| 单词 | pitch-dark |
| 例句 | It was pitch-dark, and only the floodlights illuminated the scene. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “What?” said Ron loudly, looking around into the pitch-dark, and gripping Harry’s elbow very hard. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z She leaned toward the window, but there was no use because it was pitch-dark outside. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z And with the Oompa-Loompas rowing faster than ever, the boat shot into the pitch-dark tunnel, and all the passengers screamed with excitement. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z “It was pitch-dark. We might be in a punt, for all he knows.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z As the dead kings came stumbling from their cold black graves, Jon had woken in pitch-dark, his heart hammering. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It's pitch-dark, the curtains drawn, and hotter than the dickens. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Seven years it must be—he had dreamed that he was walking through a pitch-dark room. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Before I know it, I’m over the fence, and hustling down a pitch-dark alley, one in which girls get bludgeoned with chisels. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z As she pushed open the door and stumbled into the pitch-dark hall she quietly cursed the man who usually kept an eye on the house and garden whenever she went away. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I can’t help but wonder about the pitch-dark secrets it holds. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “Turn some lights on out here!” he yelled back to Alec as he slipped out of the cockpit—he’d dropped the flashlight at some point and the world was pitch-dark. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The tunnel to the outside world took about five minutes to paddle through, but it was pitch-dark, so Malcolm had to go slowly, feeling his way from bump to bump. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The credits roll, sending his room into a near pitch-dark. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z It wasn’t quite pitch-dark, and in the ghostly gray predawn light he could see the old treadle sewing machine. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z A form was near—what form, the pitch-dark night and my enfeebled vision prevented me from distinguishing. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z When I woke up, it was pitch-dark and silent, and the clock said that six hours had passed. The Life and Death of a Wildly Popular Baby Sleeper 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z The James Whitmore character was just lying there, in the pitch-dark ant cave, so I just figured I’ll assume he’s dead until I play it again. Without Dave: Life After “Late Show with David Letterman” 2016-07-10T04:00:00Z “White nets enveloping the black dots of silent death against a pitch-dark background of nothingness,” is how she described them. How Yayoi Kusama, the ‘Infinity Mirrors’ visionary, channels mental illness into art 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z Even those who binge on apocalyptic splatter movies are going to be rattled by “Mercury Fur,” Philip Ridley’s pitch-dark portrait of the day after tomorrow in the big city. In Philip Ridley’s ‘Mercury Fur,’ It’s the World’s End, and the Party’s Here 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z But those who prize this prolific playwright for his pitch-dark sensibility need not fear that he’s taken a turn for the lighthearted, or for that matter the moralistic. Theater Review: At the Vineyard, Reading Can Be Hazardous 2010-05-20T04:12:00Z Art house horror fans may delight in its supernatural twists and pitch-dark ending, but these mechanisms only serve to muddy the story. ‘The Last Thing Mary Saw’ Review: God Is Always Watching 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z The series can be pitch-dark at times, but its sharp dialogue and deeply woven story arcs tie it all together. The Essential Neil Gaiman 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z Twenty-four hours later, the pitch-dark "Matilda" began performances a few blocks away. Review: Broadway's 'Matilda' is blast of nasty fun 2013-04-12T00:20:09Z The sky was pitch-dark the night I left the place by the lake. The Man in Xinjiang: A Frightening Experience in Rural China 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z The pitch-dark drama’s first season finds Michael doing things he never could have imagined in order to maintain the rickety framework of lies keeping his son alive. Bryan Cranston plumbs the depths in 'Your Honor,' then slowly begins the climb back 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z Lines formed at old wells as people lugged jugs of water to pitch-dark apartments in Kyiv. How Ukraine Won the War to Keep the Lights On 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z There are solid, sensible reasons for "saving daylight," like for women who feel much safer going for an after-work run when it's not pitch-dark outside. Why we should set our clocks back in November and keep them there 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z Astyanax mexicanus cave fish have adapted to an incredibly tough environment: chilly, pitch-dark caves that flood about once a year, providing brief feasts separated by long periods of starvation. Blind Cave Fish May Trade Color for Energy 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z They having to use Google Maps on their phones to orient themselves in the pitch-dark woods, finding bodies as they chased the sound of gunfire. Nova Scotia shooting: First-hand accounts heard in probe of Canada tragedy 2022-05-14T04:00:00Z Some residents huddled in a pitch-dark basement for shelter, unsure where they could go and how they would get food if they left. Russia-Ukraine war: Key things to know about the conflict 2022-03-13T05:00:00Z From the get-go, when we pitched it, we called it equal parts horror story, psychological thriller, Gothic fairy tale, and pitch-dark coming-of-age comedy. 'Yellowjackets' creators break down 'heartbreaking' finale — and your fan theories 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z Others willed their way out of pitch-dark rubble. Surviving 9/11 was ‘just the first piece of the journey’ 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z A pitch-dark comedy on the wages of violence from the Man Booker Prize-winning author of “Milkman” The Troubles live on in Belfast Noir, a genre perfectly suited to its crimes 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z The room was pitch-dark, but both men stopped what they were doing. TY, Love You, See You Soon 2021-04-12T04:00:00Z One of her sons found her standing in the middle of the pitch-dark kitchen. Opinion | ‘We Are Going to Keep You Safe, Even if It Kills Your Spirit’ 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z At times, though, it was hard to see any light for all the pitch-dark foreboding. 5 takeaways from the first night of the RNC 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z At night, I walk alone, down pitch-dark lanes that yield to pedestrian malls and broad boulevards, tracking the icon of myself on my phone’s maps app, one of the few unhindered by China’s formidable firewalls. Eating in Xi’an, Where Wheat and Lamb Speak to China’s Varied Palate 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z In Europe, early cave paintings are often found in deep, pitch-dark passages that would have been difficult to get to and work in, which suggests that these places perhaps had special meaning to the artists. Is This Indonesian Cave Painting the Earliest Portrayal of a Mythical Story? 