one-eyeball

Updated: May 9, 2025

The man sprang from his chair, which he overturned in his fright, and stood for an instant with his one-eyeball starting from his head, and glaring upon the spectre; his cheeks deadly pale; the cold perspiration streaming from his face; his lips dissevered, and his teeth chattering in his head. "There there there. Look look, it comes again! the devil! the devil!"

Susanna Moodie - Roughing It in the Bush