is at the door? There are Christiana, her boys and her friend!

So they leapt for joy, and went to tell it to their Lord, who
came to the door and said, Art thou that Christiana whom
Christian left in the town of Destruction, when he set out for
The Celestial City?

Christiana:--I am she, and my heart was so hard as to slight his
woes, and leave him to make his way as he could; and these are
his four sons. But I, too, am come, for I feel sure that no way
is right but this.

Interpreter:--But why do you stand at the door? Come in; it was
but just now that we spoke of you, for we heard that you were on
your way. Come, my dear boys, come in; come, my sweet maid, come
in. So he took them to the house, and bade them sit down and
rest. All in the house wore a smile of joy to think that
Christiana was on her way to The Celestial City, and they were
glad to see the young ones walk in God's ways, and gave them a
kind of clasp of the hand to show their good will. They said soft
words, too, to Mercy, and bade them all be at their ease. To fill
up the time till they could sup, Interpreter took them to see all
those things that had been shown to Christian. This done, they
were led to a room in which stood a man with a prong in his hand,
who could look no way but down on the ground; and there stood one
with a crown in his hand, which he said he would give him for his
prong; yet the first man did not look up, but went on to rake the
straws, dust, and stocks which lay on the floor.

Then said Christiana: I think I know what this means. It is a