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“ Ghost of the future！” he exclaimed，“ I fear you more than any spectre I have seen. But as I know your purpose is to do me good，and as I hope to live to be another man from what I was，I am prepared to bear you company，and do it with a thankful heart. Will you not speak to me ？ ”
It gave him no reply. The hand was pointed straight before them.
“ Lead on！” said Scrooge. “ Lead on I The night is waning fast，and it is precious time to me，I know. Lead on，spirit！”
The phantom moved away as it had come towards him. Scrooge followed in the shadow of its dress，which bore him up，he thought，and carried him along.
They scarcely seemed to enter the city；for the city rather seemed to spring up about them，and encompass them of its own act. But there they were，in the heart of it；on ’Change，amongst the merchants；who hurried up and down，and chinked the money in their pockets，and conversed in groups，and looked at their watches，and trifled thoughtfully with their great gold seals；and so forth，as Scrooge had seen them often.
The spirit stopped beside one little knot of business men. Observing that the hand was pointed to them，Scrooge advanced to listen to their talk.
“ No，” said a great fat man with a monstrous chin，“ I don’t know much about it either way. I only know he’s dead.”
“ When did he die ？ ” inquired another.
“ Last night，I believe.”
“ Why，what was the matter with him ？” asked a third，taking a vast quantity of snuff out of a very large snuff-box. “ I thought he’d never die.”
