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They entered the city unchallenged two hours before sunset. The sentries at the Damascus Gate did not so much as bother to ask Marcellus his name or what manner of cargo was strapped to the tired little donkeys. It was evident that Jerusalem was not on the alert.
The journey from Capernaum had been made with dispatch, considering the travellers were on foot. By rising before dawn and keeping steadily at it--even through the sultry valleys, where the prudent rested in the shade while the sun was high--the trip had been accomplished in three days.