Quotes About Counting-house

Once upon a time--of all the good days in the year, on Christmas Eve--old Scrooge sat busy in his counting-house.

Now,' said Quilp, passing into the wooden counting-house, 'you mind the wharf. Stand upon your head agin, and I'll cut one of your feet off.' The boy made no answer, but directly Quilp had shut himself in, stood on his head before the door, then walked on his hands to the back and stood on his head there, and then to the opposite side and repeated the performance. There were indeed four sides to the counting-house, but he avoided that one where the window was,

Weather in towns is like a skylark in a counting-house — out of place and in the way.