From secret closets in the room sprang six able bodied men.

They soon had Bernard securely bound.

Belton then told Bernard that he must retract what he had said and agree to keep his revealed purpose a secret or he would never leave that room alive.
"Then I shall die, and my only regret will be that I shall die at the hands of such an abominable wretch as you are," was Bernard's answer.
Bernard was stood against the wall.

The six men retired to their closets and returned with rifles.

Bernard gazed at the men unflinchingly.