“Merry Christmas, Uncle Scrooge!” cried a cheerful voice. It was a voice of Scrooge’s nephew, who came upon the old man so quickly that he gave the latter quite a 1 .
His nephew had so heated himself with rapid walking in the fog and frost that he was __2__ and gasping for breath. His handsome face was red and cheerful and his bright, dark eyes sparkled. The young man was obviously in a cheerful 3 . Scrooge was 4 by the cheerful face before him. He turned to his nephew and said, “Bah! Could you stop this nonsense of yours?”
