Belle Releases Scrooge

From A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Scrooge's former fiancee Belle ends their engagement, recognizing that gain has displaced her in his heart - the novel's most poignant scene of personal loss.
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Another idol has displaced me... a golden one.' Later Scrooge sees Belle happy with the family he might have had: 'Spirit! remove me from this place.
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