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 for himself . '' `` Get along with you ! '' retorted Peter , grinning . `` It 's just as likely as not , '' said Bob , `` one of these days ; though there 's plenty of time for that , my dear . But , however and whenever we part from one another , I am sure we shall none of us forget poor Tiny Tim -- shall we -- or this first parting that there was among us ? '' `` Never , father ! '' cried they all .
`` And I know , '' said Bob , `` I know , my dears , XXXXX when we recollect how patient and how mild he was , although he was a little , little child , we shall not quarrel easily among ourselves , and forget poor Tiny Tim in doing it . ''
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