ave me
this coat the day that he took away from me my rags. He will surely
know me, since I have His coat on my back. I have also a mark in my
forehead, which you may not have noticed, and this was given to me by
one of my Lord's friends, on the day my burden fell off my shoulders.
I will tell you too, that I had a roll given me, to comfort me by
reading, as I go on the way. I am also to give in the roll at the
Celestial Gate. All these things I think you are without, because you
came not in at the gate."

To these things they gave him no answer, only they looked at each
other and laughed. I beheld then, that they all went on without
talking much together, till they came to the foot of the hill
Difficulty, at the bottom of which was a spring. The narrow way lay
right up the hill, but there were also two other ways here. One turned
to the left hand and the other to the right at the bottom of the hill.
Christian now went to the spring and drank to refresh himself, and
then began to go up the narrow path that led to the top of the hill.
The other two also came to the foot of the hill. But when they saw
that the hill was steep and high, they made up their minds to go in
the other paths that lay round the side of the hill. So one took the
way that was called Danger, which led him into a great wood, and the
other took the way called Destruction, which led him into a wide
field, full of dark mountains, where he stumbled and fell and rose no
more. I looked then to Christian to see him go up the hill, and then I
saw that he had begun to clamber upon his hands and his knees, because
of the steepness of the place. Now about midway to the top of the hill
was a pleasant arbor, made by the Lord of the hill for the refreshing
of weary travelers. When Christian got there he sat down to rest, then
he pulled out his roll and read in it to comfort himself, and he began
again to look at the garment that was given to him at the Cross. Thus
he at last fell into a slumber, and then into a sound sleep, which
kept him in that place, until it was almost night, and in his sleep
his roll fell out of his hand. Now, as he was sleeping, there came one
to him and awaked him. Then Christian suddenly started up and sped on
his way till he came to the top of the hill.

When he was got to the top of the hill, there came two men running to
meet him. The name of the one was Timorous, and the other Mistrust.

"Sirs," said Christian, "what is the matter? Y