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z He tossed the ball toward the pitch-dark sky, struck it with as much force and clarity as any ball he had struck all night. Nick Kyrgios Holds His Temper, and Australia Holds Its Breath 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z In Europe, early cave paintings are often found in deep, pitch-dark passages that would have been difficult to get to and work in, hinting that these places perhaps had special meaning to the artists. Is This Indonesian Cave Painting the Earliest Portrayal of a Mythical Story? 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z Despite the pitch-dark confines, Guthrie and Atkins decided to forge on to the ninth, aided by someone pulling up a truck to illuminate the green. PGA Tour Monday qualifier's required car headlights to finish in the dark - Golf Digest 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z A year ago, Rabbi Perlman was hiding in a pitch-dark closet with three members of his congregation. Memorializing Tragedy at a Pittsburgh Synagogue Through Faith, History and Good Works 2019-10-26T04:00:00Z And a cartoonist offers his appreciation of the Addams Family: a pitch-dark satire of suburban America that became one of the most beloved cartoons of all time. Horror with a Real-Life Message 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z He had a crippling fear of the dark, which was treated by putting him to bed every night in a pitch-dark room that was locked from the outside. Why Lafcadio Hearn’s Ghost Stories Still Haunt Us 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z The American news network was carrying live pictures of the smouldering Chinese embassy in pitch-dark Belgrade. The night the US bombed a Chinese embassy 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z After a while, the traffic thinned, and he was mostly alone on the two-lane, the fields and sky pitch-dark. The man who stood behind Trump 2019-01-19T05:00:00Z Lanthimos’ 2009 breakout, “Dogtooth,” which earned a foreign language Oscar nomination, was a pitch-dark portrait of a family taking home schooling to a bizarre extreme. Emma Stone and director Yorgos Lanthimos reinvent the costume drama with 'The Favourite' 2018-09-03T04:00:00Z The same neon-yellow plastic sign in a swashbuckling font; the same ochre street lamp flickers as one smokes cigarettes outside the pitch-dark entryway. A new disco den rises from East Hollywood bikini bar Gold Diggers 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z Two hours had passed since we had arrived at the hjallur, and by the time the first main course was presented it was pitch-dark outside, as promised. Koks, the World’s Most Remote Foodie Destination 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z What was terrifying was the 2 1/2-hour trek down the pitch-dark, crowded, smoky stairs, wondering what she would see at the bottom. ‘Precursor to 9/11’: Trade center bomb echoes after 25 years 2018-02-25T05:00:00Z “Ever since we lost electricity, we can’t sleep,” he said, standing inside his pitch-dark home. Puerto Ricans Ask: When Will the Lights Come Back On? 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z A National Guard unit turned a searchlight on the pitch-dark camp. The veterans were desperate. Gen. MacArthur ordered U.S. troops to attack them. 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z A lieutenant colonel put me in a jeep and drove us down a pitch-dark road. 'I slept on the floor in a flat near Harrods': stories of modern slavery 2017-07-29T04:00:00Z He spent 37 days in an Islamic State jail, all but two in pitch-dark solitary confinement. Smoke-filled pool halls are back in Mosul. After ISIS, ‘we seek joy.’ 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z Generators rumbling on sidewalks, to mitigate power cuts that leave the streets pitch-dark at night. ‘I Saw My Father Dying’: A View From Aleppo’s Government-Held Side 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z “Their job was to flutter their way along the pitch-dark tunnel until they emerged in the Mediterranean sky as targets for well-lunched sporting gentlemen who were standing or lying in wait with their shotguns.” The life of John le Carré by the only one who can give it the le Carré treatment 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z Normally planes don't go to the U.S. polar outpost from February to October because of the dangers of flying in the pitch-dark and cold. Daring flight removes 2 sick workers from South Pole station 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z He was locked up in pitch-dark solitary confinement for three months and almost went blind. Former Chad dictator to learn fate after alleged victims' long fight for justice 2016-05-29T04:00:00Z The bullet ricocheted off the wall of a pitch-dark stairwell and struck 28-year-old Gurley, who had entered from the seventh floor with his friend Melissa Butler. Former NYPD cop Peter Liang's guilty verdict leaves a community divided 2016-02-13T05:00:00Z It was pitch-dark in the hallway leading to Um Mohammed's flat. Syria conflict: Internally displaced struggle to survive - BBC News 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z That's about the size of it for a collection of small-town folks — and one yuletide icon — in the pitch-dark anthology film "A Christmas Horror Story." 'A Christmas Horror Story' leaves eerie gift in your stocking 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z In all, he spent 266 hours — 11 days and two hours — locked in the pitch-dark coffin, and 29 hours in a much smaller box. Two psychologists' role in CIA torture program comes into focus 2014-12-14T05:00:00Z In the facility, referred to as “COBALT” in the Senate report but code-named Salt Pit by the CIA, conditions were so dungeon-like that interrogators wore headlamps to navigate pitch-dark passageways. Graphic report on CIA interrogations, torture released by Senate panel 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z Liang and his partner, both rookie officers, were patrolling a pitch-dark stairwell with flashlights late Thursday when Gurley was shot, police said. Police Shooting in Housing Project Ruled Homicide 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z It was pitch-dark when the sergeant finally ordered Kosenko to stop. A Ukrainian minibus driver's surprise tour of war duty 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z Japanese sea catfish have an unusual advantage when hunting in pitch-dark waters, a new study reports: Their whiskers can detect minute changes in the water’s acidity. Catfish Whiskers, pH Detectors, Help Track Prey 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z Now 89, Mr. Cruise still remembers cacophonous noise, flak exploding, pitch-dark skies, and a mad scramble to jump. A New Mission for a WWII Plane: Crossing the Atlantic to Pay Tribute 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z The trouble is, that system is mostly hidden from the outside world by a combination of language difficulty and the pitch-dark opacity that envelops much important business here. IHT Rendezvous: Is Something Toxic Buried in China's Financial System? 2013-01-17T07:19:39Z Detainees were chained to walls naked—sometimes diapered—in pitch-dark cells, for weeks or months at a time; they were restrained in painful positions for long periods of time, and forced into cramped spaces. U.S. Tortured Libyans 2012-09-06T04:25:00Z It was a pitch-dark night; a keen easterly wind whistled through the trees, while rain-laden, murky, ill-defined clouds drifted across the sky. