During his visits with the Ghost of Christmas Past, Ebenezer revisits a scene involving Belle, his beautiful ex-fiancee. In the scene, Belle accuses Ebenezer of loving money more than he loves her. When Scrooge is not able to appropriately and convincingly counter her accusation, Belle releases Ebenezer from their engagement.
To add insult to injury, while the Ghost of Christmas Past concentrates primarily on events in the more distant past, he does give Ebenezer a glimpse into Belle's more recent life. Here, we see that Belle has indeed gotten married and is surrounded both by a doting husband and loving children. Ironically, Ebenezer happens on the scene just as Belle is recounting details of her past love with Ebenezer and her husband is musing that Ebenezer must be lonely now that Jacob Marley has died.
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