SUPERNATURAL ENCOUNTER
Ebenezer Scrooge was visited by the ghost of Jacob Marley, who appeared to warn him about his fate and the coming of three spirits. This is a confirmed supernatural encounter as described in the text.
EBENEZER SCROOGE
'I will,' said Scrooge. 'But don't be hard upon me! Don't be flowery, Jacob! Pray!' 'How it is that I appear before you in a shape that you can see, I may not tell. I have sat invisible beside you many and many a day.' ... 'I am here to-night to warn you that you have yet a chance and hope of escaping my fate. A chance and hope of my procuring, Ebenezer.' ... 'You will be haunted,' resumed the Ghost, 'by Three Spirits.' ... 'Expect the first to-morrow when the bell tolls One.' ... 'Expect the second on the next night at the same hour. The third, upon the next night when the last stroke of Twelve has ceased to vibrate. Look to see me no more; and look that, for your own sake, you remember what has passed between us!'