the cratchits

• Tiny Tim is "as good as gold - and better"
• "dressed out but poorly, in a twice-turned gown, but brave in ribbons"
• "I'll give you Mr Scrooge, the Founder of the Feast!"
• "nobody said or thought it was at all a small pudding for a large family. It would have been flat heresy to do so."
• “at bob cratchits elbow stood the family display of glass; two tumblers, and a custard-cup without a handle.”