"Now," said Christian, "let me go hence." "Nay, stay," said the
Interpreter, "till I have showed thee a little more, and after that
thou shalt go on thy way." So he took him by the hand again, and led
him into a very dark room, where there sat a man in an iron cage.
Now the man to look on, seemed very sad. He sat with his eyes
looking down to the ground, his hands folded together, and he sighed
as if he would break his heart. Then said Christian, "What means
this?" At which the Interpreter bid him talk with the man.
Then said Christian to the man, "What art thou?" The man answered,
"I am what I was not once."