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He was not happy, he didn't like to party any longer, he didn't enjoy other people's company, he didn't want to spend money on a Christmas dinner or Cr. presents, he didn't want to donate money to the poor or to give a day off to his clerk. In a nutshell, it was a mere "humbug" designed to make him sink deep into his pockets, to give away his precious money.

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