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MERCY'S EXPERIENCE.
So the Interpreter addressed him to Mercy, and said unto her, "And
what moved thee to come hither, sweetheart?"
Then Mercy blushed and trembled, and for a while continued silent.
Then said he, "Be not afraid; only believe, and speak thy mind."
Then she began, and said, "Truly, sir, my want of experience is that
which makes me covet to be in silence, and that also that filleth me
with fears of coming short at last. I cannot tell of visions and
dreams as my friend Christiana can, nor know I what it is to mourn
for my refusing of the counsel of those that were good relations."
INTERPRETER. "What was it then, dear heart, that hath prevailed with
thee to do as thou hast done?"
MERCY. "Why, when our friend here was packing up to be gone from our
town, [the city of Destruction,] I and another went accidentally to
see her. So we knocked at the door and went in. When we were within,
and seeing what she was doing, we asked her what she meant. She said
she was sent for to go to her husband; and then she up and told us
how she had seen him in a dream, dwelling in a curious place, among
immortals, wearing a crown, playing upon a harp, eating and drinking
at his Prince's table, and singing praises to him for the bringing
him thither.
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