Part 2: Through Page 30 Summary

The author reopens the story by relating the fame that has been given to the first part of the story. He has an imaginary conversation with the book itself to justify this second part, which will describe the pilgrimage of Christian's wife and family. In the opening of the second part, the author meets Mr. Sagacity, who explains to him what has happened within Christian's family since his departure.

Christiana, brokenhearted by her husband's departure, begins to wonder about her own salvation. She and her sons decide to see their father. She has a dream where her sins are revealed to her and where she is visited by Secret, a messenger from Heaven, who brings her a certificate to enter the Celestial City. While Christiana and her family are preparing to go on the pilgrimage, their neighbors, Mercy and...