Mercy:--Well, I am glad of my dream, for I hope ere long to see
it come to pass, so as to make me laugh once more.
Christiana:--I think it is now high time to rise, and to know
what we must do.
Mercy:--Pray, if they should ask us to stay, let us by all means
do so; for I should much like to know more of these maids. I
think Prudence, Piety, and Charity have, each of them, a most
choice mien.
Christiana:--We shall see what they will do.
So they came down.
Then Prudence and Piety: If you will stay, here you shall have
what the house will yield.
Charity:--Yes, and that with a good will.
So they were there some time, much to their good.
Prudence:--Christiana, I give you all praise, for you have
brought your boys up well. With James I have had a long chat; he
is a good boy, and has learnt much that will bring peace to his
mind, while he lives on this earth, and in the world to come it
will cause him to see the face of Him who sits on the throne. For
my own part, I will teach all your sons. At the same time, said
she to them: You must still give heed to all that Christiana can
teach you, but more than all, you must read the Book of God's
Word, which sent your dear sire on his way to the land of bliss.
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