I saw then in my dream that so far as this vale went, there was
on the right hand a deep ditch; that ditch to which the blind
have led the blind as long as the world has been made. And, lo,
on the left hand there was a quag. in which if a man fall, he
will find no firm ground for his foot to stand on. The path way
was not broad, and so good Christian was the more put to it. This
went on for miles, and in the midst of that vale was a deep pit.
One thing which I saw in my dream I must not leave out; it was
this:--Just as Christian had come to the mouth of the pit, one of
those who dwelt in it swept up to him, and in a soft tone spoke
bad things to him, and took God's name in vain, which Christian
thought must have come from his own mind. This put him out more
than all the rest had done; to think that he should take that
name in vain for which he felt so deep a love, was a great grief
to him. Yet there was no help for it. Then he thought he heard a
voice which said: Though I walk through the Valley of the Shadow
of Death, I will fear no harm for thou art with me.

Now as Christian went on, he found there was a rise in the road,
which had been thrown up that that path might be clear to those
who were bound for Zion. Up this road Christian went, and saw his
old friend Faithful a short way off.

Then said Christian: Ha, my friend, are you here? Stay, and I
will join you.

This ere long he did, and they spoke of all that had come to pass
since they had last met.

In course of time the road they took brought them to a town, the