"
She suddenly fell on her knees, as she was wont to do in such
emergencies, and, behold, I saw her, on wings of prayer, fly in triumph
from the tower's top, down the valley, over the Meshes of Doubt, and
land on the King's Highway in a most glorious place called Victory by
Faith. She thence went on her way rejoicing.
[Illustration: The great victory of Mrs. Discouraged who, on wings of
prayer, escaped from he Tower of Temptation to a place called Victory
by Faith.]
Then did the attendant on the tower speak of her in ridicule. "The
poor mortal, in her insanity, has descended to a bad level and must,
of necessity, climb yonder terrible hill which, as your eyes bear
testimony, is the last part of the Narrow Way visible from this tower."
"She went, however, in a miraculous way. Those wings were sure and
steady, and I was pleased with the swiftness of her flight," said Mrs.
Diligence who was also a pilgrim from the King's Highway.
"Without doubt," answered the attendant, "but she went with heavy labor
of her wings. Had she told me that she wished to take a flight, I could
have given her a finer trip in one of the aerial ships lately invented
by the experts of the Wizard City.
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