The Keeper of the Bridge, Chapter 7

⁠​​​‌​​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​⁠Out of dumb rock and lifeless iron the bridge arose. First these were only amorphous objects, and then through the fire of genius was evoked an entity. The bridge had a personality strong as a man's, as houses have personalities, and some trees. It rose there strong and slim and beautiful and of use to men, but terrible as an army with banners. And though Simon Lovat and his wife Cecily said nothi