"Get down there," commanded the masked man. "All of you."
Lonergan went first, very slowly, dragging his steps until the masked man prodded him hard with his gun, after disarming him.
"You two can take those men you've tied up," the Lone Ranger told Sawtell and Lombard, as he drew their guns from the holsters and tossed them aside.
Despite their pleas, Vince and Jeb were hauled down the steep and rotting ladder to the damp windowless vault, walled in by stone, beneath the floor.
"At least untie us," cried Vince.
"Your pals can do that."
"It's unholy," cried Jeb. "Yuh can't put me with them killers. This ain't the will o' the Lord fer me tuh suffer sech company."
"At least," yelled Lombard from the depths, "give us a light down here."
The Lone Ranger dropped the door in place and bolted it.
"It'll be hard for them to open it from down below," he told Penelope, "but just to make sure they stay there for the time being, we'll brace it."