DEATH
Tiny Tim is implied to have died, as evidenced by the family's mourning and references to his absence and the mother's weak eyes from crying.
TINY TIM
'The colour hurts my eyes,' she said. The colour? Ah, poor Tiny Tim! 'They're better now again,' said Cratchit's wife. 'It makes them weak by candle-light; and I wouldn't show weak eyes to your father when he comes home for the world. It must be near his time.' 'Past it rather,' Peter answered, shutting up his