When Scrooge and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come see Scrooge's servants they are in a very seedy shop, selling off any of Scrooge's belongings they have been able to take from his house. Scrooge has been brought to see what will happen after he is dead. Scrooge first hears some acquaintances having a conversation about a man who has died. They give the matter very little attention or thought, and Scrooge wonders who...
When Scrooge and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come see Scrooge's servants they are in a very seedy shop, selling off any of Scrooge's belongings they have been able to take from his house. Scrooge has been brought to see what will happen after he is dead. Scrooge first hears some acquaintances having a conversation about a man who has died. They give the matter very little attention or thought, and Scrooge wonders who they mean. When he recognizes his belongings as those being sold he realizes it is his own death that people care little about. Scrooge has no doubt paid his servants as little as possible, and now that he is dead, they are selling off whatever they could take from his home. It is not much, as he has led a very frugal life:
A seal or two, a pencil-case, a pair of sleeve-buttons, and a brooch of no great value were all...Sheets and towels, a little wearing apparel, two old-fashioned silver teaspoons, a pair of sugar-tongs, and a few boots.
It is this view of his life reduced to a cheap pile of goods, and hearing the horrible, deserved words said about him that help show Scrooge what a miserable life he has been leading.
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