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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from A Legend of Montrose by Walter Scott: secured the door behind them, and thus safely reached the
apartment of the Marquis.
[The precarious state of the feudal nobles introduced a great
deal of espionage into their castles. Sir Robert Carey mentions
his having put on the cloak of one of his own wardens to obtain a
confession from the mouth of Geordie Bourne, his prisoner, whom
be caused presently to be hanged in return for the frankness of
his communication. The fine old Border castle of Naworth
contains a private stair from the apartment of the Lord William
Howard, by which he could visit the dungeon, as is alleged in the
preceding chapter to have been practised by the Marquis of
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