421 00:30:34,900 --> 00:30:38,699 I must search the heart of Ebenezer Scrooge 422 00:30:38,700 --> 00:30:41,173 and see if there is a tender place there. 423 00:30:43,580 --> 00:30:47,420 Your fate depends upon it. 424 00:31:01,110 --> 00:31:02,950 Afternoon. 425 00:31:05,360 --> 00:31:06,610 Uncle Ebenezer. 426 00:31:11,900 --> 00:31:14,359 I ran in case you might be closing early. 427 00:31:14,360 --> 00:31:16,949 No. Still many things to do. 428 00:31:16,950 --> 00:31:20,499 You seem out of breath. 429 00:31:20,500 --> 00:31:22,899 That's 'cause I ran to catch you. 430 00:31:22,900 --> 00:31:24,939 And to invite you to dinner tomorrow. 431 00:31:24,940 --> 00:31:27,344 Oh. What's tomorrow? 432 00:31:30,260 --> 00:31:31,970 It's a birthday tomorrow. 433 00:31:41,140 --> 00:31:42,989 It's, uh... 434 00:31:42,990 --> 00:31:47,019 our Lord Jesus Christ's birthday. 435 00:31:47,020 --> 00:31:50,659 Now, I know you don't believe in Christmas. 436 00:31:50,660 --> 00:31:53,439 But you believe in him, don't you? 437 00:31:53,440 --> 00:31:56,289 No. Nor do I believe 438 00:31:56,290 --> 00:31:59,625 in Ali Baba or the magic genie of the lamp. 439 00:31:59,626 --> 00:32:03,539 Besides, which liar told you that tomorrow was his birthday? 440 00:32:03,540 --> 00:32:05,214 It's in the Bible. 441 00:32:05,215 --> 00:32:07,649 Another deceit. There is no mention of a date 442 00:32:07,650 --> 00:32:10,139 in that book or in any other. 443 00:32:10,140 --> 00:32:13,359 And as for those images I see on church walls 444 00:32:13,360 --> 00:32:17,159 of three wise men on camels walking in the snow, 445 00:32:17,160 --> 00:32:19,220 there's no record of it being winter, 446 00:32:19,229 --> 00:32:21,989 and no record of there ever being snow in Palestine. 447 00:32:21,990 --> 00:32:24,919 Indeed, riding camels in the snow 448 00:32:24,920 --> 00:32:27,980 is the very embodiment of the absurdity and the lies 449 00:32:27,988 --> 00:32:31,115 which have continued to beget more lies down the centuries, 450 00:32:31,116 --> 00:32:34,179 during the days now marked 24 and 25. 451 00:32:34,180 --> 00:32:36,139 You believe in fig pudding. 452 00:32:36,140 --> 00:32:38,039 And there will be fig pudding. 453 00:32:38,040 --> 00:32:40,834 And there will be fig pudding, too, in January. 454 00:32:40,835 --> 00:32:44,009 Would you come in January? 455 00:32:44,010 --> 00:32:45,619 No. 456 00:32:48,390 --> 00:32:52,419 Uncle, before she died, 457 00:32:52,420 --> 00:32:55,010 my mother said to me, "Fred... 458 00:32:57,820 --> 00:33:01,840 "... you must forgive my brother Ebenezer. 459 00:33:01,850 --> 00:33:03,849 "He's just in pain. 460 00:33:03,850 --> 00:33:08,200 A very old pain." 461 00:33:16,010 --> 00:33:18,160 Very well. 462 00:33:20,350 --> 00:33:22,251 I'll get to my point. 463 00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:25,999 Every year, I come here, 464 00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:28,399 and I invite you to dine 465 00:33:28,400 --> 00:33:31,129 with myself and my wife and my children 466 00:33:31,130 --> 00:33:33,980 whom you've never even set eyes upon. 467 00:33:35,520 --> 00:33:38,010 This is the last time I'll make such an invitation. 468 00:33:38,016 --> 00:33:40,499 Upon my wife's insistence, 469 00:33:40,500 --> 00:33:42,760 I will do this no more. 470 00:33:42,770 --> 00:33:45,065 Good. Save you getting all out of breath. 471 00:33:54,220 --> 00:33:56,280 Uncle. 472 00:33:58,740 --> 00:34:01,389 Yeah, I will say it because I know it hurts you. 473 00:34:01,390 --> 00:34:06,795 Merry Christmas, Uncle Ebenezer. 474 00:34:09,530 --> 00:34:12,384 I doubt I'll ever see you again on this earth. 475 00:34:37,190 --> 00:34:38,940 Ebenezer. 476 00:34:42,030 --> 00:34:44,749 Ebenezer. 477 00:35:33,256 --> 00:35:37,260 1831 and 1837. 478 00:35:38,900 --> 00:35:41,260 The exact same dates as the coins I put 479 00:35:41,264 --> 00:35:43,759 on your eyes when you lay in your coffin. 480 00:35:43,760 --> 00:35:47,186 I always look at the dates. 481 00:35:47,187 --> 00:35:49,188 They interest me. 482 00:35:49,189 --> 00:35:52,099 How come these same coins are here? 483 00:35:52,100 --> 00:35:53,599 Why now? 484 00:35:58,440 --> 00:36:02,099 ? When they are both full-grown ? 485 00:36:02,100 --> 00:36:04,912 ? Of all trees that are in the wood ? 486 00:36:04,913 --> 00:36:08,349 ? The holly bears the crown ? 487 00:36:08,350 --> 00:36:11,179 ? Oh, the rising of the sun ? 488 00:36:11,180 --> 00:36:14,039 ? And the running of the deer ? 489 00:36:14,040 --> 00:36:15,519 ? The playing of... ? 490 00:36:15,520 --> 00:36:16,739 Do you want me to add them to your list 491 00:36:16,740 --> 00:36:19,759 of intrusive voices, sir? 492 00:36:19,760 --> 00:36:23,109 ? The holly bears a blossom ? 493 00:36:23,110 --> 00:36:24,139 ? As white as lily flower ? 494 00:36:24,140 --> 00:36:27,499 Do it, Mr. Scrooge. 495 00:36:27,500 --> 00:36:29,119 Give them the coins. 496 00:36:29,120 --> 00:36:31,920 ? To be our dear Savior. ? 497 00:36:32,900 --> 00:36:35,152 Merry Christmas, sir. 498 00:36:37,040 --> 00:36:39,440 Go away. 499 00:37:02,320 --> 00:37:04,019 Done, sir. 500 00:37:04,020 --> 00:37:06,579 Finished. 40 minutes left. 501 00:37:06,580 --> 00:37:08,559 I assume you have something else for me to fill the time. 502 00:37:08,560 --> 00:37:09,853 Go home. 503 00:37:11,820 --> 00:37:14,520 - Home? - Home. 504 00:37:34,240 --> 00:37:36,769 Rag... 505 00:37:36,770 --> 00:37:38,650 and bone. 506 00:37:40,840 --> 00:37:44,509 All it is and can be. 507 00:38:07,494 --> 00:38:12,916 _ 508 00:38:16,780 --> 00:38:18,600 Clock. 509 00:38:18,610 --> 00:38:22,139 I know it's 20 past 3:00, but please strike 4:00. 510 00:38:22,140 --> 00:38:23,884 How? 511 00:38:23,885 --> 00:38:27,219 I don't know. I will not leave my office early 512 00:38:27,220 --> 00:38:29,599 and bow down to this absurd season. 513 00:38:31,020 --> 00:38:34,604 But please say it's 4:00 and set me free. 514 00:38:35,960 --> 00:38:39,280 Lie to me, and I'll believe you. 515 00:39:23,320 --> 00:39:25,154 Hands... two! 516 00:39:31,350 --> 00:39:33,679 - Dad? - Mm-hmm? 517 00:39:33,680 --> 00:39:36,679 Do I have to do my exercise today? 518 00:39:36,680 --> 00:39:38,689 I-It's Christmas Eve. 519 00:39:38,690 --> 00:39:41,379 No days off, Tim. 520 00:39:41,380 --> 00:39:43,320 You're worse than old Scrooge. 521 00:39:46,130 --> 00:39:49,239 If it's exercise you want me to do, 522 00:39:49,240 --> 00:39:51,299 why not let me go skating 523 00:39:51,300 --> 00:39:53,219 on the pond beyond the yard? 524 00:39:53,220 --> 00:39:55,979 - I can borrow Belinda's skates. - Ah. 525 00:39:55,980 --> 00:40:00,199 So you skate before you can walk before you can run. 526 00:40:00,200 --> 00:40:03,519 Besides, Belinda's skates are broken. 527 00:40:05,820 --> 00:40:07,529 Hi, darling. 528 00:40:07,530 --> 00:40:11,033 - What did you get? - We got a big fat goose. 529 00:40:11,034 --> 00:40:12,369 Wait, wait, wait. Two more minutes. 530 00:40:12,370 --> 00:40:13,919 Mwah. Grumpy Daddy. 531 00:40:13,920 --> 00:40:14,940 Yeah. 532 00:40:16,580 --> 00:40:18,979 Hey. 533 00:40:18,980 --> 00:40:20,750 When did you get home? 534 00:40:20,752 --> 00:40:23,129 Bugger let me go about 40 minutes early. 535 00:40:23,130 --> 00:40:26,639 - Very strange mood. - It's Christmas. 536 00:40:26,640 --> 00:40:28,550 Let's not talk about him. 537 00:40:28,551 --> 00:40:30,759 Not even once. 538 00:40:30,760 --> 00:40:35,475 You seem to despise him even more than I do. 539 00:40:50,115 --> 00:40:53,359 Also, while you were... 540 00:40:53,360 --> 00:40:55,939 while you were gone, Tim wrote his Christmas letter 541 00:40:55,940 --> 00:40:58,119 to your cousin Jack. 542 00:40:58,120 --> 00:41:00,029 Here's what he wrote. 543 00:41:00,030 --> 00:41:03,139 "Dear Mr. Levitt, I hope you're well 544 00:41:03,140 --> 00:41:04,940 and that there's lots of snow there in America... " 545 00:41:04,950 --> 00:41:09,499 Darling, after seven years... 546 00:41:09,500 --> 00:41:12,009 ... there's no need for Tim to keep on writing letters 547 00:41:12,010 --> 00:41:15,940 of thanks to America every single Christmas for eternity. 548 00:41:15,950 --> 00:41:18,179 And why? 549 00:41:18,180 --> 00:41:20,561 He did save Tim's life. Um... 550 00:41:20,562 --> 00:41:23,240 Very well. 551 00:41:24,520 --> 00:41:26,519 I'll go and post it. 552 00:41:26,520 --> 00:41:29,699 I'll catch the last post. 553 00:41:29,700 --> 00:41:31,759 We'll, um... 554 00:41:31,760 --> 00:41:37,077 We'll all... come with you. 555 00:41:37,078 --> 00:41:39,205 Uh, the air will do us all some good. 556 00:41:40,740 --> 00:41:42,959 Very well. 557 00:41:42,960 --> 00:41:44,499 We'll all go. 558 00:41:44,500 --> 00:41:45,659 Tim. 559 00:41:45,660 --> 00:41:47,579 Yes! 560 00:41:47,580 --> 00:41:49,630 Belinda. 561 00:42:10,250 --> 00:42:11,613 Ah, Mr. Scrooge. 562 00:42:11,614 --> 00:42:12,949 Sir, do you have any 563 00:42:12,950 --> 00:42:14,640 spare change for an excellent cause? 564 00:42:14,650 --> 00:42:17,119 And what cause might that be? 565 00:42:17,120 --> 00:42:19,749 Oh, it's for the welfare of the poor and destitute 566 00:42:19,750 --> 00:42:22,039 who suffer greatly at this time of year. 567 00:42:22,040 --> 00:42:24,249 Hundreds of thousands in this city are in want 568 00:42:24,250 --> 00:42:25,569 of common comforts. 569 00:42:25,570 --> 00:42:26,699 Are there no prisons? 570 00:42:26,700 --> 00:42:29,659 - Oh, plenty of prisons. - And the Union workhouses... 571 00:42:29,660 --> 00:42:31,019 are they still in operation? 572 00:42:31,020 --> 00:42:32,919 I wish I could say they were not. 573 00:42:32,920 --> 00:42:34,719 The treadmill and the poor law. 574 00:42:34,720 --> 00:42:38,269 Uncommonly busy since the financial collapse. 575 00:42:38,270 --> 00:42:41,009 But some would rather die than go there. 576 00:42:41,010 --> 00:42:43,061 Then let them die. 577 00:42:45,060 --> 00:42:49,159 All we're asking for, sir, are a couple of penny coins. 578 00:42:49,160 --> 00:42:52,440 Do you not have two penny coins in your pocket? 579 00:42:58,660 --> 00:43:00,379 Bah. 580 00:43:00,380 --> 00:43:02,240 Humbug. 581 00:43:19,820 --> 00:43:22,509 Thank you. 582 00:43:22,510 --> 00:43:24,860 - Whoa! - Belinda! 583 00:43:27,400 --> 00:43:30,639 Now, I'm not sure if we've spelt your cousin's name correctly. 584 00:43:30,640 --> 00:43:32,439 Mary, is it... 585 00:43:32,440 --> 00:43:35,529 is it Levitt with two Ts or one? 586 00:43:35,530 --> 00:43:38,989 It... it's spelt with two Ts. 587 00:43:38,990 --> 00:43:40,769 - You all right? - Mm-hmm. 588 00:43:40,770 --> 00:43:44,079 - There's Belinda. - Oh. You needs skates, eh? 589 00:43:44,080 --> 00:43:45,839 I swear last year you said it was spelt 590 00:43:45,840 --> 00:43:47,790 with one "T." 591 00:43:50,110 --> 00:43:51,819 My cousin is now an American. 592 00:43:51,820 --> 00:43:55,789 They don't care for Ts. They drink coffee. 593 00:43:58,960 --> 00:44:00,699 Merry Christmas. 594 00:44:00,700 --> 00:44:02,940 - Oh, Merry Christmas. - Merry Christmas. 595 00:44:06,060 --> 00:44:08,659 This cousin whose name changes every year, 596 00:44:08,660 --> 00:44:10,799 you never mentioned before Tim became sick. 597 00:44:10,800 --> 00:44:12,199 The children are happy here. 598 00:44:12,200 --> 00:44:13,735 Stay with them. I'll post the letter 599 00:44:13,736 --> 00:44:15,190 and I'll come back. 600 00:44:26,220 --> 00:44:28,249 - You all right, mister? - Yeah. 601 00:45:47,700 --> 00:45:52,190 _ 602 00:46:12,440 --> 00:46:13,989 Who left you here? 603 00:47:16,480 --> 00:47:18,002 Marley? 604 00:52:47,400 --> 00:52:49,539 Apologies, old friend. 605 00:52:49,540 --> 00:52:53,329 I'm... not quite sure how these things work. 606 00:52:53,330 --> 00:52:55,799 I first formed as your door knocker, 607 00:52:55,800 --> 00:52:57,341 and you knocked off my chin. 608 00:52:57,342 --> 00:53:00,119 Seems fine now. 609 00:53:00,120 --> 00:53:03,289 I understand this must come as a shock. 610 00:53:03,290 --> 00:53:04,659 No. 611 00:53:04,660 --> 00:53:06,659 No, because this-this is not real. 612 00:53:06,660 --> 00:53:07,767 This is not real. 613 00:53:07,768 --> 00:53:10,219 There's much I have to tell you 614 00:53:10,220 --> 00:53:11,390 about what is real 615 00:53:11,397 --> 00:53:13,441 and what is not real. 616 00:53:14,525 --> 00:53:16,389 Reality's a decision. 617 00:53:16,390 --> 00:53:19,321 I've learned that. 618 00:53:20,300 --> 00:53:22,280 I've been sent by a spirit. 619 00:53:22,283 --> 00:53:24,617 A spirit who doesn't care, 620 00:53:24,618 --> 00:53:26,828 and I imagine would relish our failure, but... 621 00:53:26,829 --> 00:53:28,849 is obliged to seem to try to help. 622 00:53:28,850 --> 00:53:31,079 I didn't eat today. 623 00:53:31,080 --> 00:53:33,659 This is the result of light-headedness 624 00:53:33,660 --> 00:53:35,479 caused by hunger. 625 00:53:35,480 --> 00:53:39,470 I am... asleep in this armchair. 626 00:53:46,940 --> 00:53:49,477 Have you forgotten, Ebenezer? 627 00:53:51,937 --> 00:53:53,229 I'm already dead. 628 00:53:53,230 --> 00:53:55,064 You can't kill me. 629 00:53:55,065 --> 00:53:56,566 And if you were to hit me 630 00:53:56,567 --> 00:53:58,499 with that thing then I'll just be very messy 631 00:53:58,500 --> 00:54:00,739 for the rest of our conversation. 632 00:54:00,740 --> 00:54:03,879 And we have much to discuss. 633 00:54:06,368 --> 00:54:08,995 Now, I... don't understand it all, 634 00:54:08,996 --> 00:54:12,123 but you threw a blanket over a pair 635 00:54:12,124 --> 00:54:16,280 of cold, black horses... I believe that means there is hope. 636 00:54:17,360 --> 00:54:19,173 Hope of what? 637 00:54:20,660 --> 00:54:22,129 No need for me to explain. 638 00:54:22,130 --> 00:54:23,380 You'll meet them soon enough. 639 00:54:23,385 --> 00:54:24,845 Meet who? 640 00:54:26,170 --> 00:54:28,515 The spirits. 641 00:54:28,516 --> 00:54:30,039 I've met one, 642 00:54:30,040 --> 00:54:32,101 but I'm told there are three. 643 00:54:32,102 --> 00:54:34,749 I have no plans to meet anyone. I'm... 644 00:54:34,750 --> 00:54:37,023 I-I want to be alone. 645 00:54:37,024 --> 00:54:41,361 And yet it is Christmas, Ebenezer. 646 00:54:41,362 --> 00:54:43,113 Christmas. 647 00:54:45,574 --> 00:54:47,325 Very well. 648 00:54:47,326 --> 00:54:48,989 Go out there. 649 00:54:51,000 --> 00:54:53,791 They've laid on a little show for you. 650 00:55:30,870 --> 00:55:32,869 It was you. 651 00:55:32,870 --> 00:55:34,622 Gas was reported. 652 00:55:34,623 --> 00:55:38,239 To save money, you refused to dig out the pipes. 653 00:55:38,240 --> 00:55:41,779 You did this. You. 654 00:55:41,780 --> 00:55:43,990 You cut us to the bone. 655 00:55:57,930 --> 00:56:01,939 Remember Morris and Thompson? 