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STAVE I: MARLEY'S GHOST MARLEY was dead: to begin with.
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Chapter I
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"Don't be cross, uncle!" said the nephew. "What else can I be," returned the uncle, "when I live in such a world of fools as this? Merry Christmas! Out upon merry Christmas!
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Reading 16/88 · 5 reading units · Lines 76–80
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From this reading "What else can I be," returned the uncle, "when I live in such a world of fools as this?
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From this reading "What else can I be," returned the uncle, "when I live in such a world of fools as this?
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From this reading "Don't be cross, uncle!"
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From this reading "What else can I be," returned the uncle, "when I live in such a world of fools as this?
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From this reading Merry Christmas!
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From this reading "Don't be cross, uncle!"
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From this reading "Don't be cross, uncle!"
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From this reading "What else can I be," returned the uncle, "when I live in such a world of fools as this?
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From this reading "What else can I be," returned the uncle, "when I live in such a world of fools as this?
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From this reading "What else can I be," returned the uncle, "when I live in such a world of fools as this?
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From this reading "What else can I be," returned the uncle, "when I live in such a world of fools as this?
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From this reading "What else can I be," returned the uncle, "when I live in such a world of fools as this?
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From this reading Merry Christmas!
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From this reading said the nephew.
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From this reading "What else can I be," returned the uncle, "when I live in such a world of fools as this?
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From this reading Out upon merry Christmas!
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From this reading "What else can I be," returned the uncle, "when I live in such a world of fools as this?
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From this reading said the nephew.
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From this reading "What else can I be," returned the uncle, "when I live in such a world of fools as this?
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From this reading said the nephew.
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From this reading "What else can I be," returned the uncle, "when I live in such a world of fools as this?
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From this reading "Don't be cross, uncle!"
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From this reading Out upon merry Christmas!
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From this reading "What else can I be," returned the uncle, "when I live in such a world of fools as this?
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From this reading "What else can I be," returned the uncle, "when I live in such a world of fools as this?
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From this reading "What else can I be," returned the uncle, "when I live in such a world of fools as this?
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