That's the saddest thing about the story, that this is the most significant relationship Scrooge has with any other human being His household servants don't give a shit (they instantly rob his house when he dies) He barely ever speaks to his only blood relation, Fred
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The harshest indictment of Scrooge in this scene is that Fred's reaction to Scrooge's death is to *apologize on his behalf* It's to try to make right the harm he did The only legacy Scrooge left his blood family is being a mess they shamefully try to clean up
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Bob telling his wife that Fred came by unannounced when they were closing up the office, just to ask how he was holding up and drop off his business card
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Delicately, without prying, giving his condolences and saying if his oldest son Peter is still looking for work his office is hiring right now and he'll put in a good word
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That understanding passing between them among people who've had a certain relationship with shitty people they couldn't cut out of their lives, that openly venting about how shitty he was will only reopen the wound
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