How is the conflict between scrooge and the two charity men resolved in "stave i: marley's ghost"?

a.
scrooge calls the police on the men.

b.
the men run away in fear.

c.
scrooge agrees to give them a small donation.

d.
the men leave without collecting any money.

When they reached the door of the lonely house and stopped to unlock it, and the cat came to purr loudly, and rub against them, a deserted p***y, indeed, but fat with young robins, sylvia whispered that this was a beautiful place to live in, and she never should wish to go home. the description of the house in this excerpt gives an example of