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I see a vacant seat... in the poor chimney-corner, and a crutch without an owner, carefully preserved.' Bob's collapse: 'My little, little child!Read in Books4Free →
Tiny Tim's Death Foretold
From A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Bob Cratchit's quiet grief at his son's empty seat provides the emotional crux that breaks Scrooge.
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