Of course! The difference between the speed of light and the speed of sound, I don't know why I didn't think of it.

[He tried to envision the situation but, as much as he could picture the rest of the story, a light- a sound -that big was unfathomable.]

Wow... I would've been terrified out of my boots if I saw that happen, especially at just a couple years older than I am now.

[Suddenly the sort of life Scrooge had led seemed a lot more real, putting it in age terms like that.]