As a youth, he is first seen alone at boarding school reading about Orson and Valentine from
As a youth, he is first seen alone at boarding school reading about Orson and Valentine from As You Like It, as well as Ali Baba and Robinson Crusoe. A subsequent scene reveals that his father has grown "much kinder than he used to be" and that the girl with him, Fan, would grow up to be the late mother of his nephew Fred. He also revisits the tragic moment when his fiancée Belle dumped him for displacing her with "a golden [idol]" after watching his youthful self and Dick Wilkins prepare for a holiday party hosted by his mentor, Mr. Fezziwig. These scenes all occur when one of four sprits appears to, for 10 points, what former partner of Jacob Marley, who undergoes a change of heart in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol?
As a youth, he is first seen alone at boarding school reading about Orson and Valentine from
Ebenezer {Scrooge}