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z If, after this, anyone on pitch-dark night mistakes road, only themselves to blame. Punch, or the London Charivari, October 28th 1893 2012-04-05T02:00:37.137Z It was pitch-dark, though not yet five o'clock, and the atmosphere was full of a raw cold, more penetrating than frost. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z For one plump Christian in a hurry would assuredly have brought destruction on all the rest by sticking in the first bend of that pitch-dark winding staircase. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z The car they had chosen was admittedly the fastest of the scores there, the night was pitch-dark, and, besides, a Burglar like that was liable to do anything. The Chase of the Golden Plate 2012-02-27T03:00:13.060Z I waited outside a minute or two, and then I groped my way through the pitch-dark entrance, climbed up a filthy staircase, and found a door slightly ajar. Vagaries 2012-02-17T03:00:27.693Z Perhaps in some other century, fatuous humanity will like to listen to operas or to plays in a pitch-dark theatre. Browning and His Century 2012-02-15T03:00:39.033Z It was pitch-dark; but Fian lighted the tapers by merely blowing on them, and their sudden blaze revealed the devil in the pulpit, attired in a black gown and hat. Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z In that pitch-dark hall it seemed to shift from quarter to quarter. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z Meanwhile the mist was thickening continually, and by the time Gordon had completed his ascent and reached the point from which he had to diverge along the cliff's face, the night had fallen pitch-dark. A Romance of Wastdale 2012-02-01T03:00:11.227Z Now that the flap was closed, it was pitch-dark; that, however, made no difference to Hassan Akbar, who lived in darkness, and out of the darkness his voice spoke. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z The night was pitch-dark, and the streets deserted; not even a lamp swung from a porch. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z Even this was a cheer, like a red ember or two in a pitch-dark room. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z Into one of the tenements he went, and, groping his way through a pitch-dark hall, came to a door ’way back, the last one to the left, at which he knocked. Out of Mulberry Street Stories of Tenement life in New York City 2011-12-28T03:00:42.950Z Fancy bringing a fellow into the middle of a ploughed field on a pitch-dark, rainy night, and leaving him to find his way alone! A Hero of Romance 2011-11-30T03:00:11.457Z But if he had to lead and pull along the ox besides, it would have been pitch-dark before he had fairly started. The Norwegian Fairy Book 2011-11-22T03:00:08.940Z It was pitch-dark outside, the sky was clouded, and a wind had risen. Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales 2011-11-17T03:00:35.327Z On the long, pitch-dark nights, when we went to bed early, to save candles, we used to lie awake, and creep close to each other, listening to every sound. The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. III (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:26.667Z "It's really dangerous coming up those steps in the pitch-dark, especially since the second stone was broken." The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z To him who had been staring at the fire in his stove, the passage seemed pitch-dark. In God's Way A Novel 2011-10-13T02:00:38.570Z Think only to obey the order of the voice: keep thy mouth shut, speak to no one of what thou hast seen to-night, and go back to thy bed, for it is still pitch-dark.” Flemish Legends 2011-10-10T02:00:21.467Z It was pitch-dark, but his eyes got used to the darkness: Iv�n could see the whole corner and the plough and the penthouse. Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales 2011-11-17T03:00:35.327Z I can't tell a bit how you look in this pitch-dark. Ann Boyd 2011-09-29T02:00:14.220Z "Alva says that she can see the gorge even when it's pitch-dark," Lassie said. In a Mysterious Way 2011-09-25T02:00:17.377Z Within a few minutes it would be pitch-dark. Wang the Ninth The Story of a Chinese Boy 2011-09-12T02:00:25.620Z The night, too, was pitch-dark; and, to add to its dismal character, a heavy drenching rain, borne on the furious blast, deluged the earth, and beat with violence on all opposing objects. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 21 2011-09-09T02:01:06.280Z The yard was pitch-dark, but faint angular tokens here and there told of heaped boxes and lumber. A Child of the Jago 2011-08-05T02:00:52.533Z He opened the trap-door; the raw damp air of the vault rose up to him from a pitch-dark abyss, into which a ladder led down to an uncertain depth. King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 2 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. 2011-07-07T02:00:26.270Z It will get pitch-dark for a little while before the real daybreak. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z Coming in from the brilliant sunshine the place seemed almost pitch-dark, but in a few seconds the dispatch-rider's eyes grew accustomed to the gloom. The Dispatch-Riders The Adventures of Two British Motor-cyclists in the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:22.377Z The voice, first heard from a pitch-dark stage, sounds feminine and oddly tinny. Theater Review: Live, From Sag Harbor, Darrell Hammond in ?Tru? 2011-06-12T00:55:51Z But now he was wide awake in the pitch-dark room: no sound broke the silence. The Son of his Father 2011-06-01T02:00:21.287Z By-and-by a great storm came on, and the clouds were so thick that it became pitch-dark. The Giant Crab and Other Tales from Old India 2011-05-07T02:00:31.307Z In the pitch-dark engine-room, for every electric lamp in the ship had been shattered, the artificers, facing death amidst the whirring machinery, succeeded in carrying out his orders. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z He said nothing, however, and after some delay they passed through and on, along the now almost pitch-dark avenue. The Daughter Pays 2011-03-19T02:00:09.513Z Ah, it will inconvenience you so; if you will only point out the way----" "You surely do not imagine that I could let you go alone, in the pitch-dark night? Felix Lanzberg's Expiation 2011-03-15T02:00:14.763Z “But saw nothing, for the place was pitch-dark,” answered Bruce. The Haunted Room A Tale 2011-03-10T03:00:46.157Z It was pitch-dark at the beginning of the night, and afterwards there was only the light of the stars. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z In the curving avenue it was pitch-dark, but a cheerful light shone from the drawing-room, and through an open French window he could see Elsie bending over a book. The Revellers 2011-02-26T03:00:50.133Z The "landing" was successfully accomplished, but the unpleasant fact remained that Fuller and Kirkwood were afloat in a frail cockleshell in a fairly "jumpy" sea and on a pitch-dark night. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z Last night, on starting out—a pitch-dark night and raining hard—we could see the frequent flashes of the enemy's artillery, and hear and see the bursting shells. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 2 (of 10) From the Battle of Mons to the Fall of Antwerp. 2011-02-19T03:01:10.063Z Presently it was pitch-dark, and the surveyor confessed he did not know where he was; that this was certainly not the Yaquina, and apparently there was no road. Two Years in Oregon 2011-02-16T03:00:33.293Z It was pitch-dark, and the rain beat against these men, driven by the savage wind, plucking at their capes, buffeting their steel helmets, straining at the straps of their packs, slashing them across the face. