Scrooge: A Christmas Carol

545 00:30:24,458 --> 00:30:27,458 -Did I not warn you? -No, you certainly-- 546 00:30:27,541 --> 00:30:30,500 Wait, what do you mean by "back"? 547 00:30:33,875 --> 00:30:34,750 Huh? 548 00:30:37,500 --> 00:30:42,208 [man sings backwards] 549 00:30:42,291 --> 00:30:46,041 -What…? -We're not quite there yet. 550 00:30:46,125 --> 00:30:48,166 Almost. 551 00:30:50,208 --> 00:30:51,416 Here we are. 552 00:30:51,500 --> 00:30:52,500 [magical music plays] 553 00:30:52,583 --> 00:30:54,750 The past. [chuckles] 554 00:30:56,125 --> 00:30:57,958 Spooky! [chuckles] 555 00:31:13,875 --> 00:31:15,500 I know this place. 556 00:31:16,333 --> 00:31:19,625 It was demolished years ago. I saw to that. 557 00:31:19,708 --> 00:31:24,041 <i>♪ …looked out on the Feast of Stephen ♪</i> 558 00:31:24,125 --> 00:31:25,875 You there. What day is it? 559 00:31:26,375 --> 00:31:28,083 I say-- [groans] 560 00:31:31,708 --> 00:31:32,708 Ah! Oh! Oh! 561 00:31:32,791 --> 00:31:36,791 [chuckles] I wouldn't do that. You can't interfere with anything here. 562 00:31:36,875 --> 00:31:40,291 And nobody can hear you. Or see you, for that matter. 563 00:31:41,208 --> 00:31:43,458 [eerie music plays] 564 00:31:54,416 --> 00:31:57,166 -[man] Don't fill it right to the top. -Look! 565 00:31:59,500 --> 00:32:03,375 Young Ebenezer Scrooge, hard at work on Christmas Eve. 566 00:32:03,458 --> 00:32:05,791 Not very festive, is it? 567 00:32:06,833 --> 00:32:07,666 I… 568 00:32:07,750 --> 00:32:09,250 I-I had no choice. 569 00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:14,500 You see, without the modest income I provided, my mother and sister, 570 00:32:15,083 --> 00:32:16,708 th-they would have starved. 571 00:32:17,291 --> 00:32:20,041 -Did your father not have any money? -My father? 572 00:32:20,541 --> 00:32:21,875 He was not a poor man, 573 00:32:22,375 --> 00:32:25,375 but the fool spent his way into debtors' prison. 574 00:32:25,458 --> 00:32:26,583 [gasps] 575 00:32:26,666 --> 00:32:28,708 Oh, I see. 576 00:32:28,791 --> 00:32:32,958 Debtors' prison. Terrible, terrible thing, a debtors' prison. 577 00:32:33,875 --> 00:32:37,375 -What is a debtors' prison again? -A debtors' prison is, uh… 578 00:32:38,625 --> 00:32:40,125 None of your business. 579 00:32:40,208 --> 00:32:42,208 [jaunty music plays] 580 00:32:48,958 --> 00:32:49,916 [barks] 581 00:32:53,291 --> 00:32:54,375 [Past laughs] 582 00:32:54,875 --> 00:32:57,958 [laughs] You can't escape your past, mate. 583 00:32:58,916 --> 00:32:59,833 Now, look here-- 584 00:32:59,916 --> 00:33:03,416 [girl] <i>♪ The wish that you wish</i> <i>On Christmas Day ♪</i> 585 00:33:03,500 --> 00:33:09,375 <i>♪ Is pretty well sure to come true</i> <i>They say ♪</i> 586 00:33:09,458 --> 00:33:15,041 <i>♪ So the wish that I wish you tonight</i> <i>My friend ♪</i> 587 00:33:15,125 --> 00:33:20,875 <i>♪ May you spend Christmas mornings ♪</i> 588 00:33:20,958 --> 00:33:23,666 -<i>♪ Without end ♪</i> -Jen? 589 00:33:23,750 --> 00:33:30,333 <i>♪ Dreaming of a miracle or two ♪</i> 590 00:33:30,416 --> 00:33:32,708 My dear little sister, Jen. 591 00:33:34,333 --> 00:33:41,333 <i>♪ And may all your Christmas wishes ♪</i> 592 00:33:43,375 --> 00:33:50,375 <i>♪ Come true ♪</i> 593 00:33:52,916 --> 00:33:54,125 [coughs] 594 00:33:54,208 --> 00:33:55,125 [Scrooge gasps] 595 00:33:55,708 --> 00:33:58,916 -Jen. Come on, breathe. -[Jen coughs] 596 00:33:59,000 --> 00:33:59,958 Slowly. 597 00:34:00,041 --> 00:34:02,375 In and out. 598 00:34:03,250 --> 00:34:04,125 That's it. 599 00:34:06,166 --> 00:34:07,833 What are you doing here alone? 600 00:34:08,333 --> 00:34:11,458 -Does Mother know you're out? -I wanted to give you this. 601 00:34:11,541 --> 00:34:13,750 I made it all by myself. 602 00:34:14,333 --> 00:34:18,916 -Merry Christmas, Ebenezer. -Oh, Jen. It's Father Christmas. 603 00:34:19,500 --> 00:34:21,666 -He's really magnificent. -[Jen chuckles] 604 00:34:22,166 --> 00:34:24,833 Maybe you could help me make one for you in return. 605 00:34:24,916 --> 00:34:27,125 Yes, please! [Jen laughs] 606 00:34:27,208 --> 00:34:29,541 Shall we sing that pretty song of yours as we walk? 607 00:34:30,166 --> 00:34:35,041 [both] <i>♪ The wish that you wish</i> <i>On Christmas Day ♪</i> 608 00:34:35,125 --> 00:34:39,666 <i>♪ Is pretty well sure to come true</i> <i>They say ♪</i> 609 00:34:41,583 --> 00:34:45,125 Oh, such a sweet child. Will she be all right? 610 00:34:45,625 --> 00:34:49,541 She will be. For a while, at least, the sickness will not take her. 611 00:34:49,625 --> 00:34:52,125 My father paid his debts, eventually. 612 00:34:52,208 --> 00:34:55,291 We found the right doctor and she was saved. But… 613 00:34:55,375 --> 00:34:56,583 [Past] But? 614 00:34:56,666 --> 00:35:00,375 She remained a delicate soul, whom a breath might have withered. 615 00:35:00,916 --> 00:35:05,541 Jen died in childbirth. My idiot nephew in exchange for my sister. 616 00:35:05,625 --> 00:35:10,083 A sorry transaction in any currency. And all