half-uncomprehended

Updated: May 15, 2025

The typhus is aboard, and he's the fourth man down!" The circle of beast-like faces, stretched forward to "see the fight," widened at the half-uncomprehended, ill-omened word. It was as though a bombshell had fallen into the group. Rufus Dawes lay on the deck motionless, breathing heavily. The savage circle glared at his prostrate body.

Marcus Andrew Hislop Clarke - For the Term of His Natural Life