An idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain itself.

“External heat and cold had little influence on Scrooge. No warmth could warm, n…”

“A dream, all a dream, that ends in nothing, and leaves the sleeper where he lay…”

“She indulged in melancholy, that cheapest and most accessible of luxuries...”

“For it is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas, wh…”