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z It was pitch-dark behind the partition and a sour, damp smell, like the odor of an old brewing cellar, rose to her nostrils. Nan Sherwood at Lakeview Hall Or the Mystery of the Haunted Boathouse 2011-02-14T03:00:33.337Z After a mid-day halt at Wegdraai, an attempt was made to march on in the evening; rain, however, fell in torrents, and the night was pitch-dark. Two Years on Trek Being Some Account of the Royal Sussex Regiment in South Africa 2011-01-26T03:00:28.560Z When I recovered I found myself in a pitch-dark room. The House of Strange Secrets A Detective Story 2011-01-15T03:00:37.173Z The wind, by this time, had become very light, and the night was pitch-dark—the darkness being of that kind, graphically described by old sailors, when they say, you may cut it with a knife. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z The door had opened into a pitch-dark hall. The Man from Archangel and Other Tales of Adventure 2011-01-01T03:00:24.903Z It was still pitch-dark and blowing hard, but the rain had ceased. The Boss of Wind River 2010-12-30T03:00:28.770Z Those few minutes back inside were the longest minutes of my life while I scrambled for my pants, keys and cell phone in my pitch-dark apartment. 'Nature showed us her fury' 2010-02-28T09:42:00Z Along pitch-dark streets, the only visible light came from campfires. 2010-01-29T04:25:00Z There was no sea, but it was pitch-dark, with a glint of phosphorus from water broken by the wakes of six "war-built" T.B.D.'s running in line ahead at an easy twenty-four knots. H.M.S. —— It was pitch-dark inside, and only when he had closed and bolted the front door behind us, did Tiel flash his electric torch. The Spy in Black Klaus drove frantically; to this day I do not understand how we came, safe and sound, in the pitch-dark night, before the Dambitz blacksmith's shop. A Sister's Love A Novel Then in a wink 'twas all pitch-dark, and I so dismayed at the heart that I fell on the ground and crossed myself a good hundred times or more. The Adventurous Simplicissimus being the description of the Life of a Strange vagabond named Melchior Sternfels von Fuchshaim He turned suddenly from me and walked on to the pitch-dark stage. Life on the Stage The night was pitch-dark, but with such care were the operations conducted that the troops had made a long d�tour, and got into their respective positions before dawn, without an alarm being raised. The Unveiling of Lhasa So we went on until, having passed through the silent village, we entered a road where the bare trees met overhead, rendering it almost pitch-dark, and presently approached the house. Spies of the Kaiser Plotting the Downfall of England She gives him her supper secretly, and runs about the garden with him on pitch-dark nights. A Sister's Love A Novel It was still pitch-dark and everything was quiet, yet she was wide-awake with every sense and nerve alert and tense. By Right of Conquest A Novel It was a pitch-dark night, and luck was again in his favour, so that he escaped the notice of the Boer pickets, and when day dawned was well away from Kimberley. With Rifle and Bayonet A Story of the Boer War They raced along the pitch-dark tunnel, Campbell now carrying the girl, Ennis reeling drunkenly along. The Door into Infinity There! the pitch-dark night was suddenly illumined; a bright pillar of fire rose out of the Bondavara Company's mine. Black Diamonds The court itself was pitch-dark, save for the lines and the net. The Ambassador The night was pitch-dark, and after the brilliancy of the electric lights, to which their eyes had grown accustomed all evening, the surrounding wall of blackness seemed all the more opaque and impenetrable. By Right of Conquest A Novel I wouldn't stir from here even if Mother Brita didn't come back before it was pitch-dark night—no, indeed, I would not. What Happened to Inger Johanne As Told by Herself So I do, with a lamp, but I didn't have any idea what it meant to wander in the pitch-dark. The Boy With the U.S. Miners It was moonless and pitch-dark, save for the dense white mist which, in the marshy lands of that river valley, accompanies the turn of the August night. The Battle of Blenheim It was no easy task to untie the horses in a place that was pitch-dark, and it took some time to get even the horses belonging to our friends released. Boys of The Fort Or, A Young Captain's Pluck It was pitch-dark around him, the only light they had being from a dark lantern, which Lockman held in his hand, and which shone full on his face, showing Ali his hideous features. Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors Between the cabin logs one looked out upon a starry sky and an almost pitch-dark world. Our Southern Highlanders But upstairs in the Town-hall everything had suddenly grown pitch-dark, and my voice died away in the air. The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II Almost pitch-dark is the roofless ruin—and the frightened sheep know not what is the terrible Shape that is howling there. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) But the curtains were drawn, and besides, it was pitch-dark outside. Timar's Two Worlds Here it was pitch-dark, and the feeble rays of the lantern only lit up a circle that was less than three yards in diameter. Young Auctioneers The Polishing of a Rolling Stone An' then we'll sleep till judgment day in the pitch-dark grave. The German Classics, v. 20 Masterpieces of German Literature How else can we ever get about the place, pitch-dark as it all is? The Boarded-Up House It was pitch-dark outside, and the presence of three glimmering points of light were the only indication of any other occupants of the bench. His Lordship's Leopard A Truthful Narration of Some Impossible Facts So he sat and sat, until the sky grew darker and darker and the early afternoon turned into pitch-dark night. Absolution It grew pitch-dark before seven, and it was after ten when the dear wanderers staggered into camp out of the dripping forest. Alaska Days with John Muir We stare out into the night, but can see nothing, for it is pitch-dark. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I Yet the pitch-dark background shall serve to throw into glorious relief, the glory of that light that is not from reason, or nature; but from Him who is the Father of Lights. Old Groans and New Songs Being Meditations on the Book of Ecclesiastes Buildings and hangars stood out, clearly revealed; the rounded vault of a dirigible hangar, and the shining ribbon of a road that ran through a pitch-dark tarmac, and was evidently constructed from some gas-impregnated materials. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 He was still sleeping a death-like sleep in the pitch-dark room. Victor's Triumph Sequel to A Beautiful Fiend In the bustle of landing, last night, we had not noticed this neighbor, and it was pitch-dark before we had time to get our bearings. Afloat on the Ohio An Historical Pilgrimage of a Thousand Miles in a Skiff, from Redstone to Cairo It was pitch-dark, but the dogs would find the tracks if there was anything there. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I It came on unheeding, with glazed eyes and spent senses, and bumped into the drover as if the hour had been pitch-dark midnight instead of a summer afternoon. In the Musgrave Ranges Though it was pitch-dark outside, it was not yet six o’clock, and as I felt calmer than I had before, I sat down in front of the fire to consider how matters stood. Track's End Being the Narrative of Judson Pitcher's Strange Winter Spent There As Told by Himself and Edited by Hayden Carruth Including an Accurate Account of His Numerous Adventures, and the Facts Concerning His Several Surprising Escapes from Death Now First Printed in Full They saw a little light, and then suddenly all became pitch-dark around them. Dave Porter in the Far North or, The Pluck of an American Schoolboy There's one thing here as you're bound to see, lad," said Herrick, "and that's a sort o' under-ground tunnel, like ever so many streets buried alive, and pitch-dark every one of 'em. Harper's Young People, April 27, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly All the house that showed through the crack of the door didn't, as Mabel said afterwards, show at all, because it was pitch-dark. Oswald Bastable and Others It was pitch-dark in here, and she began to grope her way along the wall. The Madcap of the School The sky was covered with thick, low-hanging clouds, and save for the fire, the night was pitch-dark. Track's End Being the Narrative of Judson Pitcher's Strange Winter Spent There As Told by Himself and Edited by Hayden Carruth Including an Accurate Account of His Numerous Adventures, and the Facts Concerning His Several Surprising Escapes from Death Now First Printed in Full From time to time either he or Bob would stoop, trembling with excitement to peer through the crack, but it was pitch-dark inside the barrel. The Black Buccaneer The smells in the pitch-dark gullies which led to that eating-house were the worst I encountered in France. A Padre in France It was a pitch-dark night without a moon. The Brothers Karamazov Whatever does the fellow mean by being without lights on such a pitch-dark night as this; it would serve him right to report him to the commodore in the morning. The Voyage of the Aurora A few minutes later the party halted in a narrow, pitch-dark ravine, and Myra was lifted from her mule. Bandit Love It was pitch-dark and a drizzling rain was falling. The Silver Lining A Guernsey Story It was pitch-dark, and at every step we stumbled over the great stones with which these mountain paths are covered. The Red True Story Book It was a pitch-dark night, the air was like that in a hothouse, smelling of earth and mould. Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific At half-past eight the night was pitch-dark, and a sort of natural fear, which the conspirators had felt at first, began to change into impatience. The Conspirators The Chevalier d'Harmental It was pitch-dark, and I crept along beside the house to the corner. Shoe-Bar Stratton It's pitch-dark, and the bushes will hide you. Two Little Confederates Soon the hitherto pitch-dark sea was flooded in a blaze of light. The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War Often when it was a pitch-dark night, with pouring rain, all around looked woefully gloomy and desolate. The Sand-Hills of Jutland This was a rather difficult task, for the lantern had been put out, and it was pitch-dark tinder the trees. The Rover Boys on the Plains The Mystery of Red Rock Ranch It was not pitch-dark, but even the possessor of keen eyesight would have had to look closely in order to make certain that a moving object was a human being and not a dog. Air Service Boys Flying for Victory or, Bombing the Last German Stronghold When the boys reached home it was pitch-dark. Two Little Confederates "It is eight kilometres and a pitch-dark night." The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days Then our difficulties began, for there were no stars, and within ten minutes of the time of sunset it fell pitch-dark, from which moment our course was largely a matter of guesswork. The First Mate The Story of a Strange Cruise There was no moon, clouds were packing, and there was every sign of a pitch-dark night. Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea In the second place, it was bitterly cold, and a pitch-dark night. The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland It was pitch-dark down there, and not even his strong light could reach to the bottom. Hunters Out of Space "It is pitch-dark," he said, "but we can't be very far from the city now." The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days It was now quite night—one of those dreary pitch-dark nights that are of no unfrequent occurrence in the south-western states. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844 The room was pitch-dark except for the electric light from the street. Trapped in 'Black Russia' Letters June-November 1915 It was a pitch-dark night, and the difficulty of keeping in touch, and the still greater difficulty of keeping the transport in touch, wore out tempers as well as sinews. The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland Yet, in order to see the sun shining at midnight or to experience pitch-dark days, it is not necessary to be actually a seeker after the North Pole. Peeps at Many Lands: Norway It was a pitch-dark night, and he wandered about in it for hours on end, finding the cattle at last only when the sun rose. Roosevelt in the Bad Lands It was pitch-dark, so that he couldn't see his hand before his eyes, if he held it up; but he had his lantern, and anyway he knew his way about blindfold. Candle and Crib They attempted to search the grounds, but the night was pitch-dark, and the rain was falling fast. Cruel As The Grave It was now pitch-dark also, and he could but feel that his adventures in Mexico were beginning in a remarkably unpleasant manner. Ahead of the Army On pitch-dark nights the lions would often come up this donga to drink. Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer It was a hopeless endeavor; all was pitch-dark without; the lightning was now only seen at long intervals, but the rain still audibly descended in torrents. Rookwood The place was almost pitch-dark, yet the blade caught a faint gleam from without, which it reflected on the pirate’s face as he thrust the long keen weapon swiftly, yet deliberately, between the bamboos. Blown to Bits The Lonely Man of Rakata, the Malay Archipelago The night was pitch-dark, so dark that the painter was compelled to feel his way, and guide himself by the line of trees that bordered the road. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV. The night was pitch-dark, it rained in torrents, there was mud and water everywhere, and the ground was too flat to drain. The Philippine Islands The season must have been early spring or late autumn, for it was pitch-dark and very cold. Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer When the night came it was so pitch-dark that I could not distinguish the sea from the horizon and the sky. The Land of the Long Night It was pitch-dark, and Nat kept close behind, so as not to run into anything. From Farm to Fortune or Nat Nason's Strange Experience It was pitch-dark, and the advancing enemy not more than a thousand yards away. Pushed and the Return Push It was a pitch-dark night, but the lights on board the "Drake" showed where she was lying. