Which peter is Scrooge wept to see his poor forgotten self

In
, the classic novella by , an old miser named Ebenezer Scrooge must
confront himself and make a decision about what kind of person he will be. A series of ghosts
visit Scrooge, showing him scenes of his life, and warning of what the potential outcome might
be if he continues on his current path of cold-heartedness and neglect of his fellow
man.

When Stave Two (Chapter Two) begins, Scrooge has left the confrontation
with his former partner, Jacob Marley, and has gone to bed still dressed. Despite his
exhaustion, he wakes in the middle of the night when a church bell begins to ring. Scrooge
remains in bed, counting the rings of the bell and waiting for them to stop. He believes he has
somehow outlasted the supernatural world but thats not the case:

He spoke before the hour bell sounded, which it now did with a deep, dull, hollow,
melancholy One. Light flashed up in the room upon the instant, and the curtains of his bed were
drawn.

With the conclusion of the bell ringing, the first
of three spirits arrives to visit Scrooge, as Marley predicted. The ghost that appears is a
figure evoking a wise elder, an innocent child, and a paranormal entity beyond comprehension.
Scrooge confronts the visitor:

Are you the Spirit, sir,
whose coming was foretold to me? asked Scrooge.

I am!

The voice was soft and gentle. Singularly low, as if instead of being so close beside him, it
were at a distance.

Who, and what are you? Scrooge demanded.

I am the Ghost of Christmas Past.

Long Past? inquired Scrooge:
observant of its dwarfish stature.

No. Your past.

The Ghost of Christmas Past is the first to guide Scrooge through
scenes of his life, in this case, taking him back to his childhood and his family, notably his
sister Fan. The Ghost shows Scrooge a scene of a boarding school and says:

The school is not quite deserted, said the Ghost. A solitary
child, neglected by his friends, is left there still.

Scrooge acknowledges the Ghosts statement and anticipates the next scene:

They went, the Ghost and Scrooge, across the hall, to a door at the
back of the house. It opened before them, and disclosed a long, bare, melancholy room, made
barer still by lines of plain deal forms and desks. At one of these a lonely boy was reading
near a feeble fire; and Scrooge sat down upon a form, and wept to see his poor forgotten self as
he used to be.

At this vision of his young self, a child
who relies on fantasy to cope with loneliness, Scrooges defenses break down, thus preparing him
for the next visions and the lessons he must learn.