phosphorically

Updated: May 3, 2025

Dangerfield's silver spectacles gleamed phosphorically after her from under his lurid forehead. It was not a pleasant look, and his mouth was very grim. In another instant he was in the room again, and glanced at his watch. ''Tis half-past nine, he said, in a quiet tone, but with a gleam of intense fury over his face, 'and that that doctor named nine.

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu - The House by the Church-Yard