But this loss was to be preferred to the destruction such an army of moth as it was sending forth, would have occasioned." I changed the subject, dexterously, having heard quite enough about the sofa to satisfy me that my bargain was likely to prove a bad one.
All the summer, I was troubled with visions of moth-eaten carpets, furs, shawls, and overcoats; and they proved to be only the foreshadowing of real things to come, for, when, in the fall, the contents of old chests, boxes, drawers, and dark closets were brought forth to the light, a state of affairs truly frightful to a housekeeper, was presented.

One of the breadths of my handsome carpet had the pile so eaten off in conspicuous places, that no remedy was left but the purchase and substitution of a new one, at a cost of nearly ten dollars.

In dozens of places the texture of the carpet was eaten entirely through.

I was, as my lady readers may naturally suppose, very unhappy at this.

But, the evil by no means found a limit here.