656 00:56:01,940 --> 00:56:04,479 Our factory in Birmingham which we purchased for pennies, 657 00:56:04,480 --> 00:56:07,619 and we cut their cloth according to our meanness. 658 00:56:07,620 --> 00:56:09,739 The consequences of one's actions 659 00:56:09,740 --> 00:56:12,839 always ends up on one's own doorstep. 660 00:56:12,840 --> 00:56:16,989 How righteous and scolding we were at the inquest. 661 00:56:16,990 --> 00:56:17,999 Remember? 662 00:56:18,000 --> 00:56:21,579 Idleness, drunkenness, 663 00:56:21,580 --> 00:56:24,259 a lack of common sense on the part of the workforce... 664 00:56:24,260 --> 00:56:27,239 we blamed them all... and got the all clear 665 00:56:27,240 --> 00:56:30,262 from a judge whose palm I crossed with silver. 666 00:56:34,930 --> 00:56:38,880 Look at these chains, Ebenezer. 667 00:56:38,896 --> 00:56:42,523 This isn't a fucking game. Look. 668 00:56:42,524 --> 00:56:46,779 Each link is a man or woman or child 669 00:56:46,780 --> 00:56:49,079 who died in our workshops 670 00:56:49,080 --> 00:56:50,279 in London, 671 00:56:50,280 --> 00:56:53,119 Birmingham, Manchester, 672 00:56:53,120 --> 00:56:55,949 - Bombay, Batavia... - Wait. Wait. 673 00:56:55,950 --> 00:56:57,299 - They were subcontracts. - Mauritius, 674 00:56:57,300 --> 00:56:58,706 - Bay of Honduras... - Enough. 675 00:56:58,707 --> 00:57:00,292 No, it was never enough. 676 00:57:01,835 --> 00:57:04,399 Not for you or for me. 677 00:57:04,400 --> 00:57:06,089 And for what? 678 00:57:06,090 --> 00:57:09,342 What was the purpose of our gross accumulation? 679 00:57:09,343 --> 00:57:11,280 For this... 680 00:57:13,070 --> 00:57:14,722 ... we vandalized the world. 681 00:57:14,723 --> 00:57:18,169 Whatever you are, I should like you to leave my home, now. 682 00:57:18,170 --> 00:57:21,896 Oh, when your time comes, there'll be chains for you, too. 683 00:57:21,897 --> 00:57:26,239 And your fate will be to wander the earth with the great weight 684 00:57:26,240 --> 00:57:28,229 of your past on your shoulders. 685 00:57:28,230 --> 00:57:30,560 Unless I repent, yes? 686 00:57:30,570 --> 00:57:32,281 "Humbug," I will say. 687 00:57:32,282 --> 00:57:34,349 "Repent what?," I will say. 688 00:57:34,350 --> 00:57:39,359 The spirit I met has no concern for your soul. 689 00:57:39,360 --> 00:57:40,707 Or mine. 690 00:57:40,708 --> 00:57:43,418 I want salvation. 691 00:57:43,419 --> 00:57:45,504 But in truth, it is up to you. 692 00:57:46,730 --> 00:57:48,350 Bah. 693 00:57:53,940 --> 00:57:56,759 Ebenezer Scrooge, 694 00:57:56,760 --> 00:57:58,800 the first of three spirits will come tonight 695 00:57:58,809 --> 00:58:00,949 when the clock strikes midnight. 696 00:58:00,950 --> 00:58:04,689 The next will come the next night at the same hour. 697 00:58:04,690 --> 00:58:08,651 And the third will come the following night. 698 00:58:08,652 --> 00:58:10,070 Also at midnight. 699 00:58:11,655 --> 00:58:13,615 Prepare ye. 700 00:58:24,750 --> 00:58:29,260 A reality so readily banished is not much of a reality. 701 00:58:38,250 --> 00:58:41,017 A piece of undigested beef. 702 00:58:41,018 --> 00:58:43,770 A lump of uncooked potato. 703 00:58:51,280 --> 00:58:54,031 Humbug! 704 00:59:01,121 --> 00:59:02,498 Two. 705 00:59:19,360 --> 00:59:21,560 Nine. 706 00:59:21,570 --> 00:59:24,419 Ten. 707 00:59:24,420 --> 00:59:26,099 Eleven. 708 00:59:28,100 --> 00:59:30,620 One hour to go. 709 00:59:32,100 --> 00:59:34,390 Then it will begin. 710 00:59:35,820 --> 00:59:38,620 Reason against fancy. 711 00:59:41,310 --> 00:59:44,206 We will know the winner by morning. 712 01:00:00,120 --> 01:00:06,640 _ 713 01:00:34,760 --> 01:00:36,459 Well? 714 01:00:36,460 --> 01:00:38,629 Well, I did as you asked. 715 01:00:38,630 --> 01:00:40,179 I called on Ebenezer and I... 716 01:00:40,180 --> 01:00:42,749 I told him he'd be visited by three spirits. 717 01:00:42,750 --> 01:00:44,891 I urged him... no, I pleaded with him... 718 01:00:44,892 --> 01:00:47,219 to hear what the spirits had to say. 719 01:00:47,220 --> 01:00:50,819 And he replied but one word. I'll spell it for you. 720 01:00:50,820 --> 01:00:54,859 H-U-M-B-U-G. 721 01:00:54,860 --> 01:00:57,739 - Oh... - And he settled into his chair, 722 01:00:57,740 --> 01:00:59,440 and then... Oh, f... 723 01:00:59,448 --> 01:01:03,239 What's the point? 724 01:01:03,240 --> 01:01:06,699 The only way anyone could ever soften Scrooge's heart 725 01:01:06,700 --> 01:01:09,889 would be with a mincing knife and a cup of warm gravy 726 01:01:09,890 --> 01:01:12,480 to make some kind of unpleasant pudding. 727 01:01:13,620 --> 01:01:17,330 Let's face it, I'm stuck here forever. 728 01:01:20,060 --> 01:01:22,629 And what do you care, anyway, eh? 729 01:01:22,630 --> 01:01:24,819 To you, we're just numbers on a list 730 01:01:24,820 --> 01:01:27,726 in your celestial inventory. 731 01:01:29,430 --> 01:01:31,769 Nevertheless, 732 01:01:31,770 --> 01:01:34,269 having observed this... 733 01:01:34,270 --> 01:01:36,569 Ebenezer Scrooge, 734 01:01:36,570 --> 01:01:39,821 I relish a challenge. 735 01:01:45,610 --> 01:01:50,373 I'll show him his most treasured memories 736 01:01:50,374 --> 01:01:53,834 and tortured nightmares. 737 01:01:53,835 --> 01:01:57,219 And like the many thousand souls before him, 738 01:01:57,220 --> 01:01:59,800 he will beg forgiveness. 739 01:02:02,300 --> 01:02:05,959 ? In Dublin's fair city ? 740 01:02:05,960 --> 01:02:07,339 ? Where the girls ? 741 01:02:07,340 --> 01:02:09,939 ? Are so pretty ? 742 01:02:09,940 --> 01:02:12,439 ? I once set my eyes ? 743 01:02:12,440 --> 01:02:16,079 ? On sweet Molly Malone ? 744 01:02:16,080 --> 01:02:19,579 ? As she wheeled her wheelbarrow ? 745 01:02:19,580 --> 01:02:23,330 ? In the streets broad and narrow. ? 746 01:02:24,690 --> 01:02:26,479 Why are you awake, my love? 747 01:02:28,700 --> 01:02:30,270 I'm excited. 748 01:02:32,291 --> 01:02:34,480 It will soon be Christmas. 749 01:02:39,900 --> 01:02:42,080 Mary. 750 01:02:44,700 --> 01:02:46,471 Is there something you want to tell me? 751 01:02:51,080 --> 01:02:52,800 Hey. 752 01:03:01,440 --> 01:03:04,039 If the money you received was not sent 753 01:03:04,040 --> 01:03:07,326 by some mysterious cousin in America... 754 01:03:09,400 --> 01:03:11,410 ... who did send it? 755 01:03:13,520 --> 01:03:15,040 Why? 756 01:03:17,750 --> 01:03:21,260 Let Christmas be, Bob, please. 757 01:03:22,810 --> 01:03:24,960 Just let Christmas be. 758 01:03:28,180 --> 01:03:30,480 Listen. 759 01:03:32,660 --> 01:03:35,170 It's almost here. 760 01:03:40,130 --> 01:03:43,659 And when Christmas is done... 761 01:03:43,660 --> 01:03:45,810 you'll tell me who. 762 01:04:45,060 --> 01:04:48,593 Come, Spirit, change me. Try. 763 01:04:55,140 --> 01:04:57,869 Is that you, Spirit? 764 01:04:57,870 --> 01:05:00,605 Do ghosts have bells attached to them? 765 01:05:27,600 --> 01:05:29,510 Erasmus? 766 01:05:31,270 --> 01:05:32,969 Erasmus, is th... 767 01:05:32,970 --> 01:05:35,724 Is that you? 768 01:05:36,970 --> 01:05:39,009 It is you. 769 01:05:39,010 --> 01:05:41,779 Oh. 770 01:05:41,780 --> 01:05:46,419 The best Christmas present I ever had. 771 01:05:46,420 --> 01:05:48,879 Oh... oh. 772 01:05:48,880 --> 01:05:51,119 Still with the... the ribbon and bell 773 01:05:51,120 --> 01:05:53,289 my sister put around your neck. 774 01:05:53,290 --> 01:05:55,010 Oh. 775 01:06:00,280 --> 01:06:04,410 So you are the spirit I was promised. 776 01:06:06,100 --> 01:06:08,339 And the lesson I am meant to learn 777 01:06:08,340 --> 01:06:11,039 by your miraculous appearance 778 01:06:11,040 --> 01:06:15,019 is that even a small rodent... reviled, trapped, 779 01:06:15,020 --> 01:06:17,509 poisoned every other day of the year... 780 01:06:17,510 --> 01:06:19,579 can, on Christmas day... 781 01:06:19,580 --> 01:06:23,739 with the addition of a bit of silk and gold leaf... 782 01:06:23,740 --> 01:06:26,389 become a precious gift for a small child, 783 01:06:26,390 --> 01:06:28,360 as you were for me. 784 01:06:30,060 --> 01:06:33,531 Well, little spirit, 785 01:06:33,532 --> 01:06:36,429 if you think my heart would melt 786 01:06:36,430 --> 01:06:38,379 on the warmth of your memory, 787 01:06:38,380 --> 01:06:41,039 you have no idea what you are up against. 788 01:06:41,870 --> 01:06:43,890 Oh! 789 01:06:45,627 --> 01:06:48,609 So... 790 01:06:48,610 --> 01:06:51,679 the grand visitation is over. 791 01:06:51,680 --> 01:06:54,449 Time for a celebration. 792 01:06:54,450 --> 01:06:57,349 A rat wrapped in a ribbon 793 01:06:57,350 --> 01:06:59,870 is no match for reason. 794 01:07:36,469 --> 01:07:40,359 ? In Dublin's fair city ? 795 01:07:40,360 --> 01:07:44,199 ? Where the girls are so pretty ? 796 01:07:44,200 --> 01:07:48,139 ? I first set my eyes ? 797 01:07:48,140 --> 01:07:51,609 - ? On sweet Molly Malone ? - No. 798 01:07:51,610 --> 01:07:53,319 Please, not you. 799 01:07:53,320 --> 01:07:55,839 ? She wheeled a wheelbarrow ? 800 01:07:55,840 --> 01:07:57,919 ? Through the streets ? 801 01:07:57,920 --> 01:08:00,499 ? Broad and narrow ? 802 01:08:00,500 --> 01:08:03,279 - ? Crying cockles ? - You are dead. 803 01:08:03,280 --> 01:08:05,122 - ? And mussels ? - We buried you. 804 01:08:05,123 --> 01:08:07,689 ? Alive ? 805 01:08:07,690 --> 01:08:10,559 ? Alive, oh ? 806 01:08:10,560 --> 01:08:12,859 - No, not alive. - ? Alive ? 807 01:08:12,860 --> 01:08:15,899 - Please, not this. - ? Alive, oh ? 808 01:08:15,900 --> 01:08:17,699 ? Alive ? 809 01:08:17,700 --> 01:08:20,013 ? Alive, oh... ? 810 01:08:21,730 --> 01:08:23,891 Alive. 811 01:08:23,892 --> 01:08:25,935 Alive, oh. 812 01:09:23,390 --> 01:09:24,869 Ebenezer? 813 01:09:27,470 --> 01:09:30,620 Aye, awake, are ye? 814 01:09:34,410 --> 01:09:36,460 Ebenezer. 815 01:09:39,134 --> 01:09:41,660 Ebenezer?! 816 01:09:45,098 --> 01:09:48,518 Your little prayers on my behalf were no use. 817 01:09:49,550 --> 01:09:52,589 They did me this afternoon. 818 01:09:52,590 --> 01:09:55,689 Over tea and biscuits. 819 01:09:55,690 --> 01:09:58,610 Did me up proper. 820 01:09:58,611 --> 01:10:01,869 They took the lot, every fucking thing! 821 01:10:01,870 --> 01:10:04,899 They covered my ass with tallow, 822 01:10:04,900 --> 01:10:07,099 and set it alight, like a cat. 823 01:10:07,100 --> 01:10:09,079 Spirit, if this is your doing, 824 01:10:09,080 --> 01:10:11,119 please make him go away. 825 01:10:11,120 --> 01:10:14,334 What did ye say? 826 01:10:14,335 --> 01:10:17,779 Please don't make it that he can see me. 827 01:10:17,780 --> 01:10:20,040 Oh, I can see ye. 828 01:10:26,480 --> 01:10:29,300 I can see ye. 829 01:10:29,309 --> 01:10:31,349 I see ye, boy. 830 01:10:31,350 --> 01:10:33,187 - What did ye say?! - Please... 831 01:10:33,188 --> 01:10:34,849 not this night. 832 01:10:34,850 --> 01:10:36,689 What night? 833 01:10:36,690 --> 01:10:39,839 The... the night you were declared bankrupt. 834 01:10:39,840 --> 01:10:43,269 What, you're sorry for me, are ye? 835 01:10:43,270 --> 01:10:45,199 He's fucking sorry. 836 01:10:45,200 --> 01:10:48,076 Yeah, well, you know this, you know that everyone out there... 837 01:10:48,077 --> 01:10:50,519 every man, every woman... 838 01:10:50,520 --> 01:10:54,208 they're all beasts who care only, 839 01:10:54,209 --> 01:10:55,889 only for themselves. 840 01:10:55,890 --> 01:10:57,579 Because that is what a human is. 841 01:10:57,580 --> 01:11:00,300 It's an inward-looking thing only. 842 01:11:01,674 --> 01:11:05,089 This whole world is cock fighting cock, 843 01:11:05,090 --> 01:11:07,721 bear fighting dog, 844 01:11:07,722 --> 01:11:10,299 hands in your pockets, fingers up your ass. 845 01:11:10,300 --> 01:11:13,519 They're trying to take your very kidneys from ye. 846 01:11:13,520 --> 01:11:15,897 - You learn that from this night. - I know that, Father. 847 01:11:15,898 --> 01:11:17,439 That I know. 848 01:11:17,440 --> 01:11:23,619 There is no virtue. 849 01:11:23,620 --> 01:11:26,609 Look upon me. 850 01:11:26,610 --> 01:11:28,029 Everything took. 851 01:11:28,030 --> 01:11:30,954 No mercy shown. 852 01:11:32,520 --> 01:11:34,739 I only just made it across the Thames 853 01:11:34,740 --> 01:11:36,869 without giving myself up to it. 854 01:11:36,870 --> 01:11:40,379 But I continued because I have you and your useless fucking 855 01:11:40,380 --> 01:11:42,714 frozen-up mother to keep. 856 01:11:42,715 --> 01:11:46,552 And your sister to keep, too, and a scrubber maid and a sweep. 857 01:11:46,553 --> 01:11:49,739 And now, by the devilment of fucking Christmas, 858 01:11:49,740 --> 01:11:52,819 the latest addition to my list of dependents, 859 01:11:52,820 --> 01:11:57,509 a little white mouse. 860 01:11:57,510 --> 01:12:01,479 Whose reason for existence under my roof 861 01:12:01,480 --> 01:12:03,569 is yet to be explained to me. 862 01:12:03,570 --> 01:12:05,219 I can explain the mouse, Father. 863 01:12:05,220 --> 01:12:06,573 It was a Christmas gift from Lottie. 864 01:12:06,574 --> 01:12:10,919 There are no gifts! A gift is just a debt, 865 01:12:10,920 --> 01:12:12,699 unwritten but implied. 866 01:12:12,700 --> 01:12:15,759 And this gift has a golden bell around his neck. 867 01:12:15,760 --> 01:12:19,209 Now, you tell me, what good is gold to a mouse? 868 01:12:19,210 --> 01:12:21,789 The bell wasn't real gold. 869 01:12:21,790 --> 01:12:24,199 Lottie took it from a toy. 870 01:12:24,200 --> 01:12:26,439 It-it was gilt and worth only pennies. 871 01:12:26,440 --> 01:12:29,219 Yet, still... 872 01:12:29,220 --> 01:12:33,309 that mouse, with his bell, 873 01:12:33,310 --> 01:12:35,419 is richer than I. 874 01:12:35,420 --> 01:12:38,519 You could have taken that bell. 875 01:12:38,520 --> 01:12:41,589 Just cut the ribbon. You could have... 876 01:12:41,590 --> 01:12:44,359 you could have done it without causing any harm to him. 877 01:12:44,360 --> 01:12:46,869 Harm to vermin? 878 01:12:46,870 --> 01:12:48,859 Learn... this... 879 01:12:48,860 --> 01:12:50,760 lesson! 880 01:12:50,770 --> 01:12:55,829 Feed only that which might someday feed you! 881 01:12:55,830 --> 01:12:57,539 Where is this mouse and its bell? 882 01:12:57,540 --> 01:12:59,139 Not this. 883 01:12:59,140 --> 01:13:01,039 Not this. Not a repeat of this. 884 01:13:01,040 --> 01:13:04,859 Why not this, Ebenezer Scrooge, 885 01:13:04,860 --> 01:13:08,940 when you've relived it a thousand times? 886 01:13:24,660 --> 01:13:29,640 Learn this lesson! 887 01:13:29,650 --> 01:13:32,990 To warn me against unprofitable affections. 888 01:13:35,570 --> 01:13:38,379 A lesson you learned well. 889 01:13:38,380 --> 01:13:42,794 And I am here to make you unlearn it. 890 01:14:04,150 --> 01:14:06,819 You are the spirit Marley told me about, 891 01:14:06,820 --> 01:14:08,318 the one who doesn't even care. 892 01:14:10,190 --> 01:14:13,529 Ah, I am the canvas. 