white-illumined

Updated: May 1, 2025

Medusa-like for one second her face hung, white-illumined, set into terrible fixity, above the great flame, the next instant all was blackness to their dazzled eyes. The light of Scarthey was out! She groped for René; her hot fingers burnt upon his cold rough hand for a second.

Egerton Castle - The Light of Scarthey