Then said he: It is Flatterer, a false man, who has put on the garb of a Bright One for a time.
So he rent the net and let the men out. Then he bade them come with him, that he might set them on the right way once more. He said: Where were you last night?
Quoth they: With the men who kept watch of their sheep on The Delectable Mountains.
Then he said: But when you were at a stand why did you not read your note?
They told him they had not thought of it.
Now I saw in my dream that he bade them lie down, and whipt them sore, to teach them the good way in which they should walk; and he said: Those whom I love I serve thus.
So they gave him thanks for what he had taught them, and went on the right way up the hill with a song of joy.
At length they came to a land the air of which made men sleep, and here the lids of Hopeful's eyes dropped, and he said: Let us lie down here and take a nap.
Christian.—By no means, lest if we sleep we wake no more.
Hopeful.—Nay, friend Christian, sleep is sweet to the man who has spent the day in toil.