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 When Ralph came to himself, he found that he was in a room that was pitch-dark. For the Liberty of Texas Our halts were still short and frequent, and in the deep shadow of the mountain it was pitch-dark. The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson It was now pitch-dark and snowing heavily, the very time which Philippa generally chose for a quiet evening walk. Much Darker Days It was pitch-dark outside, and the trench had become a glissade of slimy mud. Pushed and the Return Push I entered a cellar-like room in a basement, which, till one's eyes got used to the dimness, seemed pitch-dark. Fifteen Chapters of Autobiography Here all was pitch-dark, as the room contained no window. For the Liberty of Texas Into one of the tenements he went, and, groping his way through a pitch-dark hall, came to a door way back, the last one to the left, at which he knocked. Children of the Tenements There was some fierce fighting over yonder in the pitch-dark, where the lights waren’t showing. Nic Revel A White Slave's Adventures in Alligator Land It will be pitch-dark in less than an hour. Fitz the Filibuster And, to crown all, it was now so pitch-dark that it would be difficult, if not impossible, to ascertain the full extent of our disaster until daylight. The Log of a Privateersman For there was no opening, front or back, to the outer world that I knew of, and, if there at all, it must be pitch-dark and hard to breathe in. Sir Ludar A Story of the Days of the Great Queen Bess The night was pitch-dark; and there was no light in the boat. Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III. Deimos was not in the sky this night, and Phobos' disappearance left it near pitch-dark. Rebels of the Red Planet It was pitch-dark in the wood and it was impossible to see the track. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People That night it was pitch-dark,—soft, velvet, warm summer darkness. Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom Don't know," said Rose; "the hall was pitch-dark. Quin It was pitch-dark when he set out; but he knew every inch of the way, having travelled it often, driving mules to market. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 96, October 1865 Here and there in deep sunken hollows lay small tarns, black as night, and guilty looking, with precipices overhanging them fringed with pointed pine-trees, which sought in vain to mirror themselves in those pitch-dark waters. Cobwebs and Cables The illumination is uniform, without shadows, without gleams, and the perpetual gloom, only interrupted by pitch-dark night, is exceedingly wearisome. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People The night of June 28 is calm, warm, pitch-dark, the kind of summer night when the velvet heat touches you as with a hand. Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom One pitch-dark night, paddles were heard under the keels. Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward It was pitch-dark, and he was conscious of something towering up above him, black and lowering. The Danvers Jewels, and Sir Charles Danvers It swung open, and we followed him through into a pitch-dark chamber of some kind. Caves of Terror Friday, May 7th, 10 p.m.—A pitch-dark night, raining a little, and only one topic—the Attack to-morrow morning. Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front, 1914-1915 It grew darker and darker, till it was pitch-dark, and they had to feel their way. The Light Princess and Other Fairy Stories The room was pitch-dark, and the sentinel could be seen through the door-cracks, within a dozen feet of us. Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes of the Civil War "They've got a good ways to come, and a pitch-dark drain isn't the Bowery." The President A novel He was only once scared, and that was when he found a man leaning against the boat one pitch-dark night, just after the fishers had hauled. The Chequers Being the Natural History of a Public-House, Set Forth in a Loafer's Diary The sky is continually lit up with the flashes from the guns—it is a pitch-dark night—and you can hear the roar of the howitzers above the thud-thud of the others. Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front, 1914-1915 The site of the demonstration was the shadowed, pitch-dark part of the floor of a crater twenty miles across, with walls some ten thousand jagged feet high. Operation: Outer Space He kicked about in the pitch-dark for what seemed to be endless minutes before his foot knocked against it. "Contemptible", by "Casualty" There is nobody to tell you whether this is your train or not, but you take a chance and climb into a compartment which is pitch-dark. Soldier Silhouettes on our Front As my dingey floated out again from beneath the overhanging hull, I looked up and saw the words, Water-Witch, painted in white upon her pitch-dark bows. Dead Man's Rock He is known only as the author of physically colossal, spiritually insignificant prophets and apostles, or, perchance, as the painter of pitch-dark altar-pieces: this being the reward of devices to obtain mere relief. The Florentine Painters of the Renaissance With An Index To Their Works Here she was incarcerated for eighteen months, but, having been discovered planning an escape with a young midshipman, she was confined in a pitch-dark dungeon for eleven weeks, on a diet of bread and water. Strange Pages from Family Papers Some time ago, on a pitch-dark night, one of them was rammed by a British boat and nearly cut in two. World's War Events Volume 3 Beginning with the departure of the first American destroyers for service abroad in April, 1917, and closing with the treaties of peace in 1919. It was a pitch-dark night; nothing broke the blackness save the scattered points of light from the sentries' lanterns. In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Fortunately the moon set about ten, and as it was very cloudy, we had every reason to expect a pitch-dark night. Sketches From My Life By The Late Admiral Hobart Pasha Here all was pitch-dark, and for the moment he stood still, not knowing in what direction to move next. The Mansion of Mystery Being a Certain Case of Importance, Taken from the Note-book of Adam Adams, Investigator and Detective It was pitch-dark, pouring with rain, and the ground was covered with boulders of rocks. The Record of a Regiment of the Line Being a Regimental History of the 1st Battalion Devonshire Regiment during the Boer War 1899-1902 The electric light had been broken, and all was pitch-dark. The Rover Boys on the River The Search for the Missing Houseboat "It is no use, mother," he pronounced, without stirring, and splitting a long peg into two against his chest; "it's pitch-dark, isn't it?" The Pilot and his Wife With a fold of this I covered myself and peered along the pitch-dark deck. Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 Although the room was pitch-dark, he crossed it unerringly to a shelf and look down his revolver. Success A Novel The night was pitch-dark; the sheet-lightning blazed across the blackness, and now and then a big drop fell. The Baronet's Bride Yes; it was like the effect of lightning oh a pitch-dark night—the same vivid and lurid illumination of things unperceived before. Cecilia de Noël It was pitch-dark, so our driver let the cattle go as they liked, for guiding them was perfectly out of the question. Twenty-Seven Years in Canada West The Experience of an Early Settler (Volume I) I knaw the path better than you, and 'tis a bit narrow for a pitch-dark night like this. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 26, September, 1880 Progress was very slow in this direction, though the distance was less than a mile, as it was still pitch-dark and the path was narrow and dangerous. The War With the United States : A Chronicle of 1812 The moon had just set, and it was pitch-dark. South African Memories Social, Warlike & Sporting from Diaries Written at the Time It was not without some feeling of regret that we bade the landlady "Good night" and started out from the comfortable inn on a pitch-dark night. From John O'Groats to Land's End He lighted his lantern, and in single file, shivering, they descended the glacial, pitch-dark, winding stair. Là-bas It was pitch-dark; the rain was still falling, and as she crossed the yard the sodden straw squeaked beneath her tread. I Saw Three Ships and Other Winter Tales It was now pitch-dark, and the lull that followed seemed almost like the end of the fight. The War With the United States : A Chronicle of 1812 After the people have taken their seats the house becomes pitch-dark, and from the depths of the unknown one hears the first notes of the overture. The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912 This is the kind of brother to be on the road with on a pitch-dark night, when it pours with rain, for he carries candles in his eyes and a fireside in his heart. Brave Men and Women Their Struggles, Failures, And Triumphs The night was pitch-dark; there was no lamp near; the wind roared; and it was only by the flash of the foam that I discovered the broad sheet of water before me. