THE WICKET GATE
THEN I saw in my dream that the man Graceless came, by and by, to the wicket gate. Now, over the gate there was written,
KNOCK, AND IT SHALL BE OPENED UNTO YOU
So he knocked, more than once or twice. And as he knocked he kept saying to himself, "May I now enter? Will he that is within open to sorry me?"
By and by there came to the gate a man with a grave but kindly face, whose name was Good-will. He looked out, and when he saw a stranger standing there, he asked, "Who are you? And what do you wish?"
"I am a man with a burden," answered Graceless. "I have come from the City of Destruction, and am going on towards the mountains and the shining light,
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