PERSONAL TRANSFORMATION
Scrooge is depicted as undergoing a personal transformation, becoming "so gay and light of heart" that he would have pledged the company in return and thanked them, indicating a shift from his previously miserly and dour demeanor.
SCROOGE
Uncle Scrooge had imperceptibly become so gay and light of heart, that he would have pledged the unconscious company in return, and thanked them in an inaudible speech, if the Ghost had given him time.