Miserly (of or characteristic of a miser):
Scrooge is stingy with his money and will not allow his clerk Bob Cratchit to have a decent fire to warm him on Christmas Eve.
"...as the clerk came in with the shovel, the master predicted that it would be necessary for them to part".
The indirect speech shows that Scrooge is threatening and in charge. He will not give permission for Cratchit to take more coal.
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