death-flush

Updated: May 20, 2025

In poor Margaret's case the etiquette that banished the nearest kin from Royalty in articulo mortis was not much to be regretted. David saw her white, save for the death-flush called up by the labouring breath, as she lay upheld in his mother's arms, a priest holding a crucifix before her, a few ladies kneeling by the bed. 'Good tidings, I see, my son, said Lady Drummond.

Charlotte Mary Yonge - Two Penniless Princesses