12/13 The air was sparkling with frost. He ran joyously to the window and opened it. A small boy saluted him with "Merry Christmas." The Haunted Man instantly gave him a Bank of England note. "How much like Tiny Tim, Tom, and Bobby that boy looked,--bless my soul, what a genius this Dickens has!" A knock at the door, and Boots entered. Have you read David Copperfield ?" "Yezzur." "Your salary is quadrupled. |