893 01:14:13,530 --> 01:14:15,659 It is you who paints the pictures. 894 01:14:15,660 --> 01:14:18,120 I don't care for riddles. 895 01:14:18,121 --> 01:14:20,659 I am done. Your point is made. 896 01:14:20,660 --> 01:14:22,389 If it makes any difference, 897 01:14:22,390 --> 01:14:25,069 your visit has opened an old wound barely ever healed. 898 01:14:25,070 --> 01:14:27,069 Congratulations. 899 01:14:27,070 --> 01:14:29,999 Now, if you don't mind, I should like to sleep. 900 01:14:30,000 --> 01:14:32,419 You will not get down on your knees 901 01:14:32,420 --> 01:14:35,013 and beg me for absolution? 902 01:14:36,340 --> 01:14:37,550 No. 903 01:14:39,050 --> 01:14:42,059 I am quite careless of myself. 904 01:14:42,060 --> 01:14:45,059 I count myself to sleep each night the same. 905 01:14:45,060 --> 01:14:47,399 One day, the count will end. So... 906 01:14:47,400 --> 01:14:52,479 I have had men claw at my robes. 907 01:14:52,480 --> 01:14:56,539 Women soak my sleeves with their tears. 908 01:14:56,540 --> 01:14:59,037 Well, perhaps you should claim a new robe against tax 909 01:14:59,038 --> 01:15:01,164 as a legitimate expense. 910 01:15:02,580 --> 01:15:05,909 Tonight, you will not sleep, 911 01:15:05,910 --> 01:15:08,260 Ebenezer Scrooge. 912 01:15:08,270 --> 01:15:11,800 I will not allow it. 913 01:15:16,820 --> 01:15:22,929 This is not a game of reason against fancy, Ebenezer. 914 01:15:22,930 --> 01:15:28,359 I will put hot tweezers to your soul 915 01:15:28,360 --> 01:15:30,443 and remove the splinters. 916 01:15:32,028 --> 01:15:36,519 I am going to take you on a long journey 917 01:15:36,520 --> 01:15:39,179 measured not in yards and miles 918 01:15:39,180 --> 01:15:42,299 but in days and years. 919 01:15:42,300 --> 01:15:45,489 Surely, I am forgiven. 920 01:15:45,490 --> 01:15:47,470 I don't want to go anywhere. 921 01:15:48,760 --> 01:15:50,419 You have no choice 922 01:15:50,420 --> 01:15:54,039 but to come with me, Ebenezer. 923 01:15:56,210 --> 01:16:01,179 Come... with a Ghost of Christmas Past... 924 01:16:02,850 --> 01:16:06,104 ... who feels your heart beating. 925 01:16:37,740 --> 01:16:42,099 I have formulated a rational explanation for this. 926 01:16:42,100 --> 01:16:45,359 The sherry I drank in front of the fire 927 01:16:45,360 --> 01:16:48,689 from the decanter which has been half-full these six months. 928 01:16:48,690 --> 01:16:51,159 The maid who I dismissed for idleness 929 01:16:51,160 --> 01:16:53,019 must have slipped laudanum into it. 930 01:16:53,020 --> 01:16:54,699 I haven't touched a drop of the sherry 931 01:16:54,700 --> 01:16:56,259 since she left until now. 932 01:16:56,260 --> 01:16:58,219 There. 933 01:16:58,220 --> 01:17:00,299 That is what all of this is. 934 01:17:00,300 --> 01:17:02,859 Laudanum slipped into my wine 935 01:17:02,860 --> 01:17:04,745 by a vengeful maid. 936 01:17:06,370 --> 01:17:08,539 You-you are an opiate. 937 01:17:08,540 --> 01:17:10,500 - Now, come on. - William. 938 01:17:10,501 --> 01:17:12,699 - Time to go. - Come on. 939 01:17:12,700 --> 01:17:15,239 I know those boys. 940 01:17:15,240 --> 01:17:16,679 Time to go, children. 941 01:17:16,680 --> 01:17:17,919 Jasper. 942 01:17:17,920 --> 01:17:20,303 And-and Wellington. 943 01:17:22,020 --> 01:17:23,899 And poor Horace, who... 944 01:17:23,900 --> 01:17:26,449 who died of consumption. 945 01:17:26,450 --> 01:17:28,240 Poor Horace. 946 01:17:29,600 --> 01:17:30,645 Walk on. 947 01:17:30,646 --> 01:17:32,856 We are now in a time 948 01:17:32,857 --> 01:17:36,269 before poor Horace was struck down. 949 01:17:36,270 --> 01:17:42,269 Your memory shapes me according to what time we're in. 950 01:17:42,270 --> 01:17:44,269 Same spirit. 951 01:17:44,270 --> 01:17:46,037 Different Christmas. 952 01:17:47,840 --> 01:17:49,879 At this time in your life, 953 01:17:49,880 --> 01:17:53,109 I was your only friend. 954 01:17:53,110 --> 01:17:55,549 Behold. 955 01:17:55,550 --> 01:17:58,019 I swear, there was never a time in my life 956 01:17:58,020 --> 01:18:01,093 when I had a friend who looked even remotely like you. 957 01:18:01,094 --> 01:18:03,387 Look again. 958 01:18:06,182 --> 01:18:08,433 My God. 959 01:18:08,434 --> 01:18:10,669 - You are Ali Baba. - Yes! 960 01:18:10,670 --> 01:18:13,379 How many nights you spend reading my stories 961 01:18:13,380 --> 01:18:17,299 under cover by candlelight, over and over, 962 01:18:17,300 --> 01:18:19,612 to escape from the pain of these years? 963 01:18:19,613 --> 01:18:21,379 The shame. 964 01:18:21,380 --> 01:18:22,489 You are an illustration. 965 01:18:22,490 --> 01:18:23,609 Correct. 966 01:18:23,610 --> 01:18:25,959 That is to say, in truth, 967 01:18:25,960 --> 01:18:28,369 you, too, are also opium. 968 01:18:28,370 --> 01:18:30,659 Have you ever ridden a camel before? 969 01:18:33,584 --> 01:18:36,879 No. No, I've never ridden a camel before. 970 01:18:36,880 --> 01:18:38,919 Nor have I ever had a conversation with a picture 971 01:18:38,920 --> 01:18:40,539 from a picture book. 972 01:18:40,540 --> 01:18:42,426 Well, today you are doing both. 973 01:18:42,427 --> 01:18:44,387 Come. 974 01:18:46,639 --> 01:18:48,099 Come where? 975 01:18:56,660 --> 01:18:57,817 I know this place. 976 01:18:57,818 --> 01:18:59,699 Indeed you do. 977 01:18:59,700 --> 01:19:01,404 The Black Bridge Boarding School. 978 01:19:03,155 --> 01:19:06,239 I do not wish to come. 979 01:19:06,240 --> 01:19:09,419 Why? 980 01:19:09,420 --> 01:19:11,099 I vowed I would never set foot 981 01:19:11,100 --> 01:19:12,956 inside Black Bridge School ever again. 982 01:19:12,957 --> 01:19:15,489 And yet you step back inside it every night. 983 01:19:15,490 --> 01:19:16,539 In your dreams. 984 01:19:16,540 --> 01:19:19,299 Your nightmares. 985 01:19:19,300 --> 01:19:20,539 You know so much. 986 01:19:20,540 --> 01:19:21,999 Everything. 987 01:19:22,000 --> 01:19:25,639 Spirits can know everything except the outcome. 988 01:19:25,640 --> 01:19:27,054 Come with me. 989 01:19:28,760 --> 01:19:29,769 Morphine. 990 01:19:29,770 --> 01:19:32,935 Actually, his name is Valentine, but you know that. 991 01:19:32,936 --> 01:19:34,620 As an 11-year-old child, 992 01:19:34,630 --> 01:19:35,895 you escaped from hell on his back 993 01:19:35,896 --> 01:19:38,440 many, many times. 994 01:19:38,441 --> 01:19:41,059 What good will it do for me to go back? 995 01:19:41,060 --> 01:19:44,279 If you come back with me now, 996 01:19:44,280 --> 01:19:47,820 you may never have to go back into your nightmare ever again. 997 01:19:51,480 --> 01:19:54,469 And if the camel and I are merely poppy fumes, 998 01:19:54,470 --> 01:19:56,708 what harm can it do? 999 01:19:56,709 --> 01:19:58,450 Come. 1000 01:20:00,720 --> 01:20:03,099 The day is drawing to a close. 1001 01:20:03,100 --> 01:20:05,717 You are in the dormitory reading your book, 1002 01:20:05,718 --> 01:20:08,303 lost in The Arabian Nights. 1003 01:20:08,304 --> 01:20:11,519 You are 11 years old. You are alone. 1004 01:20:11,520 --> 01:20:13,540 Come and see. 1005 01:20:42,300 --> 01:20:45,089 Why do we not leave footprints? 1006 01:20:45,090 --> 01:20:48,519 We are not here. 1007 01:20:48,520 --> 01:20:51,399 What you see happened a long time ago. 1008 01:20:51,400 --> 01:20:54,391 - On a particular day. - What particular day? 1009 01:20:54,392 --> 01:20:57,070 Come, you will see. 1010 01:20:59,460 --> 01:21:01,270 Who will be there on this day? 1011 01:21:01,273 --> 01:21:04,939 You and one other. 1012 01:21:06,280 --> 01:21:08,390 Be brave, Ebenezer. 1013 01:21:10,199 --> 01:21:13,690 You have Ali Baba and Valentine at your side. 1014 01:21:30,860 --> 01:21:33,529 The other children have gone home for Christmas, yes? 1015 01:21:33,530 --> 01:21:35,499 Yes. You saw them leave. 1016 01:21:35,500 --> 01:21:37,429 I was the only child who had to board here 1017 01:21:37,430 --> 01:21:38,933 over the Christmas holidays, 1018 01:21:38,934 --> 01:21:41,981 - because my father said... - What did he say? 1019 01:21:43,640 --> 01:21:46,619 One year, he said there was pestilence in our street. 1020 01:21:46,620 --> 01:21:49,279 Another, the house was flooded. 1021 01:21:49,280 --> 01:21:51,860 Another, there was no room in the new house. 1022 01:21:53,620 --> 01:21:56,160 Always, I had to stay here. 1023 01:22:07,960 --> 01:22:10,380 I know that man. 1024 01:22:15,430 --> 01:22:17,379 Ebenezer, 1025 01:22:17,380 --> 01:22:18,973 you cannot hurt him. 1026 01:22:18,974 --> 01:22:20,919 He's in the past. 1027 01:22:20,920 --> 01:22:24,105 - But I see him. - Always you see him. 1028 01:22:26,040 --> 01:22:28,079 Ever since those days, 1029 01:22:28,080 --> 01:22:30,580 you see him when you close your eyes. 1030 01:22:31,840 --> 01:22:36,339 The great Ali Baba seeks to enter your past. 1031 01:22:36,340 --> 01:22:38,953 Enter the den of the 40 thieves. 1032 01:22:38,954 --> 01:22:42,629 Can you remember the magical password from the book? 1033 01:22:42,630 --> 01:22:45,799 Of course I remember the magic password. "Open sesame." 1034 01:22:45,800 --> 01:22:48,379 I warned you, Ebenezer Scrooge, 1035 01:22:48,380 --> 01:22:50,899 this is not a game. 1036 01:22:50,900 --> 01:22:52,258 Come. 1037 01:22:52,259 --> 01:22:55,637 Into the truth. 1038 01:22:55,638 --> 01:22:59,560 Open sesame. 1039 01:23:17,740 --> 01:23:22,879 Ebenezer, look upon yourself. 1040 01:23:22,880 --> 01:23:25,410 What would you say to him if you could? 1041 01:23:25,417 --> 01:23:29,060 Spirit, I should like to go home now. 1042 01:23:32,500 --> 01:23:34,259 That is exactly what he would say to me. 1043 01:23:34,260 --> 01:23:36,469 "I should like to go home now." 1044 01:23:36,470 --> 01:23:39,260 That was all I wanted then, 1045 01:23:39,270 --> 01:23:42,499 to be with my mother and sister. 1046 01:23:42,500 --> 01:23:44,970 Watch. 1047 01:23:58,320 --> 01:23:59,618 Ebenezer. 1048 01:24:01,780 --> 01:24:03,140 Ebenezer. 1049 01:24:04,780 --> 01:24:07,620 Ebenezer. 1050 01:24:07,626 --> 01:24:10,420 It is I. 1051 01:24:13,340 --> 01:24:16,259 Good Lord. He can see you. 1052 01:24:16,260 --> 01:24:18,859 Just for a moment. 1053 01:24:18,860 --> 01:24:22,640 Sometimes children... they can see spirits. 1054 01:24:22,641 --> 01:24:24,475 Children that need to see. 1055 01:24:24,476 --> 01:24:27,139 I remember this. 1056 01:24:27,140 --> 01:24:29,340 I remember this very moment. 1057 01:24:30,983 --> 01:24:33,599 In the stories, 1058 01:24:33,600 --> 01:24:36,699 Ali Baba always could do anything. 1059 01:24:36,700 --> 01:24:38,959 I was praying to him to save me 1060 01:24:38,960 --> 01:24:41,200 and come and take me from this place. 1061 01:24:41,201 --> 01:24:44,309 And I swear, just for one moment, 1062 01:24:44,310 --> 01:24:45,872 I looked up and I saw him, 1063 01:24:45,873 --> 01:24:49,001 just where you're standing. 1064 01:24:57,560 --> 01:24:59,399 I... 1065 01:24:59,400 --> 01:25:01,810 I thought he could save anyone. 1066 01:25:23,702 --> 01:25:26,199 So... 1067 01:25:26,200 --> 01:25:28,499 it's just you and I here for Christmas again, Scrooge. 1068 01:25:30,190 --> 01:25:32,794 Hmm? 1069 01:25:32,795 --> 01:25:35,059 Well, don't worry. 1070 01:25:35,060 --> 01:25:38,424 Course I won't expect you to sleep in here on your own. 1071 01:25:38,425 --> 01:25:41,803 You'll be with me. 1072 01:25:41,804 --> 01:25:44,389 Just like last year. 1073 01:25:44,390 --> 01:25:45,848 Hmm? 1074 01:25:45,849 --> 01:25:48,719 Come on, get your things. 1075 01:25:48,720 --> 01:25:50,840 Come on. 1076 01:25:52,310 --> 01:25:54,679 Enough. I should like to go home now. 1077 01:25:54,680 --> 01:25:55,939 Not yet. Wait. 1078 01:25:55,940 --> 01:25:58,760 Come on, boy. Chop chop. 1079 01:25:58,770 --> 01:26:02,074 Because this is the happy year. 1080 01:26:06,245 --> 01:26:08,229 Whoa. 1081 01:26:16,880 --> 01:26:17,964 Goodness. 1082 01:26:17,965 --> 01:26:19,632 Yes, I know. 1083 01:26:19,633 --> 01:26:20,925 Uh... 1084 01:26:20,926 --> 01:26:23,209 who is it? 1085 01:26:23,210 --> 01:26:26,079 It's my sister, Lottie. 1086 01:26:26,080 --> 01:26:27,933 What the hell does she want? 1087 01:26:27,934 --> 01:26:30,299 I show you this not to torture you 1088 01:26:30,300 --> 01:26:32,770 but to enlighten you. Look. 1089 01:26:34,320 --> 01:26:37,567 - Lottie! - She cannot hear you, Ebenezer. 1090 01:26:37,568 --> 01:26:39,611 You are here only to watch and learn. 1091 01:26:40,840 --> 01:26:43,299 Ebby tells me you are his sister. 1092 01:26:43,300 --> 01:26:44,365 What do you want? 1093 01:26:44,366 --> 01:26:46,242 I've come to take my brother home. 1094 01:26:46,243 --> 01:26:48,869 What are you talking about? 1095 01:26:48,870 --> 01:26:51,748 Ebenezer spends Christmas with me. 1096 01:26:51,749 --> 01:26:54,999 Not anymore. Things have changed. 1097 01:26:55,000 --> 01:26:58,079 Uh, your father and I have a long-standing arrangement 1098 01:26:58,080 --> 01:27:00,465 to keep Ebenezer here. 1099 01:27:00,466 --> 01:27:02,091 Hmm. 1100 01:27:02,092 --> 01:27:05,011 Ebby, go and wait outside. 1101 01:27:05,012 --> 01:27:06,859 - There's a carriage. - No. 1102 01:27:06,860 --> 01:27:08,010 Ebby, 1103 01:27:08,015 --> 01:27:10,266 our father has left us. 1104 01:27:10,267 --> 01:27:12,159 At last. 1105 01:27:12,160 --> 01:27:15,639 Mother said you are to go home. 1106 01:27:15,640 --> 01:27:17,419 Go on. Run ahead. 1107 01:27:17,420 --> 01:27:18,984 Now for the part you do not know. 1108 01:27:20,611 --> 01:27:23,919 No. Scrooge, stop. I order you to come back. 1109 01:27:23,920 --> 01:27:25,629 Stop! 1110 01:27:27,993 --> 01:27:30,819 Your help is not needed. Watch. 1111 01:27:32,900 --> 01:27:35,339 Our father made my brother 1112 01:27:35,340 --> 01:27:37,419 stay here at Christmas 1113 01:27:37,420 --> 01:27:41,499 in return for you waiving school fees. 1114 01:27:41,500 --> 01:27:45,779 But I and my mother have finally 1115 01:27:45,780 --> 01:27:47,789 managed to be rid of him. 1116 01:27:47,790 --> 01:27:51,239 And your little... arrangement 1117 01:27:51,240 --> 01:27:53,880 regarding my brother is over. 1118 01:27:55,900 --> 01:27:57,897 My brother will never 1119 01:27:57,898 --> 01:28:01,192 return to this school ever again. 1120 01:28:01,193 --> 01:28:05,112 And if you try to follow... 1121 01:28:05,113 --> 01:28:08,157 I will shoot you. 1122 01:28:08,158 --> 01:28:11,779 And, in my defense, have my brother 1123 01:28:11,780 --> 01:28:15,040 tell the parish everything. 1124 01:28:20,340 --> 01:28:22,399 Lottie, like a highwayman. 1125 01:28:22,400 --> 01:28:24,215 She pulled a fucking gun. It's... 1126 01:28:24,216 --> 01:28:25,899 She rescued me. 1127 01:28:25,900 --> 01:28:28,129 A Christmas miracle. 1128 01:28:28,130 --> 01:28:33,919 An act of love without the need for thanks. 