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Although they had but that moment left the school behind them, they were now in
the busy thoroughfares of a city, where shadowy passengers passed and repassed;
where shadowy carts and coaches battle for the way, and all the strife and
tumult of a real city were. It was made plain enough, by the dressing of the
shops, that here too it was Christmas time again; but it was evening, and the
streets were lighted up.
The Ghost stopped at a certain warehouse door, and asked Scrooge if he knew it.
"Know it!'' said Scrooge. "Was I apprenticed here!''
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The whole festive gallery:
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Steve
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