They toil and tug away with their goods and chattels, and the

household goblin sits in an old tub and moves with them. All the

little griefs of the lodging and the family, and the real cares and

sorrows, move with them out of the old dwelling into the new; and what

gain is there for them or for us in the whole affair? Yes, there was

written long ago the good old maxim: 'Think on the great moving-day of

death!' That is a serious thought. I hope it is not disagreeable to

you that I should have touched upon it? Death is the most certain