Marley was dead to begin with and the clock went to the other direction and the hour clock rang for 1:00 and then he went back to sleep then there was a person standing there it was a women that Marley warned of.
Like when it said this that old Marley was as dead as a doornail. And when Marley talked to scrooge he said that three spirits will come. And present the one came at 1:00 then she took him to the past and when he was in love to And then the hour clock went off for the hour 2:00 and the