1129 01:28:33,920 --> 01:28:35,969 A gift which was not given 1130 01:28:35,970 --> 01:28:38,090 as a debt implied. 1131 01:28:39,380 --> 01:28:40,709 Come. 1132 01:28:40,710 --> 01:28:42,649 Mother's bought a goose for us to pluck. 1133 01:28:42,650 --> 01:28:45,111 But you never saw her bravery. 1134 01:28:45,112 --> 01:28:48,749 Never felt the warmth of her selfless compassion. 1135 01:28:48,750 --> 01:28:50,979 Go on, then. Get up. 1136 01:28:53,140 --> 01:28:55,459 She always told me I had to leave the school 1137 01:28:55,460 --> 01:28:57,207 because we couldn't afford the fees. 1138 01:28:57,208 --> 01:28:59,559 You never told a living soul 1139 01:28:59,560 --> 01:29:02,029 about what happened at this school. 1140 01:29:02,030 --> 01:29:03,899 But your sister knew. 1141 01:29:03,900 --> 01:29:05,669 She could not bear the thought 1142 01:29:05,670 --> 01:29:09,899 of you spending another Christmas in hell. 1143 01:29:09,900 --> 01:29:13,598 Forget ribbons and bells. 1144 01:29:13,599 --> 01:29:16,351 That is the spirit of Christmas. 1145 01:29:18,840 --> 01:29:23,760 But you were numb to her, lost to all affection. 1146 01:29:23,770 --> 01:29:25,649 You went home 1147 01:29:25,650 --> 01:29:27,519 and had no more need... 1148 01:29:27,520 --> 01:29:31,610 for Ali Baba and Valentine. 1149 01:30:01,520 --> 01:30:03,310 I never went home. 1150 01:30:06,400 --> 01:30:09,050 The boy who left never returned. 1151 01:30:12,360 --> 01:30:16,954 I counted myself the most hard-done-by creature on Earth. 1152 01:30:22,920 --> 01:30:26,309 Just yesterday... 1153 01:30:26,310 --> 01:30:30,059 Lottie's son came to invite me to dinner. 1154 01:30:30,060 --> 01:30:32,619 And even he told me 1155 01:30:32,620 --> 01:30:35,489 Lottie had always warned him 1156 01:30:35,490 --> 01:30:37,299 to be patient with me 1157 01:30:37,300 --> 01:30:40,600 because of a... a very old pain. 1158 01:30:46,520 --> 01:30:49,969 But S-Spirit, consider this. 1159 01:30:49,970 --> 01:30:51,529 This is proof. 1160 01:30:51,530 --> 01:30:54,569 Proof? Of what? 1161 01:30:54,570 --> 01:30:57,139 What happened to me here at this school... 1162 01:30:57,140 --> 01:30:58,769 this-this excuses me. 1163 01:30:58,770 --> 01:31:00,260 This explains me. 1164 01:31:00,270 --> 01:31:02,289 And because it's all in the past, 1165 01:31:02,290 --> 01:31:04,333 nothing can be done to remedy it. 1166 01:31:06,490 --> 01:31:10,339 So, we require more than a mincing knife 1167 01:31:10,340 --> 01:31:13,759 and warm gravy to soften your heart. 1168 01:31:13,760 --> 01:31:16,599 You only see what your father did to you, 1169 01:31:16,600 --> 01:31:19,220 not what your sister did for you. 1170 01:31:20,300 --> 01:31:24,639 Let us go deeper. 1171 01:32:00,890 --> 01:32:02,016 Behold. 1172 01:32:02,017 --> 01:32:05,419 The Scrooge and Marley anthracite coal mine 1173 01:32:05,420 --> 01:32:07,539 in the country of Wales. 1174 01:32:07,540 --> 01:32:10,060 One of your later commercial ventures, 1175 01:32:10,067 --> 01:32:12,943 after you and Mr. Marley met at the corn exchange. 1176 01:32:12,944 --> 01:32:15,362 Both buying up bankrupt businesses 1177 01:32:15,363 --> 01:32:17,115 from men like your father. 1178 01:32:20,710 --> 01:32:24,119 And this was one of your most profitable ventures. 1179 01:32:28,350 --> 01:32:30,300 Poor thing. 1180 01:32:31,520 --> 01:32:35,180 "He is pure air and fire." 1181 01:32:35,190 --> 01:32:38,419 Evidently, when William Shakespeare wrote that about a horse, 1182 01:32:38,420 --> 01:32:40,979 he'd never seen one put down a coal pit. 1183 01:32:40,980 --> 01:32:43,799 Not much is pure down here. 1184 01:32:43,800 --> 01:32:46,079 I remember when we bought the mine, 1185 01:32:46,080 --> 01:32:49,314 I tried not to think about the horses. 1186 01:32:52,690 --> 01:32:55,039 You made this place profitable by cutting down 1187 01:32:55,040 --> 01:32:57,699 on the excessive use of oak timbers. 1188 01:32:57,700 --> 01:32:59,532 Before you and Marley bought the mine, 1189 01:32:59,533 --> 01:33:02,159 they had used timber quite extravagantly... 1190 01:33:02,160 --> 01:33:04,328 to support the roof. 1191 01:33:06,081 --> 01:33:08,125 Collapse! 1192 01:33:16,090 --> 01:33:18,590 Get up, lad! Quick! 1193 01:33:18,593 --> 01:33:22,089 No harm can come to us because we're not here. 1194 01:33:22,090 --> 01:33:24,429 But they are not so lucky. 1195 01:33:25,900 --> 01:33:29,353 Recall. This was midnight on Christmas Eve. 1196 01:33:29,354 --> 01:33:32,479 And this the Christmas gift for 27 men and women 1197 01:33:32,480 --> 01:33:34,440 and boys and multiple ponies. 1198 01:33:36,027 --> 01:33:39,139 You tried not to think about the horses, 1199 01:33:39,140 --> 01:33:42,241 but did you ever think about the human souls? 1200 01:33:42,242 --> 01:33:44,118 Pull us up! 1201 01:33:44,119 --> 01:33:46,453 In the name of God! 1202 01:33:46,454 --> 01:33:48,959 Pull us up! 1203 01:33:48,960 --> 01:33:51,459 In the name of God, the timbers won't hold! 1204 01:33:51,460 --> 01:33:53,209 Save us! 1205 01:33:53,210 --> 01:33:54,503 Save us! Pull us up! 1206 01:33:54,504 --> 01:33:57,219 - Save us! - The only thing you didn't count 1207 01:33:57,220 --> 01:34:00,259 - were the victims. - Save us! Pull us up! Save us! 1208 01:34:02,179 --> 01:34:05,390 They were lost in your darkness. 1209 01:34:14,570 --> 01:34:17,159 Spirit, where... where are we? 1210 01:34:17,160 --> 01:34:18,439 Is this hell? 1211 01:34:18,440 --> 01:34:19,499 No. 1212 01:34:19,500 --> 01:34:22,219 We are now back in your 30th year, 1213 01:34:22,220 --> 01:34:23,825 Ebenezer Scrooge. 1214 01:34:25,100 --> 01:34:28,680 And business is booming. 1215 01:34:30,470 --> 01:34:32,620 Come. 1216 01:34:34,870 --> 01:34:37,909 Come quick, or we'll miss it. 1217 01:34:37,910 --> 01:34:41,479 I-I would just like to explain the Christmas mine collapse 1218 01:34:41,480 --> 01:34:44,139 and its causes, which aren't at all how you characterized them. 1219 01:34:44,140 --> 01:34:47,089 There is no time for explanations. 1220 01:34:47,090 --> 01:34:48,919 Yes, yes, it's Christmas Eve again. 1221 01:34:48,920 --> 01:34:51,659 And yet they will all be working until long after dark. 1222 01:34:51,660 --> 01:34:53,563 But come, Ebenezer. 1223 01:34:55,100 --> 01:34:57,189 I fear something awful awaits. 1224 01:34:57,190 --> 01:34:59,599 No. Something magical. 1225 01:34:59,600 --> 01:35:01,269 Something wonderful. 1226 01:35:01,270 --> 01:35:04,480 Profit, Ebenezer. Pure profit. 1227 01:35:08,620 --> 01:35:12,219 Look, Scrooge, there you are. 1228 01:35:12,220 --> 01:35:14,333 You and Marley in your prime. 1229 01:35:14,334 --> 01:35:17,560 This was the moment when it all really began. 1230 01:35:19,080 --> 01:35:20,999 My father's barely cold in his grave 1231 01:35:21,000 --> 01:35:22,459 and already you're here with business? 1232 01:35:22,460 --> 01:35:24,299 Well, your father looks down 1233 01:35:24,300 --> 01:35:26,300 from heaven and urges you to listen to us. 1234 01:35:26,304 --> 01:35:30,474 Your father was fond of gambling on horses. 1235 01:35:30,475 --> 01:35:32,977 Fond of it, but poor at it. 1236 01:35:32,978 --> 01:35:36,230 And we can't all choose the winner at the Epsom Derby. 1237 01:35:36,231 --> 01:35:38,023 We didn't know how much he'd lost 1238 01:35:38,024 --> 01:35:40,490 until his last breath. 1239 01:35:41,480 --> 01:35:46,159 Look, grief blinds you, slows you. 1240 01:35:46,160 --> 01:35:48,659 And we're here to help you. 1241 01:35:48,660 --> 01:35:50,369 We're familiar with some of the people 1242 01:35:50,370 --> 01:35:52,619 of his secret acquaintance and we're in a position 1243 01:35:52,620 --> 01:35:55,499 to purchase your father's gambling debts. 1244 01:35:55,500 --> 01:35:59,045 Owed to a turf accountant in Halifax, name of Dagger. 1245 01:36:06,760 --> 01:36:08,637 Why would you do that? 1246 01:36:08,638 --> 01:36:10,139 I'm afraid the price 1247 01:36:10,140 --> 01:36:11,975 of slow horses are the least of his legacy. 1248 01:36:11,976 --> 01:36:13,179 Put that back. 1249 01:36:13,180 --> 01:36:15,394 Accounts not worth the paper they're written on. 1250 01:36:15,395 --> 01:36:18,679 Money due to the government revenue 1251 01:36:18,680 --> 01:36:23,199 spent instead on some nag with the same name as his mistress. 1252 01:36:23,200 --> 01:36:24,612 How dare you? 1253 01:36:25,720 --> 01:36:30,118 Secrets, debts, mistresses... 1254 01:36:32,490 --> 01:36:35,359 ... revenue men who bring pistols and chains. 1255 01:36:35,360 --> 01:36:38,059 They can't chain a ghost, young man. 1256 01:36:38,060 --> 01:36:39,540 It will be you 1257 01:36:39,544 --> 01:36:42,005 they throw into the lockup. 1258 01:36:45,700 --> 01:36:48,385 You wish to buy one loom? 1259 01:36:48,386 --> 01:36:51,639 No. The whole mill. 1260 01:36:52,600 --> 01:36:55,299 Well, I think you missed off a zero. 1261 01:36:55,300 --> 01:36:58,509 Zero means nothing, so we missed off nothing. 1262 01:36:58,510 --> 01:37:00,482 Sit down. 1263 01:37:06,490 --> 01:37:09,619 Now, we'll deal with Dagger. 1264 01:37:09,620 --> 01:37:12,199 We also have friends at the revenue who will overlook 1265 01:37:12,200 --> 01:37:14,219 your inherited liability, 1266 01:37:14,220 --> 01:37:17,582 in return for a healthy bribe, of course. 1267 01:37:18,670 --> 01:37:20,899 The mill itself is worth ten times that. 1268 01:37:20,900 --> 01:37:22,979 The mill is healthy, but you have no liquidity. 1269 01:37:22,980 --> 01:37:26,999 You need money now. Without us, it will be a race 1270 01:37:27,000 --> 01:37:29,199 between Dagger's cutthroats 1271 01:37:29,200 --> 01:37:30,719 and the revenue's militiamen. 1272 01:37:30,720 --> 01:37:33,239 And please know that your father's reputation 1273 01:37:33,240 --> 01:37:35,439 as a pious, Christian family man 1274 01:37:35,440 --> 01:37:37,684 will be safe in our hands. 1275 01:37:37,685 --> 01:37:40,349 We'll even put up a plaque. There. 1276 01:37:40,350 --> 01:37:41,879 Above your head. 1277 01:37:41,880 --> 01:37:45,379 So your father can rest in peace. 1278 01:37:45,380 --> 01:37:47,329 Now... 1279 01:37:48,360 --> 01:37:50,219 ... do we have a deal? 1280 01:37:50,220 --> 01:37:51,949 You bought this cotton mill 1281 01:37:51,950 --> 01:37:54,359 in Dewsbury for £800, 1282 01:37:54,360 --> 01:37:56,819 then promptly sold it four days later 1283 01:37:56,820 --> 01:38:00,830 for £8,000 to be demolished and broken up for parts. 1284 01:38:00,834 --> 01:38:04,079 You had discovered that tragedy for the many 1285 01:38:04,080 --> 01:38:07,109 is opportunity for the few. 1286 01:38:07,110 --> 01:38:11,189 500 jobs lost and a profit of £7,200 1287 01:38:11,190 --> 01:38:15,347 in just four days, for doing precisely... 1288 01:38:15,348 --> 01:38:18,058 nothing. 1289 01:38:18,059 --> 01:38:20,639 You and Marley would become celebrated 1290 01:38:20,640 --> 01:38:23,279 for deals like the splendid bit of opportunism 1291 01:38:23,280 --> 01:38:25,020 you just witnessed. 1292 01:38:25,024 --> 01:38:26,529 It was business. 1293 01:38:26,530 --> 01:38:28,239 I cannot be blamed for doing business. 1294 01:38:28,240 --> 01:38:30,099 You cannot be blamed for building 1295 01:38:30,100 --> 01:38:31,999 your beautiful temple to profit 1296 01:38:32,000 --> 01:38:36,939 because profit means more and more and wonderful more. 1297 01:38:36,940 --> 01:38:39,619 And you were very considerate. You didn't tell the workers 1298 01:38:39,620 --> 01:38:42,219 they had all lost their jobs until Boxing Day. 1299 01:38:42,220 --> 01:38:45,579 Why do you mock me with false glory in your voice? 1300 01:38:45,580 --> 01:38:48,039 I am a spirit. I am what you make me, 1301 01:38:48,040 --> 01:38:50,359 and your glory was real. 1302 01:38:50,360 --> 01:38:52,759 Real cash, hard currency. 1303 01:38:52,760 --> 01:38:55,429 Was it so wrong to make a profit? 1304 01:38:55,430 --> 01:38:57,439 To use that profit to make more profit? 1305 01:38:57,440 --> 01:38:58,929 No, nothing wrong at all. 1306 01:38:58,930 --> 01:39:02,478 And every penny you made is still there inside your head. 1307 01:39:02,479 --> 01:39:04,499 Behold. 1308 01:39:04,500 --> 01:39:07,359 Each loom shows another profitable year 1309 01:39:07,360 --> 01:39:10,652 for the unstoppable Messrs. Scrooge and Marley. 1310 01:39:10,653 --> 01:39:14,109 That is your fourth year of trading. 1311 01:39:14,110 --> 01:39:16,439 What was your net income that year? 1312 01:39:16,440 --> 01:39:20,239 Year four? Net income: £665, 1313 01:39:20,240 --> 01:39:23,319 seven shillings and sixpence. 1314 01:39:23,320 --> 01:39:25,626 This is year eight! 1315 01:39:25,627 --> 01:39:27,252 Total expenditure? 1316 01:39:27,253 --> 01:39:29,459 Expenditure, year eight: 1317 01:39:29,460 --> 01:39:33,339 £4,871 and 19 shillings, 1318 01:39:33,340 --> 01:39:35,619 mostly the acquisition of Denmon & Sons 1319 01:39:35,620 --> 01:39:37,959 and a wire factory of Birmingham. 1320 01:39:37,960 --> 01:39:41,299 This year. Your tenth year. 1321 01:39:41,300 --> 01:39:42,349 Ah. 1322 01:39:42,350 --> 01:39:44,379 An excellent year. 1323 01:39:44,380 --> 01:39:47,606 A move into spice and indigo in the Moluccas. 1324 01:39:47,607 --> 01:39:51,769 Income: £9,970 and sevenpence. 1325 01:39:51,770 --> 01:39:54,219 - Expenditure... - All in your head. 1326 01:39:54,220 --> 01:39:57,399 What a mind you have. You counted yourself 1327 01:39:57,400 --> 01:40:00,179 the most hard-done-by boy in the world, 1328 01:40:00,180 --> 01:40:03,739 and you counted and counted. 1329 01:40:03,740 --> 01:40:05,449 Wherever you looked, 1330 01:40:05,450 --> 01:40:08,460 you didn't see people, you saw pounds and pennies. 1331 01:40:08,470 --> 01:40:11,339 The weakness of others spun into wealth. 1332 01:40:11,340 --> 01:40:14,519 Your accounts were your new Ali Baba, 1333 01:40:14,520 --> 01:40:17,059 profit your new Valentine. 1334 01:40:17,060 --> 01:40:20,530 Ah, I forgot. You are mocking me. 1335 01:40:23,434 --> 01:40:26,249 I have done no more and no less in my life 1336 01:40:26,250 --> 01:40:29,139 than many an illustrious businessman. 1337 01:40:29,140 --> 01:40:30,567 Your life? 1338 01:40:34,590 --> 01:40:38,069 Did you say your life? 1339 01:40:38,070 --> 01:40:40,660 Come and see your life. 1340 01:41:01,120 --> 01:41:02,510 Behold. 1341 01:41:03,766 --> 01:41:06,539 Your life beyond the counting machines. 1342 01:41:12,692 --> 01:41:14,569 Elizabeth. 1343 01:41:16,613 --> 01:41:21,089 The days she waited and waited. 1344 01:41:21,090 --> 01:41:23,980 I was kept late at the exchange. 1345 01:41:26,900 --> 01:41:28,189 Who are they? 1346 01:41:28,190 --> 01:41:31,059 They are the children 1347 01:41:31,060 --> 01:41:35,460 you would have had with Elizabeth. 