In A Christmas Carol, Belle breaks up with Scrooge because he has become obsessed with money. We see this when the Ghost of Christmas Past takes Scrooge to the painful scene of the breakup. In this scene, Belle tells Scrooge he has changed, and challenges him to say this isn't so. Don't you now value money much more than you did, she asks? He agrees that he does but sees it as a sign of maturity. Belle disagrees, saying he is far too obsessed with wealth. She insists that he has replaced her with an "Idol ... the golden one" of money. He responds that poverty is the worst fate that can befall a person. Belle then says that Scrooge "fear[s] the world too much."
Belle goes on to communicate that she knows, if he had a choice now, Scrooge would never get engaged to a dowerless [meaning she brings no money to the marriage] girl like herself. She tells him he will "regret" having married her after the fact, and so she releases him from his engagement.
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