▁f ount ain ▁in ▁the ▁palace ▁cour ty ard ▁W anton ness , ▁who ▁is ▁bath ing ▁in ▁it , ▁ar ises ▁out ▁n aked ▁and ▁tries ▁to ▁s edu ce ▁T ender . ▁He ▁narrow ly ▁avoid s ▁her ▁grasp ▁to ▁escape , ▁and ▁run ▁back ▁to ▁the ▁main ▁highway ▁on ▁the ▁hill , ▁and ▁reaches ▁the ▁House ▁Beautiful ▁and ▁is ▁let ▁in ▁due ▁to ▁his ▁pass . ▁ ▁At ▁the ▁palace , ▁T ender ▁has ▁long ▁convers ations ▁with ▁the ▁vir g ins ▁Dis cret ion , ▁Char ity , ▁Pr ud ence , ▁and ▁Piet y ▁about ▁how ▁he ▁escaped ▁danger ▁on ▁the ▁way ▁up ▁the ▁hill , ▁and ▁then ▁is ▁taken ▁to ▁a ▁fe ast , ▁where ▁he ▁was ▁served ▁by ▁others ▁of ▁the ▁society ▁( Tem per ance , ▁Dec ency , ▁F rug ality ▁and ▁B ount y ). ▁He ▁then ▁has ▁a ▁conversation ▁on ▁how ▁they ▁came ▁to ▁that ▁place ▁themselves ▁to ▁take ▁on ▁their ▁positions ▁( they ▁were ▁dev ote es ▁to ▁the ▁woman ▁Religion ▁who ▁originally ▁lived ▁there , ▁and ▁promised ▁to ▁keep ▁her ▁rules ), ▁and ▁the ▁discussion ▁of ▁the ▁role ▁of ▁health y ▁food ▁and ▁moder ation ▁in ▁a ▁Christian ▁l ifest yle . ▁ ▁T ender ▁sets ▁off ▁again , ▁reaching ▁the ▁Valley ▁of ▁Hum ul iation , ▁which ▁has ▁been ▁covered ▁with ▁tra ps , ▁n ets ▁and ▁g ins ▁set ▁up ▁by ▁the ▁prince ▁of ▁the ▁air , ▁to ▁stop ▁high - mind ed ▁pil gr ims ▁from ▁proceed