1348 01:41:39,270 --> 01:41:42,512 And there you are, 1349 01:41:42,513 --> 01:41:45,499 the father you never were, 1350 01:41:45,500 --> 01:41:48,509 being a merry-go-round for the children 1351 01:41:48,510 --> 01:41:51,200 you never had. 1352 01:41:53,650 --> 01:41:56,309 Behold. 1353 01:41:56,310 --> 01:41:58,619 A Christmas past that never was 1354 01:41:58,620 --> 01:42:02,320 and never will be. 1355 01:42:02,325 --> 01:42:04,284 "Humbug. 1356 01:42:04,285 --> 01:42:07,871 "How many Merry Christmases are meant 1357 01:42:07,872 --> 01:42:11,124 "and how many are lies? 1358 01:42:11,125 --> 01:42:14,199 "To pretend on one day each year 1359 01:42:14,200 --> 01:42:16,819 "that the human beast 1360 01:42:16,820 --> 01:42:20,459 is not a human beast." 1361 01:42:20,460 --> 01:42:27,240 Do you see any beasts up there, Ebenezer? 1362 01:42:37,944 --> 01:42:41,869 I would have called the children... 1363 01:42:41,870 --> 01:42:43,999 Jacob. 1364 01:42:44,000 --> 01:42:45,989 Lottie. 1365 01:42:45,990 --> 01:42:47,744 And neither would have been sent away to school. 1366 01:42:47,745 --> 01:42:50,450 They would have come home safe every night. 1367 01:42:54,043 --> 01:42:56,709 Children who were never born 1368 01:42:56,710 --> 01:42:59,339 bring emotion you never had. 1369 01:42:59,340 --> 01:43:01,399 Not even for the children 1370 01:43:01,400 --> 01:43:05,119 of people you knew intimately. 1371 01:43:05,120 --> 01:43:07,219 I told you... 1372 01:43:07,220 --> 01:43:10,789 ... my business is the intimate inspection 1373 01:43:10,790 --> 01:43:14,429 of your heart and of your soul. 1374 01:43:14,430 --> 01:43:17,599 So, come now, 1375 01:43:17,600 --> 01:43:21,820 and we will witness how your blindness 1376 01:43:21,821 --> 01:43:25,359 finally gave rise to the abominable. 1377 01:43:25,360 --> 01:43:30,699 To something you did seven Christmases ago. 1378 01:43:30,700 --> 01:43:32,349 Seven? 1379 01:43:32,350 --> 01:43:34,679 Come, Ebenezer, 1380 01:43:34,680 --> 01:43:38,789 and look upon the evil that you did. 1381 01:43:38,790 --> 01:43:42,924 An evil that was not even for profit. 1382 01:43:48,550 --> 01:43:50,940 Dear God. No man should be here. 1383 01:43:50,950 --> 01:43:53,699 We are not men, and we are not here. 1384 01:43:53,700 --> 01:43:55,669 And yet we witness 1385 01:43:55,670 --> 01:43:58,941 where this awful thing began. 1386 01:44:03,400 --> 01:44:05,230 Your baby is born! 1387 01:44:09,118 --> 01:44:11,203 Is it a boy or is it a girl? 1388 01:44:11,204 --> 01:44:12,955 - Boy. - Oh. Does he breathe? 1389 01:44:12,956 --> 01:44:14,799 He breathes. 1390 01:44:14,800 --> 01:44:16,540 Is he whole? 1391 01:44:19,003 --> 01:44:21,880 Martha. 1392 01:44:21,881 --> 01:44:23,840 Martha, is he whole? 1393 01:44:23,841 --> 01:44:26,928 Martha, is he whole?! 1394 01:44:29,020 --> 01:44:31,840 And in this, 1395 01:44:31,849 --> 01:44:35,590 this moment, do you remember what you did? 1396 01:44:37,280 --> 01:44:39,679 No. 1397 01:44:39,680 --> 01:44:42,219 You looked upon the suffering, 1398 01:44:42,220 --> 01:44:44,719 not of faceless strangers, 1399 01:44:44,720 --> 01:44:48,219 but of people you've known for years. 1400 01:44:48,220 --> 01:44:51,419 And in their anguish, 1401 01:44:51,420 --> 01:44:54,619 you would see only one thing: 1402 01:44:54,620 --> 01:44:56,880 opportunity. 1403 01:44:59,230 --> 01:45:03,039 Come with me to Christmas Eve 1404 01:45:03,040 --> 01:45:05,550 seven Christmases ago. 1405 01:45:07,110 --> 01:45:09,219 When the clock is striking 1406 01:45:09,220 --> 01:45:11,759 one, two... 1407 01:45:11,760 --> 01:45:15,239 three... 1408 01:45:15,240 --> 01:45:18,339 Four, five, six. 1409 01:45:18,340 --> 01:45:19,739 6:00 in the morning, 1410 01:45:19,740 --> 01:45:22,640 and all is snowbound and iced. 1411 01:45:27,760 --> 01:45:29,910 Cratchit an hour early? 1412 01:45:46,500 --> 01:45:48,509 Mrs. Cratchit. 1413 01:45:48,510 --> 01:45:51,049 May I come in? 1414 01:45:51,050 --> 01:45:54,891 May I speak with you in confidence, Mr. Scrooge? 1415 01:45:56,550 --> 01:45:59,270 Yes, I always have time for early risers. 1416 01:46:03,540 --> 01:46:06,839 Is your husband ill? Are you here to make excuses? 1417 01:46:06,840 --> 01:46:09,399 No. My husband will be reporting for work 1418 01:46:09,400 --> 01:46:11,197 in one hour, as usual. 1419 01:46:11,198 --> 01:46:14,159 Though to work on Christmas Eve is not so usual. 1420 01:46:14,160 --> 01:46:17,290 Oh, at Scrooge and Marley, it is usual. 1421 01:46:19,460 --> 01:46:21,920 What do you want at this hour? 1422 01:46:23,850 --> 01:46:26,079 As I think you know... 1423 01:46:26,080 --> 01:46:29,550 two years ago, I gave birth to a boy, Tim. 1424 01:46:31,020 --> 01:46:35,299 And as I also think you know, he was... 1425 01:46:35,300 --> 01:46:37,339 ... born with imperfections. 1426 01:46:37,340 --> 01:46:38,509 Yes. 1427 01:46:38,510 --> 01:46:43,100 Perhaps too much rich food in your diet, Mrs. Cratchit. 1428 01:46:45,024 --> 01:46:47,509 This cold and the smoke in this city... 1429 01:46:47,510 --> 01:46:49,779 it does not suit a boy so tender. 1430 01:46:51,280 --> 01:46:53,189 He has fluid on his lungs. 1431 01:46:53,190 --> 01:46:55,449 A surgeon has told us 1432 01:46:55,450 --> 01:46:58,049 that he requires an operation, 1433 01:46:58,050 --> 01:47:00,206 thoracic draining... 1434 01:47:02,220 --> 01:47:03,859 ... or he will die. 1435 01:47:03,860 --> 01:47:07,279 Now, the-the cost of the operation 1436 01:47:07,280 --> 01:47:08,880 i-is far beyond our means. 1437 01:47:08,881 --> 01:47:13,259 It's very complex, in three stages. 1438 01:47:13,260 --> 01:47:15,380 How much? 1439 01:47:17,940 --> 01:47:19,760 T-Ten, ten and ten. 1440 01:47:19,767 --> 01:47:21,699 £30. 1441 01:47:21,700 --> 01:47:24,299 You can't sell your house? 1442 01:47:24,300 --> 01:47:26,606 The house is rented. 1443 01:47:26,607 --> 01:47:28,650 You have no rich relative? 1444 01:47:28,651 --> 01:47:31,419 Mr. Scrooge, my husband 1445 01:47:31,420 --> 01:47:34,149 is too proud to ask you himself. 1446 01:47:34,150 --> 01:47:40,280 But I weigh my pride against my baby's life, and... 1447 01:47:40,290 --> 01:47:43,082 ... the scales break with the imbalance. 1448 01:47:44,530 --> 01:47:46,168 You are a poet. 1449 01:47:47,800 --> 01:47:51,379 I am a mother... 1450 01:47:51,380 --> 01:47:54,359 ... in desperate need. 1451 01:47:54,360 --> 01:47:56,320 And I came here 1452 01:47:56,330 --> 01:47:59,379 without my husband's permission or knowledge... 1453 01:47:59,380 --> 01:48:02,460 to ask you, Mr. Scrooge, for a loan. 1454 01:48:06,550 --> 01:48:09,379 Where does your husband think you are? 1455 01:48:09,380 --> 01:48:11,600 What lie did you tell? 1456 01:48:14,220 --> 01:48:18,639 Well, uh... I told him that I would queue for the best goose. 1457 01:48:18,640 --> 01:48:21,039 Ah. You can afford a goose, 1458 01:48:21,040 --> 01:48:23,839 but you still want a loan. 1459 01:48:23,840 --> 01:48:26,859 You could deduct a certain amount from my husband's wages 1460 01:48:26,860 --> 01:48:29,699 each week. I th-I think we could survive on two shillings less. 1461 01:48:29,700 --> 01:48:32,999 - And over... - Shh. Let me see... 1462 01:48:33,000 --> 01:48:35,439 two shillings per week. 1463 01:48:35,440 --> 01:48:38,879 Two by 52, that's 104 shillings per year. 1464 01:48:38,880 --> 01:48:41,181 That is five pounds, four shillings. 1465 01:48:41,182 --> 01:48:44,079 Five pounds, four shillings per year times six 1466 01:48:44,080 --> 01:48:46,309 is £31, four shillings. 1467 01:48:46,310 --> 01:48:50,460 So, if your husband were to continue to work for me, 1468 01:48:50,470 --> 01:48:52,769 he would pay his debt in six years 1469 01:48:52,770 --> 01:48:54,569 and provide an interest dividend 1470 01:48:54,570 --> 01:48:56,571 of one pound, four shillings. 1471 01:48:56,572 --> 01:48:59,074 - Mr. Scrooge... - That's an interest rate of four percent. 1472 01:48:59,075 --> 01:49:03,619 Which, on a six-year investment, is uncompetitive. 1473 01:49:03,620 --> 01:49:05,399 Especially since it depends 1474 01:49:05,400 --> 01:49:07,539 on a guarantee of six years of service 1475 01:49:07,540 --> 01:49:10,299 when, as we know, life is filled with... 1476 01:49:10,300 --> 01:49:13,169 uh, misfortune and unexpected hazards 1477 01:49:13,170 --> 01:49:17,220 which may render him unable to fulfill his obligation. 1478 01:49:20,440 --> 01:49:24,319 Mr. Scrooge, I th-I think we might be able to survive 1479 01:49:24,320 --> 01:49:26,059 on less per week. 1480 01:49:26,060 --> 01:49:28,199 If you were to sacrifice absurd things 1481 01:49:28,200 --> 01:49:30,606 like goose at Christmas, yes, perhaps. 1482 01:49:32,630 --> 01:49:34,193 Mr. Scrooge... 1483 01:49:36,200 --> 01:49:38,322 ... there is no one else. 1484 01:49:47,710 --> 01:49:51,099 Mrs. Cratchit, in my safe, at present, 1485 01:49:51,100 --> 01:49:54,399 I have £537 and 15 shillings. 1486 01:49:54,400 --> 01:49:56,789 Pure profit. Pure. 1487 01:49:56,790 --> 01:49:59,300 Just behind that iron door. 1488 01:50:00,886 --> 01:50:03,589 Which opens 1489 01:50:03,590 --> 01:50:06,020 with the turn of this key. 1490 01:50:07,830 --> 01:50:11,147 And the words "open sesame." 1491 01:50:18,520 --> 01:50:20,059 What would you do, Mrs. Cratchit, 1492 01:50:20,060 --> 01:50:21,379 to have me open that door 1493 01:50:21,380 --> 01:50:24,617 and hand you £30? 1494 01:50:24,618 --> 01:50:27,746 Not as a loan, but as a gift. 1495 01:50:32,084 --> 01:50:33,989 I know, Mrs. Cratchit, 1496 01:50:33,990 --> 01:50:38,590 you are a faithful, virtuous and honest woman. 1497 01:50:38,591 --> 01:50:41,959 But I am curious as to the extent of that 1498 01:50:41,960 --> 01:50:45,039 honesty and faithfulness. 1499 01:50:46,090 --> 01:50:49,420 The price of it, I mean. 1500 01:50:53,440 --> 01:50:55,560 I do not understand what you mean, Mr. Scrooge. 1501 01:51:07,320 --> 01:51:10,640 Ten, ten and ten. 1502 01:51:14,530 --> 01:51:17,170 I am a man of reason. 1503 01:51:17,171 --> 01:51:21,039 A scientist. I... I like to conduct experiments 1504 01:51:21,040 --> 01:51:24,039 regarding the human condition. 1505 01:51:24,040 --> 01:51:27,919 Regarding virtue and vice. 1506 01:51:27,920 --> 01:51:31,819 Experiments to determine if every aspect 1507 01:51:31,820 --> 01:51:34,019 of the human soul can be converted into currency, 1508 01:51:34,020 --> 01:51:37,439 and if so, what is the exchange rate. 1509 01:51:37,440 --> 01:51:42,070 For love, for example, or compassion. 1510 01:51:45,390 --> 01:51:46,866 Mrs. Cratchit, please, 1511 01:51:46,867 --> 01:51:49,535 take ten now, 1512 01:51:49,536 --> 01:51:52,538 then think up another lie to tell your husband, 1513 01:51:52,539 --> 01:51:56,039 and come to my apartment on Christmas Day at 4:00 p.m. 1514 01:51:56,040 --> 01:51:58,339 When you are at my apartment, 1515 01:51:58,340 --> 01:52:00,964 if you do exactly what I tell you to do... 1516 01:52:00,965 --> 01:52:03,717 everything I tell you to do... I'll give you the rest. 1517 01:52:04,750 --> 01:52:06,804 As a gift. 1518 01:52:19,590 --> 01:52:23,419 Christmas... Christmas Day itself would be difficult. 1519 01:52:23,420 --> 01:52:25,919 Christmas Day is a day like any other. 1520 01:52:25,920 --> 01:52:28,534 Meet me at my apartment at 4:00 p.m. Do we have a deal? 1521 01:52:34,040 --> 01:52:35,620 Yes. 1522 01:53:01,000 --> 01:53:04,485 This is not a game, 1523 01:53:04,486 --> 01:53:08,866 Ebenezer Scrooge. 1524 01:53:19,410 --> 01:53:25,860 _ 1525 01:53:57,110 --> 01:53:58,709 Spare a penny for the poor, madam, 1526 01:53:58,710 --> 01:54:01,349 on this fine Christmas Day. 1527 01:54:01,350 --> 01:54:04,099 And so it came to pass 1528 01:54:04,100 --> 01:54:06,879 that on this Christmas Day 1529 01:54:06,880 --> 01:54:08,899 seven years ago... 1530 01:54:08,900 --> 01:54:11,119 Why do I feel the cold? 1531 01:54:11,120 --> 01:54:13,789 Why do I feel the cold if I am only here in spirit 1532 01:54:13,790 --> 01:54:16,183 and not here in body? 1533 01:54:17,920 --> 01:54:21,810 The cold that you are feeling comes from within, 1534 01:54:21,814 --> 01:54:24,499 from inside your soul. 1535 01:54:24,500 --> 01:54:26,499 Before this moment, 1536 01:54:26,500 --> 01:54:29,445 you couldn't feel it, but now you can. 1537 01:54:29,446 --> 01:54:33,379 Then if I am to become a compassionate and tender person, 1538 01:54:33,380 --> 01:54:35,179 I will need thicker socks. 1539 01:54:35,180 --> 01:54:38,079 When real feeling returns, 1540 01:54:38,080 --> 01:54:41,519 pins and needles will begin. Needles in your heart. 1541 01:54:41,520 --> 01:54:44,689 Pins to hold up pictures from your past. 1542 01:54:44,690 --> 01:54:48,639 Come. Follow poor Mary to her destiny 1543 01:54:48,640 --> 01:54:51,359 and witness what you did. 1544 01:54:51,360 --> 01:54:53,094 And remember, 1545 01:54:53,095 --> 01:54:56,799 this is not about you, Ebenezer Scrooge, 1546 01:54:56,800 --> 01:54:59,476 it is about her. 1547 01:55:02,270 --> 01:55:04,240 Merry Christmas to you, madam. 1548 01:55:55,120 --> 01:55:58,229 Dear God, forgive me. 1549 01:55:58,230 --> 01:56:00,912 Dear, dear Bob, forgive me. 1550 01:56:00,913 --> 01:56:03,459 Children, forgive me. 1551 01:56:03,460 --> 01:56:05,610 Jesus, turn your head. 1552 01:56:23,227 --> 01:56:25,687 Come in. 1553 01:56:27,790 --> 01:56:30,240 I do not need to witness this. 1554 01:56:31,360 --> 01:56:33,237 I do not need to be here. 1555 01:56:43,140 --> 01:56:46,040 - Drink? - No. Please... 1556 01:56:47,470 --> 01:56:50,639 ... let's get this thing done. 1557 01:56:50,640 --> 01:56:54,120 I said I'd be back for... 1558 01:56:55,220 --> 01:56:56,459 For what? 1559 01:56:56,460 --> 01:57:00,299 For the pouring of the brandy on the pudding. 1560 01:57:00,300 --> 01:57:03,599 Ah. A perfect Christmas tradition. 1561 01:57:03,600 --> 01:57:06,379 Pour perfectly good brandy onto an already-cooked 1562 01:57:06,380 --> 01:57:08,563 pudding and set fire to it. 1563 01:57:08,564 --> 01:57:11,983 Thus burning the pudding and wasting the brandy. 1564 01:57:11,984 --> 01:57:15,369 To the moment. 1565 01:57:15,370 --> 01:57:19,198 And what is the moment? I need to be clear. 1566 01:57:19,199 --> 01:57:21,994 Our arrangement. 1567 01:57:25,080 --> 01:57:26,706 I need to be clear. 1568 01:57:26,707 --> 01:57:29,679 You will... 1569 01:57:29,680 --> 01:57:32,789 give me money if... 1570 01:57:32,790 --> 01:57:37,870 I allow you to do what you want. 1571 01:57:40,740 --> 01:57:45,759 And what do I want? 1572 01:57:45,760 --> 01:57:49,039 I need to be clear. 1573 01:57:49,040 --> 01:57:50,855 I have to say it out loud? 1574 01:57:50,856 --> 01:57:52,899 Yes. 1575 01:57:56,400 --> 01:58:00,179 I imagine... 1576 01:58:00,180 --> 01:58:02,159 intercourse. 1577 01:58:05,250 --> 01:58:06,919 To be clear... 