"What do you say, Beth ?" "I was thinking about our '_Pilgrim's Progress_'," answered Beth, who had not heard a word.

"How we got out of the Slough and through the Wicket Gate by resolving to be good, and up the steep hill by trying, and that maybe the house over there, full of splendid things, is going to be our Palace Beautiful." "We have got to get by the lions first," said Jo, as if she rather liked the prospect..