Christiana:--Ah, Sir, the joy we felt when we were let in, drove
from our thoughts all fears to come. And how could we think that
such had men could lurk in such a place as that? True, it would
have been well for us if we had thought to ash Him; but since our
Lord knew it would he for our good, how came it to pass that He
did not send some one with us?
Reliever:--You did not ask. When the want of a thing is felt,
that which we wish for is worth all the more.
Christiana:--Shall we go back to my Lord and tell Him we wish we
had been more wise, and ask for a guard?
Reliever:--Go back you need not, for in no place where you go
will you find a want at all.
When he had said this he took his leave, and the rest went on
their way.
Mercy:--What a blank is here! I made sure we had been past all
risk, and that we should see no more care.
Christiana:--Your youth may plead for you, my friend, and screen
you from blame; but as for me, my fault is so much the worse in
so far as I knew what would take place ere I came out of my door.
Mercy:--But how could you know this ere you set out?
Christiana:--Why, I will tell you.
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