`` On which , '' said Bob , `` for he is the pleasantest-spoken gentleman you ever heard , I told him . ' I am heartily sorry for it , Mr. Cratchit , ' he said , ` and heartily sorry for your good wife . ' By-the-bye , how he ever knew that I do n't know . '' `` Knew what , my dear ? '' `` Why , that you were a good wife , '' replied Bob . `` Everybody knows that , '' said Peter . `` Very well observed , my boy ! '' cried Bob . `` I hope they do . ` Heartily sorry , ' he said , ` for your good wife . If I can be of service to you in any way , ' he said , giving me his card , ` that 's where I live . Pray come to me . ' Now , it was n't , '' cried Bob , `` for the sake of anything he might be able to do for us , so much as for his kind way , that this was quite delightful . It really seemed as if he had known our Tiny Tim , and felt with us . '' `` I 'm sure he 's a good soul ! '' said Mrs. Cratchit . `` You would be sure of it , my dear , '' returned Bob , `` if you saw and spoke to him . I should n't be at all surprised -- mark what I say ! -- if he got Peter a better situation . '' `` Only hear that , Peter , '' said Mrs. Cratchit .
`` And then , '' cried one of the girls , `` Peter will be keeping company with some one , and setting up XXXXX himself . ''
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