these bad men; when they soon leapt the wall, and got safe to the
grounds where the dog was kept.

Reliever:--How was it that when you were at the gate you did not
ask Him who stood there to take you on your way, and guard you
from harm? Had you done so you would not have gone through these
frights, for He would have been sure to grant you your wish.

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.