NEGLECT AND ISOLATION
Scrooge is referenced as the dead man whose possessions are being stolen and sold. The text describes how his lack of kindness in life led to his isolation and the lack of care after his death, resulting in his belongings being taken by others.
SCROOGE
'If he wanted to keep 'em after he was dead, a wicked old screw,' pursued the woman, 'why wasn't he natural in his lifetime? If he had been, he'd have had somebody to look after him when he was struck with Death, instead of lying gasping out his last there, alone by himself.'; 'It's the truest word that ever was spoke,' said Mrs. Dilber. 'It's a judgment on him.'; 'I wish it was a little heavier judgment,' replied the woman: 'and it should have been, you may depend upon it, if I could have laid my hands on anything else.'