Answer:
"All your other hopes have merged... engrosses you."
Explanation:
In this sentence, we learn that Scrooge has pursued wealth over other aims. We learn this because of the words the woman says to Scrooge. She tells us that all his "nobler" aspirations have disappeared. She also states that she has seen all of them go, one by one, until the only ambition he has left is that of making more money.
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