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844 It was pitch-dark within the carriage; he stared through the window and saw dimly the moving mountain-side, and here and there a clump of trees rush past. Clementina When I awake, it is night; pitch-dark, and very cold. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, August 29, 1891 It was pitch-dark when he got off his horse at the church gates, and with some difficulty he found his way into the vestry and put a surplice over his wet garments. The Parish Clerk The night was pitch-dark, and it was difficult in the extreme to see any one moving at a short distance off. The Boy Knight Some one admitted us at the last moment, and left us standing in the pitch-dark entrance while he went in search of candles, that apparently fled at his approach. In the Footprints of the Padres "Let us make an end of this, count," shouted von Waldow "The night is so pitch-dark that we can not distinguish friend from foe, else I would have shot him long ago." The Youth of the Great Elector They included the worst drifts of the whole journey, and getting up and down them in pitch-dark was unpleasant work and a pretty severe test of driving. In the Ranks of the C.I.V. You told me once you knew all the roads within twenty miles of New York in the pitch-dark. The Man in Lonely Land Several hundred yards of winding pitch-dark drive had to be traversed. Helen with the High Hand (2nd ed.) It was pitch-dark, but this I liked, as it lessened the probability of the Indians' seeing me unless I stumbled on them by accident. An Autobiography of Buffalo Bill (Colonel W. F. Cody) Of course it made the rooms pitch-dark, and I did not get up until one o'clock in the afternoon, but lay there wondering how it was the night seemed so long. Elbow-Room A Novel Without a Plot It was pitch-dark in the cellar—a deep, dank place with a rank odor of rotting potatoes. D'Ri and I The woods, let the moon shine ever so bright, are pitch-dark; and the dogs rely on their scent and the hunter trusts to his ears. Frank, the Young Naturalist Only see! it is sunset, the sky becomes cloudy over Södermalm, the grey sky becomes darker and darker—a pitch-dark ground—and on it rests a double rainbow. Pictures of Sweden I looked out, but it was pitch-dark, light had forsaken the world, we were beleaguered by blackness. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 56, June, 1862 From thence, no matter how dark it is—and it will be pitch-dark, I reckon—I can make Bergen Wood. Bred in the Bone One pitch-dark rainy night we landed about ten o'clock at the mouth of a salmon stream when the water was phosphorescent. Stickeen Its light, too, enabled them to avoid rocks that had rolled out farther than the rest; once inside the gorge it was pitch-dark, and they had to feel their way along. The Golden Canyon He could only just see her little face in the twilight, and when they finally passed through the porch in the glorious old church, it seemed, for the first few moments, pitch-dark. From out the Vasty Deep The night was pitch-dark, and after a time the lights of Zermatt became obscure or went out altogether. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 6 Germany, Austria-Hungary and Switzerland, part 2 Boxtel, hidden behind his sycamore, could not see anything, as it was pitch-dark; but the piercing cries of the cats told the whole tale, and his heart overflowing with gall now throbbed with triumphant joy. The Black Tulip We were in consequence obliged to stand off and on in this narrow arm of the sea, during a pitch-dark night of fourteen hours long. The Voyage of the Beagle He made a lunge for Tom, and says, "Overboard YOU go!" but it was already pitch-dark again, and I couldn't see whether he got him or not, and Tom didn't make a sound. Tom Sawyer Abroad Think of the pitch-dark nights, the roaring winds, and rolling seas:' 'The thunder, lightning, rain, hail, storm of all kinds,' said the boy. Dombey and Son Such was their confidence in her guidance, however, and so fearless were they in consequence, that they felt their way neither with hand nor foot, but walked straight on through the pitch-dark galleries. The Princess and Curdie Of the rest, I only remember shivering till morning in a pitch-dark flat, whose invalid occupier was for once the nurse, and I his patient. Raffles, Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman Ascend these pitch-dark stairs, heedful of a false footing on the trembling boards, and grope your way with me into this wolfish den, where neither ray of light nor breath of air, appears to come. American Notes But before they set off they set fire to a large corn barn which was close by, and then ran out into the pitch-dark night. Heimskringla, or the Chronicle of the Kings of Norway It was pitch-dark now, and Gale could not see a rod ahead. Desert Gold There was nothing to do but to walk forward; which I did through passage after passage, pitch-dark. The Wisdom of Father Brown The place was pitch-dark, but it was evident to me that it was an empty house. The Return of Sherlock Holmes And from the hilltop, on pitch-dark nights, he looked round on the villages five or six miles away, that shone like swarms of glittering living things, almost a heaven against his feet. Sons and Lovers They arrived at Rydiokul while the priest was still singing mass, and it was pitch-dark. Heimskringla, or the Chronicle of the Kings of Norway It was still pitch-dark, and the memory of the first ringing fluttered musically in his awakening consciousness as a part of some dream he had been having. The Damnation of Theron Ware But it was pitch-dark, and as we could not find the place indicated, we returned to the mairie, where, after no little trouble, a second paper was given me. My Days of Adventure The Fall of France, 1870-71 She led us, walking in single file and on our toes, into the midst of the huddle of low houses until we came to one open, pitch-dark door. The Man from the Clouds Late one February afternoon Anthony came into the apartment and groping through the little hall, pitch-dark in the winter dusk, found Gloria sitting by the window. The Beautiful and Damned In the midst of his sleep he dreamed of lying in a pitch-dark room and staring up at a brilliant point of light, like a dark lantern partially unshuttered. Harrigan It was wet, it was wild, it was pitch-dark. Villette But I might talk till pitch-dark night, And then have something left to say; But, Mary, am I wrong or right, Or, do I throw my words away? Wild Flowers Or, Pastoral and Local Poetry In the wood it was pitch-dark, as if all the trees had been fused and melted in a warm, impenetrable mist. Sanine Leaving the women to watch, and telling them to keep a hand on each of the lines because the scullery was pitch-dark, he went next to his room and looked again from the window. A Rough Shaking "I eat my meals in a pitch-dark room, in deadly fear and horror of the regiments