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1   1|  custom. Thus secured against surprise, he took off his cravat;
2   1|      much in obedience, as in surprise and fear: for on the raising
3   2|       face; would have been a surprise to his business friends
4   3|       not wish to be taken by surprise, and made nervous. ~Gentlemen
5   3| remember him. ~It was a great surprise to Scrooge, while listening
6   3|      as Death: it was a great surprise to Scrooge, while thus engaged,
7   3|  laugh. It was a much greater surprise to Scrooge to recognise
8   4|     Porch. It gave him little surprise, however; for he had been