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120 Now as they passed these places, they saw the gardener standing in the way. They asked him, "Whose goodly vineyards and gardens are these?"

"They are the King's," he answered. "They are planted here for his own delight and for the solace of pilgrims."

Then he led them into the vineyards and bade them refresh themselves with the dainty fruit that hung clustering on the vines. He showed them also the King's walks, and the pleasant arbors where he delighted to be. And here they tarried a while and slept. And sweet dreams came to them in their sleep, and they talked aloud of the joys that were in store for them.

In the morning when they awoke they turned their steps once more towards the city. But the sunbeams which rested upon it were so extremely glorious that they could not look that way with open face. So, as they went, they had need to look through glasses that had been made for that purpose.

Then I saw, as they went on, that two men in shining raiment came forth to meet them; and the faces of these men shone as the light. These men asked the pilgrims whence they came; and they told them. They asked them where they had lodged; and they told