![]() In came Mrs Fezziwig, one vast substantial smile. In came a fiddler with a music book, and went up to the lofty desk, and made an orchestra of it, and tuned like fifty stomach-aches. Every movable was packed off, as if it were dismissed from public life for evermore the floor was swept and watered, the lamps were trimmed, fuel was heaped upon the fire and the warehouse was as snug, and warm, and dry, and bright a ball-room, as you would desire to see upon a winter's night. " Clear away! There was nothing they wouldn't have cleared away, or couldn't have cleared away, with old Fezziwig looking on. ![]() Your browser does not support JavaScript! It is interesting to note that the now famous scene, Bob Cratchit with Tiny Tim on his shoulder, was not illustrated in the original version. Bob Cratchit and Tiny Tim-by Frederick Barnard 1877 ![]()
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