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• This exchange
  Scrooge: At least I don't squander it like [Fred] you!
  Christmas Present: You mustn't argue with those we visit it's useless! And even tactless
  Scrooge: Tact is quality I despise
  Christmas Present: That I can see
  • Then shortly after
  Fred: Quick as?
  Guest doesn't answer
  Scrooge: A ''wink'' you idiot! Everyone knows that!
  Christmas Present: Shhh, Ebeneezer!
  Scrooge: You said they can neither see nor hear us!
  Christmas Present: That's quite true. *laughs* Oh, yes, I'm sorry. Even I forget the
  regulations.
  • And right after
  "Tight as your uncle Scrooge's purse strings!"
• "I'm going to . . .double your salary!!"