Chronicles of the Canongate, Vol. 3 of 3: Second Series (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

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In this manner they passed unnoticed or dis regarded beneath the stately Gothic arches of the old bridge, erected by the magnificent pa tronage of Robert Bruce in 1329, and carried away by an inundation in 1621. Although they heard the voices of a civic watch, which, since these disturbances commenced, had been night ly maintained in that important pass, no chal lenge was given; and when they were so far down the stream as to be out of hearing of those guardians of the night, they began to row, but still with precaution, and to converse, though in a low tone.

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