"a little extra" for all the other donations he missed paying
"Hmmph".
The two "visitors" refer to the two business men who approach Scrooge asking for a charitable donation to help the poor and needy "at this time". Scrooge asks "are there no work houses?", are there no prisons?" And the treadmill is that still in use?" . All of which he thought that the poor should suffer because they were poor.
The two men, charity workers, visited Scrooge in "A Christmas Carol" to ask for a donation for the poor and destitute during the holiday season. Scrooge dismisses their request and refuses to contribute, demonstrating his lack of compassion and empathy towards others.
Fred his nephew and two portly gentlement who were seeking a charitable donation
Scrooge disappointed the two men who visited his office by refusing their request for a donation to help the poor. He made callous remarks about the need for prisons and workhouses instead. Scrooge's lack of empathy and compassion towards those in need left the men feeling disheartened and rejected.
Following his change of heart scrooge hurries to find the two businessmen to offer a large donation and then goes on to seek forgiveness of his nephew Fred
he rebukes them initially then following his change of heart in the later stave he offers a small donation for their singing
At the end of the book on Christmas Day Scrooge promises the Businessman a very substantial donation for the poor and needy. The sum is never disclosed
The words "Are these the shadows of the things that Will be, or are they shadows of things that May be only?" were repeated by the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, causing Scrooge to feel ashamed of his current ways and the potential consequences of his actions.
The gentleman visitor in "A Christmas Carol" is the portly gentleman who visits Scrooge at the beginning of the story to ask for a donation to help the poor and destitute during the Christmas season. Scrooge dismisses him at first, but eventually has a change of heart after being visited by the three spirits.
The "man" was a philanthropist and business man who had asked for a donation to help the poor and need at this special time of year. Scrooge had refused him asking if there were no prison or work houses that these people could go to . In that last stave of the book Scrooge begs for the mans' forgiveness and makes an undisclosed offering to him for the needy and Scrooge mad the donation a large one to make up for all the ones he'd previously refused.
Marley's ghost appears wrapped in heavy chains and a bandage around his head, which confuses Scrooge. Additionally, Marley's ghost makes unsettling noises and floats through closed doors, further disorienting Scrooge.