death-grasp

Updated: June 27, 2025

He had now but little fear that others would learn them, but this gleam of comfort was overshadowed by the increased apprehensions that his child's sickness must prove fatal. Indeed, hope had almost fled from his bosom, but he clung with a death-grasp to the desire for her recovery, if for nothing else, that a good understanding might exist between them.

Alvin Addison - Eveline Mandeville : Or, The Horse Thief Rival