Dickensian2015

Bucket (2015):
[Scrooge angrily opens his front door] Mr Scrooge?

Ebeneezer Scrooge:
If you are about to sing, sir, I shall fetch a bucket of water as I would for a cat! If it is charity you seek, then you should know that a portion of my income is already set aside for the poor in the form of taxes to subsidise the workhouses and treadmills. And if you are simply disturbing me to offer me greetings of the season, then I say, "Humbug, sir!"

Bucket (2015):
I'm here neither to sing nor collect for charity and although it's not my primary purpose for calling, I do indeed offer you greetings of the season.

Ebeneezer Scrooge:
Then state your purpose.

Bucket (2015):
Murder, Mr Scrooge. I am Inspector Bucket of the Detective and I'm here to talk of the murder of your partner, Mr Jacob Marley.