I wear the chain I forged in life,» replied the Ghost

I wear the chain I forged in life,» replied the Ghost. «I made it link by link, and yard by yard; I girded it on of my own free will, and of my own free will I wore it.

Чарльз Диккенс, А Christmas Carol in Prose: Being a Ghost Story of Christmas / Рождественская песнь в прозе. Святочный рассказ с привидениями