For some time he sat with his head hanging down, a picture of despair. Then he began to look around him. The first thing he saw were the following words painted in large red letters on the walls of the cave:— "This cave is the property of the great prince Spiritual Pride," and underneath these words, were the rules to be followed by the soldiers of Spiritual Pride in the capturing of the soldiers of the King of the Radiant City. Each rule caused a further groan to escape from Amer's lips. 1. Get talking to the traveller on the road to the Radiant City in a friendly way, having prepared his mind beforehand by invisible influence. 2. Encourage him to speak of his own experience, his own attainments, either spiritual or physical. 3. If he has had any victories, remind him of his prowess and bravery. 4. Quote texts to him without their context, to prove that he should be beyond fear of the enemy. 5. Take off his mind as much as possible from the King and Radiant City and fix his thoughts on himself. 6. Make him think the importance of the armour less for one naturally so strong. 7. Help him to compare himself with other travellers, their slowness, their trips and falls, and make him congratulate himself that he is better than they are. 8. If possible, take away his sword from him without his notice. 9. Induce him to believe that there is a short cut to the Radiant City, and that instead of having to endure hardness, to one who is so far on the road, the way is smooth. 10. Above all things, take his mind off the King, so that he may not call to Him. All must be done with the greatest possible speed. Amer groaned again and again as he read these rules. How he envied that slow and careful traveller, whom he had once despised. He had indeed sunk in deep waters! Then he remembered that he had his Guide Book in his pocket. Would it give him any rule as to how to act now that he was sorely smitten and enchained? In the dim light of the cave he bent over it. The words he read were those of Jonah the prophet, who, like Amer, felt by reason of the punishment of his sin that he was cast out of God's presence. "'I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the Lord, and He heard me; out of the belly of Hell cried I, and Thou heardest my voice. For Thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all Thy billows and Thy waves passed over me. Then I said, I am cast out of Thy sight; yet I will look again toward Thy holy temple . . . . I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever; yet hast Thou brought up my life from corruption, O Lord my God. When my heart fainted within me I remembered the Lord, and my prayer came in unto Thee, into Thine holy temple.'" Amer remembered also the words quoted by the Ambassador, "'This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.'"