thoughts of my own state and yours; for we were wrong to let our
hearts grow cold, and turn a deaf ear to him in the time of his
woe, and hold back from him when he fled from this City of
Destruction.

The thought of these things would kill me, were it not for a
dream which I had last night, and for what a guest who came here
at dawn has told me. So come, my dear ones, let us make our way
at once to the gate that leads to The Celestial City, that we may
see your sire and be there with him and his friends.

Then her first two sons burst out in tears of joy that
Christiana's heart was set that way.

Now while they put all things right to go, two friends of
Christiana's came up to her house, and gave a knock at the door.
To them she said, If you come in God's name, come in. This mode
of speech from the lips of Christiana struck them as strange. Yet
they came in, and said, Pray what do you mean by this?

I mean to leave my home, said she to Mrs. Timorous--for that was
the name of one of these friends.

Timorous:--To what end, pray tell me?

Christiana:--To go to my dear Christian. And with that she wept.

Timorous:--Nay, can it be so? Who or what has brought you to
this state of mind?