And ever and anon the flame and smoke came out in such abundance, with sparks and hideous noises, that he was forced to put away his sword and betake himself to another weapon, called All-prayer.

Then he cried out in my hearing, “O Lord, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.”  Thus he went on a great while, yet still the flames would be rushing towards him.  Also he heard doleful voices and rushings to and fro, so that sometimes he thought he should be torn in pieces, or trodden down like mire in the streets.

This frightful sight was seen, and these dreadful noises were heard by him for several miles together.  Then Christian came to a place where he thought he heard a company of fiends coming forward to meet him, and he stopped and began to think what it would be best for him to do.  Sometimes he thought he would go back, but again he thought he might be half-way through the valley.  So he resolved to go on, yet the fiends seemed to come nearer and nearer.  But when they were come almost close to him, he cried out in a loud voice, “I will walk in the strength of the Lord God.”  Then the fiends went back and came no farther.

Now Christian thought he heard the voice of a man going before him, saying, “Though I walk through the Valley of the Shadow of Death, I will fear no evil, for Thou art with me.”  Then he was glad, for he thought that some one who feared God was in this valley, as well as himself, and he hoped to overtake him and have company by and by.

Now morning being come, he looked back to see by the light of day what dangers he had gone through in the night.  So he saw more plainly the ditch that was on the one hand, and the mire that was on the other, also how narrow the way was that lay between them both.  He saw, too, the hobgoblins and dragons, but all afar off, for after break of day they came not nigh.

About this time the sun was rising, and this was a great help to Christian, for you must know that though the first part of the Valley of the Shadow of Death was dangerous, yet this second part, through which he had to go, was, if possible, far more dangerous.  For, from the place where he now stood, even to the end of the valley, the way was all along so full of snares, traps, and nets here, so full of pits, pitfalls, and deep holes down there, that if it had been dark, he would almost surely have been lost, but as I said just now, the sun was rising.  In this light, therefore, he came to the end of the valley.

Now as Christian went on his way, he came to a little hill, and going up he looked forward and saw Faithful before him.  Then said Christian, “Stay, and I will be your companion.”

And when he overtook Faithful they went very lovingly on together, and talked of all that had happened to them in their pilgrimage.  Then I saw in my dream that when they got out of the wilderness they saw a town before them, and the name of that town was Vanity, and at the town there was a fair kept, called Vanity Fair.  It was kept all the year long.