Scrooge had observed this change, but never spoke of it, until they left a children's Twelfth Night party, when, looking at the Spirit as they stood together in an open place, he noticed that its hair was grey.
Scrooge transmutazio horretaz ohartua zegoen, baina ez zen hura aipatzen ausartu, Errege eguneko haur festa bat utzi zuten arte: orduan, Izpirituari begiratuz, leku ireki batean bere ondoan zegoela, Scroogek bere ilea grisa zela ohartu zen.