Strophe

1   1|     there; and many would rather die.'' ~"If they would rather
2   1|             If they would rather die,'' said Scrooge, "they had
3   3|       the Future, the child will die.'' ~"No, no,'' said Scrooge. "
4   3|      What then? If he be like to die, he had better do it, and
5   3|       shall live, what men shall die? It may be, that in the
6   4|          s dead.'' ~"When did he die?'' inquired another. ~"Last
7   4| snuff-box. "I thought he'd never die.'' ~"God knows,'' said the
8   4|        say.'' ~"I hope he didn't die of any thing catching? Eh?''
9   5|          did <EMPH rend="sc">not die, he was a second father.