Dickens's Christmas Books - complete online versions

The Christmas Carol, The Chimes, Cricket On the Hearth, Battle Of Life
& The Haunted Man & the Ghosts's Bargain with Illustrations.

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	THE CHIMES.	93
	having also the appearance of being rather cold about the heart. He who had Toby's meat upon the fork, called to the first one
	by the name of Filer; and they both drew near together. Mr. Filer being exceedingly short-sighted, was obliged to go so close to the remnant of Toby's dinner before he could make out what it was, that Toby's heart leaped up into his mouth. But Mr. Filer didn't eat it. " This is a description of animal food, Alderman," said Filer, making little punches in it, with a pencil-case, " commonly known to the labouring population of this country, by the name of tripe."