The clanking noise grew louder and louder . Then the noise came straight through the door into Scrooge’s room. Suddenly,Scrooge saw Jacob Marley. He saw the face he had seen on the door knocker and in the fire. He saw Marley’s face and hair and coat and boots. He saw a white cloths tied round Marley’s face and chin. But Scrooge also saw the door. He could see staight through Marley! Was this a ghost?