1578 01:58:06,920 --> 01:58:10,139 you are willing to have intercourse with me 1579 01:58:10,140 --> 01:58:13,679 in return for the £20 cash I have put on the fireplace, 1580 01:58:13,680 --> 01:58:15,129 along with the ten I put down 1581 01:58:15,130 --> 01:58:18,599 as a deposit on your virtue. 1582 01:58:18,600 --> 01:58:19,885 In the name of God. 1583 01:58:21,120 --> 01:58:22,599 You would do it in the name of God? 1584 01:58:22,600 --> 01:58:24,739 For my son. 1585 01:58:24,740 --> 01:58:27,475 - As you know... - Yes. 1586 01:58:27,476 --> 01:58:29,770 Yes, I know. 1587 01:58:31,380 --> 01:58:33,030 Please. 1588 01:58:34,850 --> 01:58:36,960 My family are all waiting. 1589 01:59:02,410 --> 01:59:05,870 I do this only for the life of my child. 1590 01:59:12,720 --> 01:59:14,599 In truth, your reason for needing 1591 01:59:14,600 --> 01:59:16,359 the money is not part of my experiment, 1592 01:59:16,360 --> 01:59:18,151 and therefore not of interest to me. 1593 01:59:19,660 --> 01:59:21,189 Everyone has their own reasons 1594 01:59:21,190 --> 01:59:23,572 for wanting and needing money. 1595 01:59:23,573 --> 01:59:25,859 That is not the issue. 1596 01:59:25,860 --> 01:59:28,990 My experiment is about currency. 1597 01:59:28,995 --> 01:59:31,759 It is about finding out the extent 1598 01:59:31,760 --> 01:59:35,609 of the things a good person will do in return for money 1599 01:59:35,610 --> 01:59:38,630 and how much each bad thing would cost. 1600 01:59:40,520 --> 01:59:42,630 Thereby establishing a... 1601 01:59:42,634 --> 01:59:46,130 kind of exchange rate, a human exchange rate. 1602 01:59:48,820 --> 01:59:52,059 Similar to the exchange rate on the commodity market. 1603 01:59:52,060 --> 01:59:56,639 Except now... 1604 01:59:56,640 --> 01:59:57,959 it is your virtue. 1605 01:59:59,430 --> 02:00:01,987 Your virtue up for auction. 1606 02:00:03,960 --> 02:00:06,039 And with it, any doubt in my mind 1607 02:00:06,040 --> 02:00:08,900 about human nature. 1608 02:00:12,122 --> 02:00:13,540 Going... 1609 02:00:14,583 --> 02:00:17,210 ... going... 1610 02:00:23,960 --> 02:00:26,060 ... gone. 1611 02:00:58,168 --> 02:01:00,420 I have no interest in you, Mary Cratchit. 1612 02:01:01,860 --> 02:01:04,800 Nor in anyone in this way anymore. 1613 02:01:06,460 --> 02:01:08,359 The intercourse I sought 1614 02:01:08,360 --> 02:01:11,223 was purely of the intellectual kind. 1615 02:01:14,540 --> 02:01:17,603 You are a devoted wife, 1616 02:01:17,604 --> 02:01:20,229 a loving mother, 1617 02:01:20,230 --> 02:01:23,160 and yet, on Christmas Day, 1618 02:01:23,170 --> 02:01:25,528 you are prepared to run across town 1619 02:01:25,529 --> 02:01:28,379 in the snow 1620 02:01:28,380 --> 02:01:30,999 and break every solemn vow 1621 02:01:31,000 --> 02:01:33,489 and commandment 1622 02:01:33,490 --> 02:01:37,082 in return for money. 1623 02:01:46,330 --> 02:01:48,669 Take it. 1624 02:01:48,670 --> 02:01:51,540 You've already given me what I want. 1625 02:01:53,210 --> 02:01:54,750 Proof. 1626 02:02:04,693 --> 02:02:07,028 Merry Christmas. 1627 02:02:33,221 --> 02:02:35,348 Never speak of this. 1628 02:02:42,120 --> 02:02:44,270 I will never tell your husband. 1629 02:02:46,900 --> 02:02:48,219 But if he should ever tell you 1630 02:02:48,220 --> 02:02:49,940 he is thinking of leaving my employment, 1631 02:02:49,946 --> 02:02:52,379 the truth might slip. 1632 02:02:52,380 --> 02:02:56,269 So I will count on you to urge caution to him 1633 02:02:56,270 --> 02:02:58,079 as he considers his future career. 1634 02:02:58,080 --> 02:03:02,140 I value your husband very highly. 1635 02:03:05,060 --> 02:03:08,790 Now go and burn your figgy pudding. 1636 02:03:22,390 --> 02:03:23,980 I will. 1637 02:03:26,942 --> 02:03:29,569 And I will say a prayer. 1638 02:03:32,610 --> 02:03:36,200 That someday... 1639 02:03:36,201 --> 02:03:39,479 some power of justice 1640 02:03:39,480 --> 02:03:43,149 will grab you by the throat 1641 02:03:43,150 --> 02:03:49,713 and drag you to a true, bright mirror 1642 02:03:49,714 --> 02:03:51,859 that you might see the truth 1643 02:03:51,860 --> 02:03:54,700 in your reflection. 1644 02:03:55,900 --> 02:03:58,219 And that the truth 1645 02:03:58,220 --> 02:04:01,500 will be known to the world. 1646 02:04:06,740 --> 02:04:10,479 I am a woman, 1647 02:04:10,480 --> 02:04:14,197 and I have the power to summon such spirits. 1648 02:04:17,325 --> 02:04:19,600 And I fucking will. 1649 02:04:56,680 --> 02:04:58,600 Humbug. 1650 02:05:09,790 --> 02:05:10,939 Is it true? 1651 02:05:14,080 --> 02:05:15,619 Was it Mary Cratchit who summoned you 1652 02:05:15,620 --> 02:05:17,677 to take me by the throat? 1653 02:05:17,678 --> 02:05:20,420 Behold. 1654 02:05:22,500 --> 02:05:25,020 Even yet. 1655 02:05:26,180 --> 02:05:28,959 No pins, mm? 1656 02:05:28,960 --> 02:05:31,430 No needles. 1657 02:05:35,650 --> 02:05:37,905 Oh, fuck. 1658 02:05:37,906 --> 02:05:40,989 What care I about another? 1659 02:05:40,990 --> 02:05:43,189 Just-just remember, 1660 02:05:43,190 --> 02:05:46,759 the-the money I gave to Mary Cratchit 1661 02:05:46,760 --> 02:05:48,419 was used to save her son's life, 1662 02:05:48,420 --> 02:05:52,059 and-and Tim lives still, so if you view virtue 1663 02:05:52,060 --> 02:05:54,179 purely through the consequence of action 1664 02:05:54,180 --> 02:05:56,599 rather than the motivation for the said action, 1665 02:05:56,600 --> 02:05:59,219 we have just witnessed my former self doing a good thing. 1666 02:06:01,380 --> 02:06:03,055 Bravo. 1667 02:06:03,056 --> 02:06:06,100 You are a rock. 1668 02:06:06,101 --> 02:06:08,549 A pile of rubble. 1669 02:06:08,550 --> 02:06:10,020 A heart lost, 1670 02:06:10,021 --> 02:06:12,899 never to be found. 1671 02:06:16,380 --> 02:06:19,010 The sun measures my allocation. 1672 02:06:20,880 --> 02:06:23,010 My time with you is done. 1673 02:06:25,660 --> 02:06:28,859 - So-so I am forgiven? - How many times must you be told?! 1674 02:06:28,860 --> 02:06:31,458 It's not about your forgiveness! 1675 02:06:31,459 --> 02:06:33,252 Well, what is it, then? 1676 02:06:33,253 --> 02:06:36,088 How am I supposed to find what I'm meant to find, 1677 02:06:36,089 --> 02:06:39,007 or feel what you want me to feel if-if I don't know what it is? 1678 02:06:39,008 --> 02:06:41,349 It is now midday. 1679 02:06:41,350 --> 02:06:43,079 The second spirit will come 1680 02:06:43,080 --> 02:06:45,639 when the clock strikes midnight. 1681 02:06:45,640 --> 02:06:50,389 The second spirit will search the blizzard for your heart. 1682 02:06:50,390 --> 02:06:53,814 And if it only finds rocks and ice, 1683 02:06:53,815 --> 02:06:57,299 - Ebenezer Scrooge be damned! - Wait. Wait. 1684 02:06:57,300 --> 02:06:58,986 Wait, tell me what to expect. 1685 02:06:58,987 --> 02:07:01,639 No, tell me what is expected of me. 1686 02:07:01,640 --> 02:07:03,079 My-my thoughts are my own, 1687 02:07:03,080 --> 02:07:05,659 but my soul is beyond my control. 1688 02:07:05,660 --> 02:07:08,930 Spirit, tell me how to change it! 1689 02:07:16,920 --> 02:07:18,463 Spirit. 1690 02:07:18,464 --> 02:07:20,740 Is there hope? 1691 02:07:22,886 --> 02:07:25,759 Has he changed? 1692 02:07:25,760 --> 02:07:27,015 Spirit, speak. 1693 02:07:29,240 --> 02:07:31,299 Oh, please tell me the work you've done 1694 02:07:31,300 --> 02:07:32,519 has managed to change him. 1695 02:07:32,520 --> 02:07:36,191 I can't stay here for eternity. 1696 02:07:59,390 --> 02:08:01,580 They're sending you. 1697 02:08:27,020 --> 02:08:30,039 Merry Christmas. 1698 02:08:30,040 --> 02:08:32,621 Merry Christmas, one and all. 1699 02:08:32,622 --> 02:08:34,889 Many benefits. 1700 02:08:34,890 --> 02:08:37,129 Prosper. 1701 02:08:37,130 --> 02:08:40,999 I mean you prosper, not me. 1702 02:08:41,000 --> 02:08:44,290 Seasons tidings, et cetera, et cet... 1703 02:08:52,850 --> 02:08:55,730 Merry Christmas, one and all. 1704 02:08:59,690 --> 02:09:02,419 And on and on it goes. 1705 02:09:02,420 --> 02:09:06,089 Empty, false and forced. 1706 02:09:06,090 --> 02:09:09,880 Year upon year, endlessly. 1707 02:09:12,970 --> 02:09:15,120 Ebby. 1708 02:09:18,910 --> 02:09:21,020 Spirit? 1709 02:09:25,480 --> 02:09:27,130 Spirit? 1710 02:09:30,430 --> 02:09:32,431 Ebby, go wait outside. 1711 02:09:32,432 --> 02:09:35,684 Our father has left us. 1712 02:09:35,685 --> 02:09:37,854 At last. 1713 02:09:51,868 --> 02:09:53,619 Lottie. 1714 02:09:58,541 --> 02:10:01,835 You paid for my funeral, yet here I am. 1715 02:10:01,836 --> 02:10:04,179 The Ghost of Christmas Present. 1716 02:10:04,180 --> 02:10:07,239 A present unknown to you. 1717 02:10:07,240 --> 02:10:10,303 Unknown to almost everyone till they're made to look. 1718 02:10:15,540 --> 02:10:17,600 Come. 1719 02:10:18,900 --> 02:10:20,539 Come on. 1720 02:10:20,540 --> 02:10:22,919 Lottie, i-if I'd known what you did for me 1721 02:10:22,920 --> 02:10:24,839 all those years ago, I would've shown more understanding. 1722 02:10:24,840 --> 02:10:28,079 I will show and you will learn. 1723 02:10:28,080 --> 02:10:30,280 And hopefully... 1724 02:10:30,281 --> 02:10:32,109 you will soon begin to feel. 1725 02:10:32,110 --> 02:10:33,658 So you need to wrap up. 1726 02:10:33,659 --> 02:10:36,209 You may recall that when I was alive, 1727 02:10:36,210 --> 02:10:37,537 I was quite the scientist. 1728 02:10:37,538 --> 02:10:39,749 Well, I still am. 1729 02:10:39,750 --> 02:10:43,543 What I will show you is in the name of science. 1730 02:10:43,544 --> 02:10:45,379 You like experiments, don't you? 1731 02:10:47,006 --> 02:10:49,750 Any scientific study of human society will illustrate 1732 02:10:49,759 --> 02:10:52,379 the success of that society is dependent upon 1733 02:10:52,380 --> 02:10:53,595 the function of the collective. 1734 02:10:53,596 --> 02:10:55,839 And the function of the collective is dependent on 1735 02:10:55,840 --> 02:10:57,099 various discrete factors. 1736 02:10:57,100 --> 02:10:58,419 You know, Lottie, I once remarked 1737 02:10:58,420 --> 02:11:00,470 that you were the brightest person I knew. 1738 02:11:00,478 --> 02:11:01,853 Hmm. 1739 02:11:01,854 --> 02:11:03,709 Later, I remarked that you were also 1740 02:11:03,710 --> 02:11:06,030 a bit of a show-off about it. 1741 02:11:10,154 --> 02:11:11,739 Now just pay attention. 1742 02:11:12,800 --> 02:11:14,719 Our first case study. 1743 02:11:14,720 --> 02:11:16,535 It is Christmas morning. 1744 02:11:16,536 --> 02:11:19,379 Not past, not future, 1745 02:11:19,380 --> 02:11:22,139 but here and now. 1746 02:11:22,140 --> 02:11:24,929 Not an easy time for Bob and Mary. 1747 02:11:24,930 --> 02:11:28,219 Not much surplus for gifts for the children. 1748 02:11:28,220 --> 02:11:30,759 Bob has taken Belinda's old ice skates 1749 02:11:30,760 --> 02:11:33,059 and he's mending them so that she can skate on the pond 1750 02:11:33,060 --> 02:11:35,299 on Christmas Day, as she loves to do. 1751 02:11:35,300 --> 02:11:38,479 Mary's writing out a story that she was told as a child. 1752 02:11:38,480 --> 02:11:40,809 From memory. 1753 02:11:40,810 --> 02:11:43,530 She has an excellent memory. 1754 02:11:46,850 --> 02:11:48,849 The story of Icarus. 1755 02:11:48,850 --> 02:11:51,179 She's illustrating it for Tim 1756 02:11:51,180 --> 02:11:53,072 so that she can give it to him. 1757 02:11:53,073 --> 02:11:56,299 And they have no money for books. 1758 02:11:56,300 --> 02:11:57,839 - Almost time. - Tim will value this book 1759 02:11:57,840 --> 02:12:00,325 - more than any bought in a shop. - Almost done. 1760 02:12:00,326 --> 02:12:02,259 And if you're worried about the ink, 1761 02:12:02,260 --> 02:12:05,959 Bob offered to steal her some from your supply... 1762 02:12:05,960 --> 02:12:08,969 but she refused. 1763 02:12:08,970 --> 02:12:11,039 She didn't want anything in the house 1764 02:12:11,040 --> 02:12:13,479 that had even been touched by Ebenezer Scrooge. 1765 02:12:13,480 --> 02:12:15,039 It's Christmas! 1766 02:12:15,040 --> 02:12:17,009 Ho-ho, Merry Christmas. 1767 02:12:17,010 --> 02:12:18,709 - Merry Christmas. - Merry Christmas. 1768 02:12:18,710 --> 02:12:20,819 - Hey, mister. You sleep all right? - Oh... 1769 02:12:20,820 --> 02:12:21,919 - Merry Christmas. - Happy Christmas. 1770 02:12:21,920 --> 02:12:24,102 Is this an experiment to see if you can 1771 02:12:24,103 --> 02:12:26,239 - wring blood from my heart? - Presents. 1772 02:12:26,240 --> 02:12:28,940 No. No, I show you this scene to comfort you. 1773 02:12:28,941 --> 02:12:30,359 - Did you sleep? - Yeah. 1774 02:12:30,360 --> 02:12:32,110 Did you? No? 1775 02:12:32,111 --> 02:12:35,697 They have no money. But listen. 1776 02:12:35,698 --> 02:12:37,299 - That's for you, Belinda. - Thank you. 1777 02:12:37,300 --> 02:12:38,569 This is for you. 1778 02:12:38,570 --> 02:12:39,868 Yeah, oh, that one's for you too, Tim. 1779 02:12:39,869 --> 02:12:43,372 What they lack in money they make up for with love. 1780 02:12:44,900 --> 02:12:47,039 Fruit and nuts. Yes! 1781 02:12:47,040 --> 02:12:48,251 To share, Belinda. 1782 02:12:48,252 --> 02:12:49,639 Don't you see the science of it? 1783 02:12:49,640 --> 02:12:52,079 Biscuits. Thank you. 1784 02:12:52,080 --> 02:12:54,179 Love makes them mend and draw 1785 02:12:54,180 --> 02:12:56,593 and write, make do. 1786 02:12:56,594 --> 02:13:00,259 - My ice skates. Good as new. - Without love, 1787 02:13:00,260 --> 02:13:03,499 they would demand more money for new skates and real books. 1788 02:13:03,500 --> 02:13:05,018 Every Bob Cratchit in England 1789 02:13:05,019 --> 02:13:07,188 survives half on money... 1790 02:13:08,440 --> 02:13:11,159 - ... and half on love. - You gonna go out on them today? 1791 02:13:11,160 --> 02:13:12,929 - Yes. - Yes? 1792 02:13:12,930 --> 02:13:15,699 This book is beautiful. 1793 02:13:15,700 --> 02:13:17,769 Be careful... it might still be a bit wet. 1794 02:13:17,770 --> 02:13:19,200 - Okay. - Okay. 1795 02:13:21,580 --> 02:13:24,287 - Thank you so much for these. - You are welcome. 1796 02:13:24,288 --> 02:13:26,839 Ebenezer. 1797 02:13:26,840 --> 02:13:28,700 It is I. 1798 02:13:28,709 --> 02:13:31,179 Your dad was up all night. 1799 02:13:36,290 --> 02:13:38,259 So it is love. 1800 02:13:38,260 --> 02:13:41,679 Love that saves the system 1801 02:13:41,680 --> 02:13:42,729 from revolution. 1802 02:13:44,720 --> 02:13:47,829 A scientific and economic reason 1803 02:13:47,830 --> 02:13:50,039 for you to embrace it, Ebenezer. 1804 02:13:50,040 --> 02:13:52,369 See the value of it. 1805 02:13:52,370 --> 02:13:55,169 - You're mocking me. - You mock yourself, 1806 02:13:55,170 --> 02:13:59,115 putting a value to things that have no price. 1807 02:14:02,380 --> 02:14:06,119 How many candles are there under the tree? 1808 02:14:06,120 --> 02:14:09,089 And bells. How many bells? 