clamp'd

Updated: May 6, 2025

In the middle of my tale, the servant stepp'd to the door, and return'd quietly. There was no lock on the inside. After a minute he went across, and drew the red curtains. The window had a grating within, of iron bars as thick as a man's thumb, strongly clamp'd in the stonework, and not four inches apart.

Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch - The Splendid Spur