Select the correct text in the passage. In this excerpt from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, which sentence indicates that Scrooge formed relationships primarily for selfish
reasons?
"I don't mind going if a lunch is provided," observed the gentleman with the excrescence on his nose. "But I must be fed, if I make one."
Another laugh.
"Well, I am the most disinterested among you, after all," said the first speaker, "for I never wear black gloves, and I never eat lunch. But I'll offer
to go, if anybody else will. When I come to think of it, I'm not at all sure that I wasn't his most particular friend; for we used to stop and speak
whenever we met. Bye, byel
Speakers and listeners strolled away, and mixed with other groups. Scrooge knew the men, and looked towards the Spirit for an explanation.
The Phantom glided on into a street. Its finger pointed to two persons meeting. Scrooge listened again, thinking that the explanation might lie
here.
He knew these men, also, perfectly. They were men of business: very wealthy, and of great importance. He had made a point always of standing
well in their esteem: in a business point of view, that is strictly in a business point of view.