1809 02:14:09,090 --> 02:14:12,489 And presents for the children... how many were there? 1810 02:14:12,490 --> 02:14:16,319 - You didn't count. - ? O, come all ye faithful ? 1811 02:14:16,320 --> 02:14:17,959 - ? Joyful ? - You stared for a long time, 1812 02:14:17,960 --> 02:14:20,539 - but you didn't count. - ? And triumphant ? 1813 02:14:20,540 --> 02:14:23,069 - Before, you always counted everything. - ? O, come ye ? 1814 02:14:23,070 --> 02:14:26,639 - This time, you looked. - ? Oh, come ye to Bethlehem ? 1815 02:14:28,440 --> 02:14:30,579 - Is that a good thing? - ? Come and ? 1816 02:14:30,580 --> 02:14:33,219 - Is that... progress? - ? Behold Him ? 1817 02:14:33,220 --> 02:14:36,049 - You tell me. - ? Born the King of Angels ? 1818 02:14:36,050 --> 02:14:37,179 I thought you were supposed 1819 02:14:37,180 --> 02:14:38,499 - to know it all. - ? Oh, come, let us ? 1820 02:14:38,500 --> 02:14:40,819 - Oh, do you smell that, Ebby? - ? Adore Him... ? 1821 02:14:40,820 --> 02:14:42,249 The day passes quickly. 1822 02:14:42,250 --> 02:14:43,639 Already it's dinnertime. 1823 02:14:43,640 --> 02:14:44,659 It's a pleasure to have you here. 1824 02:14:44,660 --> 02:14:46,289 Mm, and there's goose. 1825 02:14:46,290 --> 02:14:48,779 Mary. As a lonely widow, 1826 02:14:48,780 --> 02:14:50,419 I had a dozen invitations to dinner, 1827 02:14:50,420 --> 02:14:52,539 and I'm mightily glad that I chose to accept yours. 1828 02:14:52,540 --> 02:14:55,099 Never a finer goose was seen. 1829 02:14:55,100 --> 02:14:56,212 And so cheap. 1830 02:14:56,213 --> 02:14:58,840 It had a broken leg or a leg shorter than the other 1831 02:14:58,841 --> 02:15:00,551 - or something. - Tim... 1832 02:15:00,552 --> 02:15:02,319 Bob, you carve. 1833 02:15:02,320 --> 02:15:04,739 After dinner, I'm going skating. 1834 02:15:04,740 --> 02:15:06,389 I want to come. 1835 02:15:06,390 --> 02:15:08,119 You can't hardly walk. How will you skate? 1836 02:15:08,120 --> 02:15:11,019 - Belinda, please. - I will skate someday. 1837 02:15:11,020 --> 02:15:14,959 You will. But if you read my book, 1838 02:15:14,960 --> 02:15:16,439 you will learn how to fly. 1839 02:15:17,780 --> 02:15:19,419 Will we have figgy pudding this year? 1840 02:15:19,420 --> 02:15:20,959 Eat your dinner first, Belinda. 1841 02:15:20,960 --> 02:15:22,299 Of course we'll have figgy pudding. 1842 02:15:22,300 --> 02:15:23,319 It's already in the copper. 1843 02:15:23,320 --> 02:15:25,599 And will we pour brandy on it and set light to it? 1844 02:15:25,600 --> 02:15:27,909 Yes, but you'll have the bit without the brandy. 1845 02:15:27,910 --> 02:15:29,619 Wasn't there a year where Mum had 1846 02:15:29,620 --> 02:15:31,639 to go out and missed the brandy being poured? 1847 02:15:31,640 --> 02:15:32,916 When was that? 1848 02:15:32,917 --> 02:15:34,299 Really? That's a shame. 1849 02:15:34,300 --> 02:15:36,002 Come on, Dad, I'm starving. 1850 02:15:36,003 --> 02:15:37,545 Yeah, me, too. 1851 02:15:37,546 --> 02:15:39,381 - Tim. - Thank you. 1852 02:15:39,382 --> 02:15:40,840 Mm, would you look at that. 1853 02:15:40,841 --> 02:15:44,011 - Did you help Belinda, Tim? - I plucked the goose. 1854 02:15:50,768 --> 02:15:54,019 The absence of money a family can survive. 1855 02:15:54,020 --> 02:15:57,279 The absence of truthfulness they cannot. 1856 02:15:57,280 --> 02:15:59,849 - Mary. - I'm fine. Please go and carve. 1857 02:15:59,850 --> 02:16:00,859 We said we'd discuss the source 1858 02:16:00,860 --> 02:16:02,220 - of the money after... - How? How? 1859 02:16:05,970 --> 02:16:08,859 It's as though the whole issue 1860 02:16:08,860 --> 02:16:11,490 is somehow with us in this house. 1861 02:16:18,840 --> 02:16:20,800 I need to tell you, Bob. 1862 02:16:24,480 --> 02:16:26,189 - I want to tell you the truth. - Please, not now... 1863 02:16:26,190 --> 02:16:27,721 - No, I can't stand... - Mum, 1864 02:16:27,722 --> 02:16:29,431 Martha's trying to carve and she's making... 1865 02:16:29,432 --> 02:16:31,433 Go, Belinda. 1866 02:16:31,434 --> 02:16:32,959 Hurry up. 1867 02:16:32,960 --> 02:16:35,187 Come on, Dad. Come on, Mom. 1868 02:16:41,160 --> 02:16:43,909 I want to tell you... 1869 02:16:43,910 --> 02:16:46,940 where I got the money for Tim's operation. 1870 02:17:02,540 --> 02:17:05,700 It's as if she can see me. 1871 02:17:07,720 --> 02:17:11,181 Sometimes, in high emotions, they can see spirits. 1872 02:17:11,182 --> 02:17:14,059 Mary, if you want to tell me the truth here and now, 1873 02:17:14,060 --> 02:17:16,769 please, go ahead and do it. 1874 02:17:16,770 --> 02:17:18,920 And before the goose goes cold. 1875 02:17:23,380 --> 02:17:25,280 The truth is... 1876 02:17:27,320 --> 02:17:29,283 ... there is no rich cousin in America. 1877 02:17:30,720 --> 02:17:32,500 I made him up. 1878 02:17:34,240 --> 02:17:38,334 That Christmas Day, I... 1879 02:17:40,710 --> 02:17:42,800 I... 1880 02:17:46,967 --> 02:17:49,820 I went... 1881 02:17:52,510 --> 02:17:54,390 to Margaret Henderson. 1882 02:17:54,391 --> 02:17:56,560 Lady Henderson. 1883 02:17:58,200 --> 02:17:59,312 You remember her. 1884 02:17:59,313 --> 02:18:01,357 The one who lost her mind. 1885 02:18:05,560 --> 02:18:07,399 I remembered when I worked for her, 1886 02:18:07,400 --> 02:18:10,319 she had so many diamonds that she never wore. 1887 02:18:10,320 --> 02:18:13,661 I asked if I could have a pair of her earrings. 1888 02:18:17,760 --> 02:18:20,139 - Why is she lying? - To spare the day. 1889 02:18:20,140 --> 02:18:22,669 - What? - To spare her loving husband. 1890 02:18:22,670 --> 02:18:26,789 She was old and she was confused, and... 1891 02:18:26,790 --> 02:18:30,459 for all she knew, I might as well have been 1892 02:18:30,460 --> 02:18:32,279 asking for a ginger biscuit. 1893 02:18:32,280 --> 02:18:35,220 She said, "Yes, take them." 1894 02:18:36,642 --> 02:18:39,319 I took the diamonds from her jewelry box 1895 02:18:39,320 --> 02:18:40,900 and I sold them. 1896 02:18:42,590 --> 02:18:45,580 So, there. 1897 02:18:46,960 --> 02:18:49,659 Here I stand before you, 1898 02:18:49,660 --> 02:18:53,150 your wife the jewelry thief. 1899 02:18:56,580 --> 02:18:59,420 That is how I got the money. 1900 02:19:12,380 --> 02:19:14,479 Sweetheart, this moment of truth 1901 02:19:14,480 --> 02:19:17,480 is the best Christmas present I've ever had. 1902 02:19:23,147 --> 02:19:25,499 I have something to tell you. 1903 02:19:25,500 --> 02:19:27,550 All of you. 1904 02:19:28,660 --> 02:19:30,112 Come. 1905 02:19:37,200 --> 02:19:39,997 Everyone, I have some news. 1906 02:19:43,400 --> 02:19:45,369 Uh... 1907 02:19:45,370 --> 02:19:49,169 Cratchit tribe, one and all, 1908 02:19:49,170 --> 02:19:50,479 your father has something to tell you. 1909 02:19:50,480 --> 02:19:51,739 Bob, let's eat first. 1910 02:19:51,740 --> 02:19:54,215 No, this news will help with our digestions. 1911 02:19:54,216 --> 02:19:56,429 - What news? - Can we eat while we listen? 1912 02:19:56,430 --> 02:19:57,680 Hush, Belinda. 1913 02:19:57,681 --> 02:20:00,379 I, uh... 1914 02:20:00,380 --> 02:20:03,749 I wish to announce I've made a decision. 1915 02:20:03,750 --> 02:20:07,020 About my career. 1916 02:20:08,360 --> 02:20:10,289 I've decided that, uh, 1917 02:20:10,290 --> 02:20:12,099 Monday morning, 1918 02:20:12,100 --> 02:20:14,299 December 26... that's tomorrow... 1919 02:20:14,300 --> 02:20:17,069 I'm gonna go into the office, I'm gonna hand in 1920 02:20:17,070 --> 02:20:21,279 my resignation notice to that old skinflint Ebenezer Scrooge. 1921 02:20:21,280 --> 02:20:22,439 Yes! 1922 02:20:22,440 --> 02:20:23,831 Mary, don't be alarmed. 1923 02:20:23,832 --> 02:20:26,679 I've received an alternative offer, you see, 1924 02:20:26,680 --> 02:20:29,439 by Mr. Thwaites, of Thwaites and Langley. 1925 02:20:29,440 --> 02:20:31,219 He was quite disgusted by some of the things 1926 02:20:31,220 --> 02:20:33,599 Scrooge said to him on the street. 1927 02:20:33,600 --> 02:20:36,009 He sent me an offer. 1928 02:20:36,010 --> 02:20:38,799 And, uh, the best part is, uh, 1929 02:20:38,800 --> 02:20:43,769 my, uh, my Christmas gift to the whole family. 1930 02:20:43,770 --> 02:20:46,689 In my new position, I will be receiving 1931 02:20:46,690 --> 02:20:49,399 two extra shillings every week. 1932 02:20:49,400 --> 02:20:52,059 - Two shillings? - So, next year there will be 1933 02:20:52,060 --> 02:20:54,152 brand-new ice skates for you, Belinda, 1934 02:20:54,153 --> 02:20:56,219 and there will be real wings for you, Tim. 1935 02:20:56,220 --> 02:20:58,279 Dad, thank you! 1936 02:20:58,280 --> 02:21:00,139 - Thank you, Dad. - You're welcome. 1937 02:21:00,140 --> 02:21:02,779 Bob, congratulations. Well done. 1938 02:21:02,780 --> 02:21:05,449 - Thank you. Thank you. All right. - Well done. 1939 02:21:09,920 --> 02:21:12,214 Mary. 1940 02:21:14,640 --> 02:21:16,670 You of all people hate Scrooge. 1941 02:21:16,677 --> 02:21:20,430 And when I leave we'll be free of him. 1942 02:21:22,057 --> 02:21:24,389 We will never be free of him. 1943 02:21:24,390 --> 02:21:27,300 - What do you mean? - Enough. 1944 02:21:30,610 --> 02:21:33,069 We will get Christmas done, Bob. 1945 02:21:33,070 --> 02:21:35,479 - Then we must speak again. - Mary... 1946 02:21:35,480 --> 02:21:36,821 We will get Christmas 1947 02:21:36,822 --> 02:21:38,782 done! 1948 02:22:03,570 --> 02:22:06,419 There. 1949 02:22:06,420 --> 02:22:08,199 A happy family 1950 02:22:08,200 --> 02:22:10,605 silenced by your experiment. 1951 02:22:10,606 --> 02:22:13,739 I want her to know that if Bob Cratchit resigns, 1952 02:22:13,740 --> 02:22:15,439 I will say nothing about what happened. 1953 02:22:15,440 --> 02:22:16,659 I-I want to tell her that right now. 1954 02:22:16,660 --> 02:22:17,980 No. She already feels your presence. 1955 02:22:17,988 --> 02:22:19,519 We need to leave. 1956 02:22:19,520 --> 02:22:21,200 Get out of my house. 1957 02:22:22,659 --> 02:22:24,745 Get out of my house. 1958 02:22:27,160 --> 02:22:30,990 Get out of my house! 1959 02:22:35,400 --> 02:22:39,092 And behold, Ebenezer, 1960 02:22:39,093 --> 02:22:42,386 the bruised and broken body of Christmas Day. 1961 02:22:42,387 --> 02:22:46,266 Seen with your own eyes. 1962 02:22:50,580 --> 02:22:52,099 Now listen. 1963 02:22:52,100 --> 02:22:56,679 This very Christmas morning... 1964 02:22:56,680 --> 02:22:58,960 ... in a valley far away... 1965 02:23:00,520 --> 02:23:02,710 ... they are singing. 1966 02:23:23,880 --> 02:23:26,279 Where are we? 1967 02:23:26,280 --> 02:23:29,189 A Christmas Day memorial service 1968 02:23:29,190 --> 02:23:31,179 for those who lost their lives 1969 02:23:31,180 --> 02:23:34,500 in your great Trechloddfa pit disaster. 1970 02:23:53,820 --> 02:23:56,370 What do you see? 1971 02:24:01,360 --> 02:24:03,089 What am I meant to see? 1972 02:24:03,090 --> 02:24:05,999 No tears. Nor self-pity. 1973 02:24:06,000 --> 02:24:08,680 You see men and women and children united. 1974 02:24:41,924 --> 02:24:43,424 They harbor no hatred? 1975 02:24:43,425 --> 02:24:45,010 There's some hatred. 1976 02:24:46,300 --> 02:24:48,450 That boy. 1977 02:24:50,330 --> 02:24:54,119 He takes a train to London every Christmas Eve 1978 02:24:54,120 --> 02:24:58,105 to pay his respects at Jacob Marley's grave. 1979 02:24:58,106 --> 02:25:01,860 He lost his father and two brothers to your economies. 1980 02:25:08,200 --> 02:25:10,299 My goodness. 1981 02:25:10,300 --> 02:25:13,956 The feelings you instill are terribly strong. 1982 02:25:22,380 --> 02:25:24,839 Given my time again, 1983 02:25:24,840 --> 02:25:27,219 I would not reduce expenditure on timber. 1984 02:25:37,100 --> 02:25:39,699 Given the time again, 1985 02:25:39,700 --> 02:25:43,025 I would not be myself. 1986 02:25:43,026 --> 02:25:46,319 There. 1987 02:25:46,320 --> 02:25:48,559 The first pin. 1988 02:25:48,560 --> 02:25:51,310 The first needle. 1989 02:26:02,040 --> 02:26:05,159 "Erected in memory of the 17 brave ponies 1990 02:26:05,160 --> 02:26:06,779 "who perished in the earth 1991 02:26:06,780 --> 02:26:09,261 one Christmas Day in the morning." 1992 02:26:19,680 --> 02:26:22,239 Do you remember Flash? 1993 02:26:22,240 --> 02:26:25,660 The black horse I rode to school before I was sent away. 1994 02:26:26,987 --> 02:26:29,099 Yes. 1995 02:26:29,100 --> 02:26:32,250 And then when I went away, Father sold him. 1996 02:26:34,730 --> 02:26:37,414 Just as when I was a boy... 1997 02:26:38,800 --> 02:26:40,950 ... he sold me. 1998 02:26:49,340 --> 02:26:51,799 Ebenezer, 1999 02:26:51,800 --> 02:26:53,972 my time with you is almost done. 2000 02:26:55,120 --> 02:26:56,683 Please speak of it. 2001 02:26:58,820 --> 02:27:00,970 I just... 2002 02:27:04,130 --> 02:27:07,110 I am feeling regret. 2003 02:27:09,830 --> 02:27:11,949 It comes to me like a... 2004 02:27:11,950 --> 02:27:14,669 like a... 2005 02:27:14,670 --> 02:27:17,529 like a lump in my throat. 2006 02:27:17,530 --> 02:27:19,980 A lump of rock in my throat. 2007 02:27:22,000 --> 02:27:23,530 Regret. 2008 02:27:25,780 --> 02:27:27,380 That is a start, isn't it? 2009 02:27:32,120 --> 02:27:34,270 I should have thanked you... 2010 02:27:36,100 --> 02:27:38,799 ... for taking me out of that school, 2011 02:27:38,800 --> 02:27:42,399 where I now know I was part of a bargain 2012 02:27:42,400 --> 02:27:45,039 done between a schoolmaster 2013 02:27:45,040 --> 02:27:47,839 and our father. 2014 02:27:47,840 --> 02:27:50,649 My father. 2015 02:27:50,650 --> 02:27:53,380 My own father. 2016 02:27:56,280 --> 02:27:58,919 There. 2017 02:27:58,920 --> 02:28:01,081 Said out loud. 2018 02:28:05,320 --> 02:28:08,859 If saying it conquered it, I would shout it. 2019 02:28:08,860 --> 02:28:11,508 It doesn't. 2020 02:28:16,940 --> 02:28:18,499 Lottie, I sh... 2021 02:28:18,500 --> 02:28:21,935 I should have loved you. 2022 02:28:26,340 --> 02:28:28,679 But I want you, in all the world, 2023 02:28:28,680 --> 02:28:31,909 to understand... 2024 02:28:31,910 --> 02:28:34,020 it was too late. 2025 02:28:35,480 --> 02:28:40,499 You came with your carriage and your gun 2026 02:28:40,500 --> 02:28:42,310 too late. 2027 02:28:47,730 --> 02:28:51,173 That is what I will say as my defense. 2028 02:29:00,440 --> 02:29:02,350 Ebenezer... 2029 02:29:03,980 --> 02:29:06,760 ... when the next spirit comes... 2030 02:29:08,320 --> 02:29:11,040 ... please don't offer him excuses. 2031 02:29:12,777 --> 02:29:15,759 He is the terrible one. 2032 02:29:15,760 --> 02:29:19,280 The unknown one. 2033 02:29:21,030 --> 02:29:23,650 And the one who decides. 2034 02:29:27,700 --> 02:29:30,109 He has no interest in the past. 2035 02:29:30,110 --> 02:29:33,005 - Lottie... - Only what lies ahead. 2036 02:29:33,006 --> 02:29:35,109 Go back inside. He'll be waiting. 