In "A Christmas Carol" the ghost of this dead partner is the first spirit to visit Scrooge
When Scrooge returns to his lodging he is visited by the Ghost of Jacob Marley 
... First, he sits alone in a cold schoolroom - but as the spirit touches the arm of 
the child .... All these poor people have taken things from the dead man - even 
the... [DOC] [TLE] SparkNotes: A Christmas Carol: Characters [PAR] Jacob Marley - In the living world, Ebenezer Scrooge's equally greedy partner.