What would happen if Scrooge's clerk, Bob Cratchit, came to his office for more
coal?
Cratchit would collect the smallest amount of
coal in a metal bucket and return to his own
work area.
Cratchit would be humbled and embarrassed
for being unable to handle the cold as well as
Scrooge.
Scrooge would fire his clerk.

What can be inferred from the following sentence in the passage? then he asked me my name. scarcely had i uttered it when he made a gesture of astonishment. a) the sentence implies that the attendant knows the colonel. b) the sentence implies that the colonel is giving up on life. c) the sentence implies that the attendant is going to get fired. d) the sentence implies that the colonel recognizes the attendant's name.