heart-pressure

Updated: August 3, 2026

Their wording was like some trembling, fateful needle of a barometer, pausing, reacting a little, but going down, down, down, indicator of the heart-pressure of Paris, shrivelling the flesh, tightening the nerves. Already Paris was in a state of siege, in one sense.

Frederick Palmer - My Year of the War: Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and: the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the: First Time in its Complete Form