How does Scrooge feel when he sees the Crachit family in A Christmas Carol?

Scrooge is a miserly, cruel employer who
treats the father of the Crachit family cruelly everyday but particularly on Christmas Eve.
After finally allowing him to leave for the night, Scrooge heads home. Along the way he shouts
angrily at poor people and at his nephew who invites him to dinner. Once home, he falls asleep
only to be awakened by the spirits of Christmas past, present and future who torment him with
visions. It is the Ghost of Christmas present who takes Scrooge to view how the Crachit family
celebrates Christmas. Here Scrooge sees how despite the family's poverty, they enjoy celebrating
Christmas as best they can with joy and love for one another. Scrooge appears both baffled by
the family's happiness and to soften at this point, remembering some of the things he has said
to Crachit and how he has treated him. Scrooge sees frail, sickly Tiny Tim and asks the spirit
if Tim will live. The spirit warns that unless his life changes and he has better conditions, he
will die. This appears to bother Scrooge a great deal. He is obviously distressed by it and
protests the spirit's words. The spirit reminds Scrooge that in the past, he has wished that the
sick would just die and decrease the population. As they move on with the spirit of Christmas
future, the image of the Crachits and Tiny Tim remain with Scrooge who continues to be
distressed by what he has seen of Tim's illness.