2037 02:29:35,110 --> 02:29:37,479 Lottie... 2038 02:29:37,480 --> 02:29:38,803 Goodbye, dear brother. 2039 02:29:44,780 --> 02:29:47,160 I couldn't love you. 2040 02:30:27,070 --> 02:30:30,169 So... 2041 02:30:30,170 --> 02:30:32,023 this is the future. 2042 02:30:58,820 --> 02:31:00,550 Spirit? 2043 02:31:56,940 --> 02:31:59,060 When the bell tolls, the spirit comes. 2044 02:31:59,069 --> 02:32:01,655 Yes, I understand. 2045 02:32:03,620 --> 02:32:05,280 And I am ready. 2046 02:32:26,221 --> 02:32:28,519 I understand 2047 02:32:28,520 --> 02:32:31,439 you are the Spirit of Christmas Future, 2048 02:32:31,440 --> 02:32:33,339 and because we can never know the future, 2049 02:32:33,340 --> 02:32:36,280 you are not allowed to speak. 2050 02:32:52,280 --> 02:32:56,209 Yes. I do have a heart. 2051 02:32:58,220 --> 02:33:02,298 I am ready for whatever you wish to show me. 2052 02:33:17,400 --> 02:33:20,200 My office. 2053 02:33:22,000 --> 02:33:24,899 Goodness, look at all the coal. 2054 02:33:24,900 --> 02:33:27,419 I must be out of town. 2055 02:33:27,420 --> 02:33:30,109 Still looks... looks the same. 2056 02:33:30,110 --> 02:33:32,719 It's not too far in the future. What year is this? 2057 02:33:48,300 --> 02:33:51,979 "Dear Mr. Scrooge, this letter is to inform you 2058 02:33:51,980 --> 02:33:55,390 that I am as of this day offering my resignation." 2059 02:33:57,210 --> 02:33:59,229 S-So he's doing it, he's resigning. 2060 02:33:59,230 --> 02:34:02,357 "Before I leave, 2061 02:34:02,358 --> 02:34:05,152 "I wanted you to know that you are the most unpleasant, 2062 02:34:05,153 --> 02:34:06,737 devious, inhuman... " 2063 02:34:06,738 --> 02:34:08,229 Dad. 2064 02:34:08,230 --> 02:34:09,939 Come. It's Tim. 2065 02:34:09,940 --> 02:34:11,819 - There's been an accident. - When? How? 2066 02:34:11,820 --> 02:34:13,410 He went-he went to the pond. 2067 02:34:13,411 --> 02:34:15,329 He borrowed my ice skates, 2068 02:34:15,330 --> 02:34:17,419 but he didn't tell anyone. 2069 02:34:17,420 --> 02:34:19,210 Nobody was with him. 2070 02:34:23,296 --> 02:34:25,881 All right, come on. 2071 02:34:25,882 --> 02:34:27,174 Come on. 2072 02:35:24,690 --> 02:35:26,189 Wait. 2073 02:35:26,190 --> 02:35:29,499 My sister said it is you who decides. 2074 02:35:29,500 --> 02:35:31,069 Are you deciding now? 2075 02:35:31,070 --> 02:35:32,799 Is it in your power to change things? 2076 02:35:32,800 --> 02:35:33,992 Because if it is... 2077 02:35:36,744 --> 02:35:38,871 Me? 2078 02:35:38,872 --> 02:35:41,291 I can change things? How? 2079 02:35:42,810 --> 02:35:45,369 You mean if I had my time again. 2080 02:35:45,370 --> 02:35:47,171 We-Well, then, give it to me. 2081 02:35:47,172 --> 02:35:49,419 I know I don't deserve a second chance, 2082 02:35:49,420 --> 02:35:51,801 but I understand now what it is I must... 2083 02:36:13,530 --> 02:36:16,200 Tim, you'll catch your death. 2084 02:36:20,788 --> 02:36:23,374 Or is it death that has caught you? 2085 02:36:25,180 --> 02:36:26,628 Is he dead? 2086 02:36:34,290 --> 02:36:36,346 Between life and death. 2087 02:36:43,269 --> 02:36:45,759 Tim. Tim! 2088 02:36:45,760 --> 02:36:47,309 If you can hear me, you must live! 2089 02:36:47,310 --> 02:36:49,733 You must stay away, Tim, for your mother! 2090 02:36:49,734 --> 02:36:52,903 We're here, little man. Stay with us. 2091 02:36:55,031 --> 02:36:56,491 I don't care about the rules. 2092 02:37:00,495 --> 02:37:02,621 We're here, little man. 2093 02:37:02,622 --> 02:37:04,199 No, no, no, no. 2094 02:37:04,200 --> 02:37:06,499 No, no, no, don't... don't leave us, Tim. 2095 02:37:06,500 --> 02:37:09,629 Tim, no... 2096 02:37:52,500 --> 02:37:56,092 My... self. 2097 02:38:02,680 --> 02:38:04,851 What year is this? What year do I die? 2098 02:38:14,700 --> 02:38:17,155 But it is Christmas. 2099 02:38:19,160 --> 02:38:23,327 No mourners, just worldly goods. 2100 02:38:25,540 --> 02:38:28,180 Well, actually, Spirit, I don't care. 2101 02:38:29,870 --> 02:38:32,020 I don't care what will become of me. 2102 02:38:35,080 --> 02:38:37,467 I only care about one thing. 2103 02:39:18,880 --> 02:39:20,520 Bravo. 2104 02:39:22,380 --> 02:39:25,339 Bravo. 2105 02:39:25,340 --> 02:39:27,360 I know my fate. 2106 02:39:28,780 --> 02:39:31,080 And you know my question. 2107 02:39:34,300 --> 02:39:36,690 What happened to Tim Cratchit? 2108 02:40:08,700 --> 02:40:12,429 No matter what, nothing sinks them. 2109 02:40:12,430 --> 02:40:15,779 Not even death. 2110 02:40:15,780 --> 02:40:19,130 Nothing makes them question because they have... 2111 02:40:40,370 --> 02:40:46,460 Spirit, I need to know why. 2112 02:40:46,470 --> 02:40:50,280 What was the reason for all of this? 2113 02:40:52,080 --> 02:40:55,379 Why did you spirits come to me? 2114 02:40:55,380 --> 02:40:58,640 Why did you show me all of this? 2115 02:40:59,950 --> 02:41:02,028 What purpose? 2116 02:41:13,700 --> 02:41:16,450 I'm not sure what the reason is, Ebenezer, 2117 02:41:16,459 --> 02:41:19,169 but I know the purpose. 2118 02:41:19,170 --> 02:41:22,299 It's all to do with redemption 2119 02:41:22,300 --> 02:41:24,460 and our joint liability. 2120 02:41:29,250 --> 02:41:32,419 All three spirits have done their work. 2121 02:41:32,420 --> 02:41:36,600 I asked them to let me have a final try. 2122 02:41:42,300 --> 02:41:45,450 We were so, so wrong. 2123 02:41:50,770 --> 02:41:52,702 Admit that, 2124 02:41:52,703 --> 02:41:55,119 at least. 2125 02:41:55,120 --> 02:41:58,209 No. 2126 02:41:58,210 --> 02:42:00,249 No, I refuse. 2127 02:42:00,250 --> 02:42:04,080 I refuse to change. 2128 02:42:05,190 --> 02:42:06,619 All their efforts were for nothing, 2129 02:42:06,620 --> 02:42:10,579 because I refuse redemption. 2130 02:42:10,580 --> 02:42:13,470 What in God's name, Ebenezer, why? 2131 02:42:15,600 --> 02:42:17,279 This fate... 2132 02:42:17,280 --> 02:42:21,299 this piss-covered, second-class grave... 2133 02:42:21,300 --> 02:42:23,191 is exactly what I deserve. 2134 02:42:23,192 --> 02:42:25,443 And if redemption 2135 02:42:25,444 --> 02:42:28,679 were to result in some kind of forgiveness, 2136 02:42:28,680 --> 02:42:31,209 I do not want it. 2137 02:42:31,210 --> 02:42:34,159 Because I would find a way to justify 2138 02:42:34,160 --> 02:42:37,789 everything I have done according to the consequence. 2139 02:42:37,790 --> 02:42:40,620 'Cause that's who I am. 2140 02:42:46,060 --> 02:42:48,210 The only thing... 2141 02:42:54,270 --> 02:42:57,749 The only thing I want the spirits to do, 2142 02:42:57,750 --> 02:43:00,550 the only change I want them to make... 2143 02:43:06,710 --> 02:43:09,500 ... is to spare the life of him. 2144 02:43:52,740 --> 02:43:55,951 Oh, you poor man. You all right? 2145 02:44:00,360 --> 02:44:02,999 I am more than all right. 2146 02:44:03,000 --> 02:44:05,229 I can feel. 2147 02:44:05,230 --> 02:44:07,504 And I can feel that I can feel. 2148 02:44:07,505 --> 02:44:10,309 Feel what? 2149 02:44:10,310 --> 02:44:13,179 At the moment, a pain in my ass. 2150 02:44:13,180 --> 02:44:15,609 Oh, ouch. Yes. 2151 02:44:15,610 --> 02:44:18,474 I was meaning to sprinkle this on the ice earlier. 2152 02:44:18,475 --> 02:44:22,719 What with it being Christmas, I forgot. 2153 02:44:22,720 --> 02:44:26,040 Yes. Yes. 2154 02:44:28,060 --> 02:44:30,276 Everything in life is a lesson 2155 02:44:30,277 --> 02:44:32,199 if you care to learn. 2156 02:44:32,200 --> 02:44:34,697 The sprinkling of gravel on ice 2157 02:44:34,698 --> 02:44:37,339 is an action taken by a person 2158 02:44:37,340 --> 02:44:38,910 for the benefit of others 2159 02:44:38,911 --> 02:44:41,869 without expectation of any reward 2160 02:44:41,870 --> 02:44:44,409 of any kind. 2161 02:44:44,410 --> 02:44:47,939 A whole new philosophy on human nature 2162 02:44:47,940 --> 02:44:50,505 encapsulated in a handful of gravel. 2163 02:44:50,506 --> 02:44:52,132 Did you hit your head? 2164 02:44:52,133 --> 02:44:54,160 Forgive me. 2165 02:44:57,280 --> 02:44:59,969 - Merry Christmas, sir. - It is. 2166 02:44:59,970 --> 02:45:02,639 - It is, yes. - Merry Christmas, sir. 2167 02:45:02,640 --> 02:45:04,839 Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas to you. 2168 02:45:04,840 --> 02:45:06,610 Merry Christmas. 2169 02:45:09,500 --> 02:45:11,861 Merry Christmas. 2170 02:45:33,760 --> 02:45:35,759 This I will do. 2171 02:45:35,760 --> 02:45:39,000 This I will gladly do. 2172 02:45:52,193 --> 02:45:55,863 No one will skate here this Christmas! 2173 02:46:04,622 --> 02:46:08,041 Mary. As a lonely widow, 2174 02:46:08,042 --> 02:46:10,752 I had a dozen invitations to dinner and I'm mighty glad 2175 02:46:10,753 --> 02:46:14,299 that I chose to accept yours. Never a finer goose was seen. 2176 02:46:14,300 --> 02:46:15,590 And so cheap. 2177 02:46:15,591 --> 02:46:17,529 It had a broken leg 2178 02:46:17,530 --> 02:46:19,859 or a leg shorter than the other or something. 2179 02:46:19,860 --> 02:46:21,479 Tim. 2180 02:46:21,480 --> 02:46:22,890 Bob, you carve. 2181 02:46:24,040 --> 02:46:25,849 I'm going skating. 2182 02:46:25,850 --> 02:46:27,219 I want to come. 2183 02:46:27,220 --> 02:46:28,299 You can't hardly walk. 2184 02:46:28,300 --> 02:46:30,499 - How will you skate? - Belinda, please. 2185 02:46:30,500 --> 02:46:32,942 I want to skate someday. 2186 02:46:34,500 --> 02:46:36,579 Expecting company, Martha? 2187 02:46:36,580 --> 02:46:38,154 I wouldn't presume. 2188 02:46:43,369 --> 02:46:44,859 Good God. 2189 02:46:44,860 --> 02:46:46,819 Yes, I know, unwanted presumption, 2190 02:46:46,820 --> 02:46:48,189 - but on this day... - What are you doing here? 2191 02:46:48,190 --> 02:46:50,917 But this day, this I must do. 2192 02:46:50,918 --> 02:46:52,877 - I have three things I need to say. - Get out of my house. 2193 02:46:52,878 --> 02:46:55,419 - One, two, three, and-and then I will go. - Leave. 2194 02:46:55,420 --> 02:46:57,399 - I said leave. - Item number one... Item number one 2195 02:46:57,400 --> 02:46:59,819 is I know you're planning to hand in your resignation tomorrow. 2196 02:46:59,820 --> 02:47:01,050 Bob, what's he talking about? 2197 02:47:01,053 --> 02:47:03,930 I want you to know that you leave with my blessing. 2198 02:47:03,931 --> 02:47:05,765 Yes, blessing. 2199 02:47:05,766 --> 02:47:07,517 How'd you know I'm planning on handing in my resignation? 2200 02:47:07,518 --> 02:47:09,894 I-I just know. And you are retiring 2201 02:47:09,895 --> 02:47:13,489 at a very appropriate time because, tomorrow morning, 2202 02:47:13,490 --> 02:47:16,019 I am closing the company down. 2203 02:47:16,020 --> 02:47:18,403 - You need to leave my house. - Scrooge and Marley 2204 02:47:18,404 --> 02:47:21,529 will trade no more in this world, 2205 02:47:21,530 --> 02:47:24,539 and as a gesture of good will, 2206 02:47:24,540 --> 02:47:26,639 my final item of company business is to... 2207 02:47:26,640 --> 02:47:27,740 You need to leave my house. 2208 02:47:27,746 --> 02:47:32,417 ... is to draw up a check for £500, 2209 02:47:32,418 --> 02:47:34,377 made payable to you, 2210 02:47:34,378 --> 02:47:36,609 by way of thanks for your service. 2211 02:47:36,610 --> 02:47:39,209 So, new ice skates for you, Belinda, 2212 02:47:39,210 --> 02:47:41,629 and-and more books for you, Tim. 2213 02:47:41,630 --> 02:47:43,380 Mum, how's he know 2214 02:47:43,387 --> 02:47:45,579 - about my ice skates? - I know these things 2215 02:47:45,580 --> 02:47:47,179 because I've been shown them by spirits. 2216 02:47:47,180 --> 02:47:49,319 This is item number two, by the way. 2217 02:47:49,320 --> 02:47:53,479 I have been visited by spirits who were summoned by someone 2218 02:47:53,480 --> 02:47:56,139 to grab me by the throat and drag me 2219 02:47:56,140 --> 02:47:58,776 to a bright mirror so that I might see the truth. 2220 02:47:58,777 --> 02:48:00,528 Mr. Scrooge, have you been drinking? 2221 02:48:00,529 --> 02:48:02,219 Not yet, but later I will. 2222 02:48:02,220 --> 02:48:04,699 I-I will drink a toast. Indeed. 2223 02:48:04,700 --> 02:48:07,159 To fathers and mothers 2224 02:48:07,160 --> 02:48:10,490 and-and children and-and whoever you are. 2225 02:48:10,497 --> 02:48:13,499 At home, together for Christmas. 2226 02:48:13,500 --> 02:48:16,794 Item number three, regarding children. 2227 02:48:16,795 --> 02:48:18,079 Item three. 2228 02:48:18,080 --> 02:48:21,059 Belinda, the pond where you love to go skating 2229 02:48:21,060 --> 02:48:22,508 is no longer in use. 2230 02:48:22,509 --> 02:48:24,889 It has been rendered unusable. 2231 02:48:24,890 --> 02:48:26,789 Tim, you will not go skating. 2232 02:48:26,790 --> 02:48:28,056 You will stay at home, 2233 02:48:28,057 --> 02:48:30,189 you will read your book, 2234 02:48:30,190 --> 02:48:32,895 and you will learn to fly instead. 2235 02:48:35,200 --> 02:48:37,659 Is this what happens 2236 02:48:37,660 --> 02:48:39,190 when someone drinks laudanum? 2237 02:48:39,193 --> 02:48:41,799 No. No, this is what happens 2238 02:48:41,800 --> 02:48:44,031 when someone finally understands... 2239 02:48:45,407 --> 02:48:50,449 ... is made to understand... 2240 02:48:50,450 --> 02:48:53,320 ... what it is to be human. 2241 02:48:57,720 --> 02:48:59,171 That is all. 2242 02:49:00,631 --> 02:49:02,590 Thank you. 2243 02:49:02,591 --> 02:49:05,840 The-the check will be delivered by hand. 2244 02:49:16,105 --> 02:49:17,856 Merry Christmas. 2245 02:49:21,480 --> 02:49:23,236 Merry Christmas. 2246 02:49:23,237 --> 02:49:24,321 I'll show you out. 2247 02:49:24,322 --> 02:49:26,740 - Mary. - It's fine. 2248 02:49:37,300 --> 02:49:39,539 I do not know what's happened to you, 2249 02:49:39,540 --> 02:49:43,080 and I don't care. 2250 02:49:43,090 --> 02:49:46,569 Your £500 will be welcome, 2251 02:49:46,570 --> 02:49:48,761 but it will not buy forgiveness. 2252 02:49:48,762 --> 02:49:50,869 Nor shall forgiveness ever be earned 2253 02:49:50,870 --> 02:49:53,469 or expected or wanted. 2254 02:49:53,470 --> 02:49:55,999 My business now is the future. 2255 02:49:56,000 --> 02:49:59,022 I will just be the best I can be. 2256 02:50:03,820 --> 02:50:05,361 For the spirits 2257 02:50:05,362 --> 02:50:10,359 and the bright light and the mirror, 2258 02:50:10,360 --> 02:50:11,744 I thank you. 2259 02:50:32,900 --> 02:50:35,460 Sleep well, Jacob. 2260 02:50:42,460 --> 02:50:44,109 What I don't understand 2261 02:50:44,110 --> 02:50:46,059 is why there would be camels in the snow. 2262 02:50:50,032 --> 02:50:52,539 - Merry Christmas! - Merry Christmas! 2263 02:50:52,540 --> 02:50:54,420 Teach us to do that. 2264 02:51:07,216 --> 02:51:10,119 Spirits. 2265 02:51:10,120 --> 02:51:14,239 Past, present and future. 2266 02:51:14,240 --> 02:51:17,640 There is still much to do. 2267 02:51:21,260 --> 02:51:26,260 - Synced & corrected by MementMori - -- www.addic7ed.com --