"Close around him, men!" The fortress of San Domingo is a gloomy place.

They prisoned him here, and they put irons upon him.

I saw that done.

One or two of his immediate following, and I his physician might enter with him.
He stood in the dismal place where one ray of light came down from a high, small, grated window, and he looked at the chains which they brought.

He asked, "Who will put them on ?" He looked at the chains and at the soldier who brought them.