Strophe

 1   1| bestow a trifle, no children asked him what it was o'clock,
 2   1|      Are there no prisons?'' asked Scrooge. ~"Plenty of prisons,''
 3   1|   you -- can you sit down?'' asked Scrooge, looking doubtfully
 4   1|      Do it, then.'' ~Scrooge asked the question, because he
 5   2| coming was foretold to me?'' asked Scrooge. ~"I am!'' ~The
 6   2|   why, if anybody could have asked him; but he had a special
 7   2|        What is the matter?'' asked the Spirit. ~"Nothing,''
 8   2|  certain warehouse door, and asked Scrooge if he knew it. ~"
 9   2|        What is the matter?'' asked the Ghost. ~"Nothing particular,''
10   3|  sprinkle from your torch?'' asked Scrooge. ~"There is. My
11   3|     of dinner on this day?'' asked Scrooge. ~"To any kindly
12   3|    Why to a poor one most?'' asked Scrooge. ~"Because it needs
13   3|     did little Tim behave?'' asked Mrs Cratchit, when she had
14   3|        What place is this?'' asked Scrooge. ~"A place where
15   3|   spirits' lives so short?'' asked Scrooge. ~"My life upon
16   4|   was the matter with him?'' asked a third, taking a vast quantity
17   4|    he done with his money?'' asked a red-faced gentleman with
18   4|  That's your account. If you asked me for another penny, and
19   4|     now.'' ~"His blankets?'' asked Joe. ~"Whose else's do you
20   4|    you call wasting of it?'' asked old Joe. ~"Putting it on
21   4|    by the fire; and when she asked him faintly what news (which