Mercy:--To be here is not so sweet as it was at The Gate, or at Mr. Interpreter's, or at the good house where we were last. Oh, said one of the boys, it is not so bad to go through this place as it is to dwell here for all time; for aught I know we have to go this way that our last home may seem to us the more blest. Great-heart:--Well said, Samuel; thou dost now speak like a man. Samuel:--Why, if I do in truth get out of this place, I think I shall prize that which is light and good more than I have done all my life. Great-heart:--We shall be out by and by. So on they went. Joseph:--Can we not see to the end of this vale yet? Great-heart:--Look to your feet, for you will soon be where the snares are. So they took good heed. Great-heart:--Men come here and bring no guide with them; hence it is they die from the snares they meet with in the way. Poor Christian! it is strange he should have got out of this place, and been safe. But God dwelt in his soul, and he had a stout heart, of his own, or else he could not have done it. Christiana:--I wish that there were some inn here where we could all take rest. I Well, said Mr. Honest--one whom they had just met--there is such a place not far off. So there they went, and the host, whose name was Gaius, said: Come in, for my house was built for none but such as you. Great-heart:--Good Gaius, let us sup. What have you for us to eat? We have gone through great toils, and stand much in want of food. Gaius:--It is too late for us to go out and seek food; but of such as we have you shall eat. The meal was then spread, and near the end of the feast all sat round the board to crack nuts, when old Honest said to Gaius, Tell me what this verse means: A man there was, and some did count him mad; The more that this man gave the more he had. Then all the youths gave a guess as to what Gaius would say to it; so he sat still a while, and then said: He that gives his goods to the poor, Shall have as much and ten times more. Joseph:--I did not think, Sir, that you would have found it out. Gaius:--Ah! I have learnt of my Lord to be kind, and I find I gain by it. Then Samuel said in a low tone to Christiana, This is a good man's house; let us make a long stay, and why should not Matthew wed Mercy here? When Gaius heard him say this, quoth he: With all my heart. And he gave Mercy to Matthew to wife. By this time Christiana's son James had come of age, and Gaius gave Phebe (who was his child) to be his wife. They spent ten days at the house of Gaius, and then took their leave. But on the last day he made them a feast, of which they all ate and drank. Great-heart:--Now, Gaius, the hour has come that we must be gone; so tell me what I owe you for this long stay at your inn, for we have been here some years.