"No es conveniente," dijo Scrooge, "y no es justo. "It's not convenient," said Scrooge, "and it's not fair. Si detuviera media corona, creerías que te trato injustamente, estoy seguro. If I was to stop half-a-crown for it, you'd think yourself ill-used, I'll be bound?"
El empleado sonrió débilmente. The clerk smiled faintly.
"Y sin embargo," dijo Scrooge, "no me consideras injustamente tratado cuando te pago un día de salario sin trabajar." "And yet," said Scrooge, "you don't think me ill-used, when I pay a day's wages for no work."
El empleado observó que era solo una vez al año. The clerk observed that it was only once a year.