Obs.—"Come then, friend Pliable, let us go home."
Then said Pliable, "The things he looks for are of more worth than ours. My heart urges me to go with him."
Obs.—"What! Be led by me and go back."
Chr.—"Come with me, friend Pliable; there are such things to be had which I spoke of, and much more bliss. If you heed not what I say, read here in this book."
"Well, friend Obstinate," said Pliable, "I mean to go with this good man, and to cast in my lot with him. But, my good mate, do you know the way to this place?"
Chr.—"I am told by a man, whose name is Evangelist, to speed me to a small gate that is in front of us, where we shall be put in the right way."
"And I will go back to my place," said Obstinate. "I will not make one of such flat fools."
CHAPTER II.
THE SLOUGH OF DESPOND.
Now Christian and Pliable spoke as they did walk on the plain; and this was what they said: