Part 160 - Visit to an abandoned city house

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SUMMARY:
The diarist reflects on abandoned homes after visiting a derelict house in the city, describing its severe decay. They imagine the once-happy family who lived there and the hardship that led to their departure.

CONTENT:
There are to be seen in each country houses which had
been abandoned. In the old days a man lived
in such a house with his wife and children and
they were happy and content.
But then came a day when the husband died and the
wife was left alone with her little children.
Because there was no one to work and earn a
living for them, they had to leave their old home
and seek a home in some other place. I will
describe such a house. I visited the other day an
old house in the city and it was really very sad to
see it in such a condition. The roof had fallen in and
the walls had fallen down in many places. The windows
were broken and there was no glass in them. The
doors were off their hinges and they were lying on
the floor. The floor was covered with dust and dirt.
There was no furniture in the house and it was
empty. The garden was overgrown with weeds and
there were no flowers in it. The trees were old and
dead. It was a very sad sight to see such a house.
It made me think of the people who had lived
in it and how happy they must have been.