Triumph VII. A Knock at the Door VIII. A Hand at Cards Author: Charles Dickens Copy Quote More from Charles Dickens “The ties that bind the wealthy and the proud to home may be forged on earth, bu…” “It was Miss Murdstone who was arrived, and a gloomy-looking lady she was; dark,…” “Meow says the cat ,quack says the duck , Bow wow wow says the dog !Grrrr!” “and, unlike the celebrated herd in the poem, they were not forty children condu…”