After that, someone guessed Its your Uncle Scrooge! (Dickens, 6.3). 'Then up rose Mrs. Cratchit, Cratchit's wife, dressed out but poorly in a twice-turned gown, but brave in ribbons, which are cheap and make a goodly show for sixpence;', - This is the first time we meet Belinda, she is performing a domestic task, helping her mother. Thats enough. Charles Dickens - A Christmas Carol (Part 3) | Genius This is the end of it, you see. The next spirit tells him about the present, and it shows him how his employee, Bob Cratchit, is suffering. But I think he has walked a little slower than he used, these few last evenings, mother.. We seem to see a face oval in shape and fair in colouring. The cover was so carelessly adjusted that the slightest raising of it, the motion of a finger upon Scrooges part, would have disclosed the face. The character represents the anthem for the glory of Christmas, "the days of mercy, kindness, and forgiveness the only days in the whole calendar, when people, with the tacit consent, reveal to each other the hearts and see their neighbors. "Why, where's our Martha?" cried Bob Cratchit, looking round. Scrooge runs into the street and offers to pay the first boy he meets to deliver a great Christmas goose to Bob Cratchit's house. has greeted them, they see Mr. Cratchit arrive, carrying the youngest of their children. The only emotion that the Ghost could show him, caused by the event, was one of pleasure. Why, wheres our Martha? cried Bob Cratchit, looking round. Scrooge knew the men, and looked towards the Spirit for an explanation. When he gave them money he had no hesitation and was very plentiful in quantity. Ha, ha! (Dickens 110) This shows that Scrooge really is going to change and he wants the ghost to understand. The ghost of Christmas present showed Scrooge how he was treating Bob Cratchit, a man who worked for him and was poor. It gave him little surprise, however; for he had been revolving in his mind a change of life, and thought and hoped he saw his new-born resolutions carried out in this. "Often." "And so have I," exclaimed another. Tiny Tim (A Christmas Carol) | Ultima Wiki | Fandom Despite the small dinner, everyone was happy and grateful. Scrooge helped himself and the community when he, Stave 3 affects Scrooge immensely as it shows him that Christmas is a time to be shared with loved ones and that it should not matter whether the person is rich or poor. 'Often.' 'And so have I,' exclaimed another.