agrapple

Updated: May 4, 2025

That he had scattered lifelines, that all his oratory had come agrapple with nature's first law, evidently did not cross his mind. He gazed down at the girl's dimly limned face, and his gaze seemed full of an unconquerable hopefulness. "The boy's behavior has been inexcusable in any case," he said. "And be sure he's been punished, and will be punished severely.

Henry Sydnor Harrison - V. V.'s Eyes