louder-sounding

Updated: June 22, 2025

I heard plainly the soughing of the wind aloft, the low cracks of the upper spars taking the strain, long before I could feel the least draught on my face turned aft, anxious and sightless like the face of a blind man. Suddenly a louder-sounding note filled our ears, the darkness started streaming against our bodies, chilling them exceedingly.

Joseph Conrad - The Shadow Line; a confession