eye-thrust

Updated: May 22, 2025

To storm the fort and revel in butchering its garrison seemed the only desirable thing left for him in life. Father Beret was, indeed, present at the church, as Hamilton had dreaded; and the two duelists gave each other a rapier-like eye-thrust. Neither spoke, however, and Clark immediately demanded a settlement of the matter in hand.

Maurice Thompson - Alice of Old Vincennes