of flies that swarm in and settle on everything the minute one raises the green paper blinds." Crowded Out! and Other Sketches It was a pitch-dark night, and bitterly cold, and I shivered, I know, as I heard the sullen flow of the river, and listened to the moaning of the wind among the trees. The Uninhabited House It was pitch-dark all round, but he was not afraid in the least. Dame Care Now she went and had one more look outside and it was pitch-dark, with never a moon. The Path of Life It was almost pitch-dark, and that made the time of waiting seem longer. Death at the Excelsior And Other Stories An out- porter trotted with my portmanteau on his back through wide, pitch-dark, deserted, colonnaded streets, past huge palaces, until, after half an hour's rapid walk, we arrived at the hotel. Recollections of My Childhood and Youth It was pitch-dark in the shed, and as he wheeled his machine in, his foot touched something on the floor. Mike The night itself was almost pitch-dark, and very wet. The Eustace Diamonds It was dark in the cave, almost pitch-dark. Jim Davis There was no holding them? it was almost pitch-dark, and before one could say 'knife' they were tearing down the road we had come up. With Buller in Natal, Or, a Born Leader It was all but pitch-dark, and the moon was not due to rise for more than an hour, but the sky was clear and the stars were out in masses for company and guidance. The Yeoman Adventurer It was pitch-dark in the dormitory, but Mike could follow the invaders’ movements as clearly as if it had been broad daylight. Mike I waited outside a minute or two and then I groped my way through the pitch-dark entrance, climbed up a filthy staircase, and found a door slightly ajar. Short Stories and Selections for Use in the Secondary Schools Then commenced the rain—a real pouring cats-and- dogs kind of rain, with thunder and lightning and the stage pitch-dark. In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters Then in the third cellar, a tremendous, pitch-dark place, something extraordinary and horrible manifested itself. Carnacki, the Ghost Finder It was pitch-dark in the dormitory, but Mike could follow the invaders' movements as clearly as if it had been broad daylight. Mike and Psmith Colin had said, referring to the trees, as we heard the wind and rain tearing and splashing through the pitch-dark woods. October Vagabonds As he groped through the pitch-dark room he could feel many articles of furniture. The Century Vocabulary Builder But if it happens on a pitch-dark night, and your pardner has chosen camp out of earshot, you feel that you have looked close at the end of the Long Trail. The Magnetic North And the attempt would have succeeded, had it not been for the fact that the night was pitch-dark, and that another ship was trying that very venture with extinguished lights. The Lord of the Sea It was pitch-dark in the shed, and as he wheeled his machine in, his foot touched something on the floor. Mike and Psmith It was nearly pitch-dark, but Warrington could just see that the risaldar on the box seat raised his whip to them in token of recognition. The Winds of the World Rather they produce upon the mind the effect of blank windows in a lonely house on a pitch-dark night, which, when looked at from the brilliant interior, become appalling in their rayless murk. Curiosities of the Sky The world seems one huge, white void, and the only difference between it and the pitch-dark night is that the one is white and the other black. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 By what do migrating birds guide their courses high in air on a pitch-dark night,—their busy time for flying? The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations A lady and her husband sat together going through the Box Tunnel; there was one gentleman opposite; it was pitch-dark. Stories by English Authors: England The bin was not only pitch-dark, but full of cobwebs and the latter brushed over his face whenever he moved. The Rover Boys on the Ocean Or, a chase for a fortune Into a pitch-dark yard we turned, and I felt a shudder of apprehension upon observing that it was the entrance to a wharf. Tales of Chinatown The road was pitch-dark, and before he had gone more than half the distance, he stumbled over something, and fell head-foremost. Jimmie Higgins The night had come on apace; it had grown pitch-dark where we were, so that without stirring she had faded like the intangible form of a wistful and perverse spirit. Lord Jim An elephant is a very short-sighted beast, and it was pitch-dark. Guns of the Gods The hallway of the tenement was pitch-dark, the door standing open for a foot or more. The Rover Boys on the Ocean Or, a chase for a fortune Who was it that could venture in this pitch-dark night to climb from rock to rock? Homo Sum — Complete After twenty minutes, when it was already pitch-dark, we heard the breaking of twigs, and low voices as three or four men descended together among the trees. The Eye of Zeitoon When I reached her I made the skiff fast astern, lit a lantern, which I put in a locker under a thwart, and set still in the pitch-dark, smoking and waiting. Cape Cod Stories That means," he said excitedly, "that some one has entered that pitch-dark storeroom by the broken window. The Dream Doctor The dense black of the swamp was split by the light's white sword, and softer beams from its sharp radiance illumined the pitch-dark gloom for a few yards to either side of the tortuous path. Black Caesar's Clan : a Florida Mystery Story Half an hour later four turnkeys came into his cell, and took him down stairs and confined him in a pitch-dark dungeon. It Is Never Too Late to Mend It was pitch-dark by that time and the only light was that of a lantern by which the German officer stood, eying us one by one as we passed. Hira Singh : when India came to fight in Flanders Indescribable the confusion of this toilers' settlement—houses and workshops tumbled together as if by chance, the ways climbing and winding into all manner of pitch-dark recesses, where eats prowled stealthily. Eve's Ransom In the other room it was pitch-dark, and an atmosphere -- no, ten atmospheres at least! The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian Antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-12 — Volume 1 and Volume 2 Tramping over the plain on a pitch-dark night, with lions and rhino all about, was by no means pleasant work and I heartily wished myself and my men safely back in camp. The Man-Eaters of Tsavo and Other East African Adventures They are to come into this, the one pitch-dark hole that is now left in the land. It Is Never Too Late to Mend After that, he stood at the window, looking out into the pitch-dark night. Maurice Guest It was nearly pitch-dark when we emerged suddenly into the highroad. The Chronicles of Clovis She looked out, expecting to find it pitch-dark. The Man of the Forest But whereas he feared to find all pitch-dark, he discovered at some distance a spacious square, a widening of the cave, which was lighted on every side with lamps and candelabra. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 13 In the other room it was pitch-dark, and an atmosphere — no, ten atmospheres at least! The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-1912 — Volume 1 Then, of a sudden, she became aware that it was pitch-dark, and that she was all by herself in the woods. Maurice Guest Before we got to Black Mill it was nearly one, pitch-dark. Villa Rubein, and other stories Tucker was shown into a pitch-dark room, and there a bargain was struck between him and men unseen. Put Yourself in His Place A pitch-dark night, rutted roads and continuous torrential rain made movement slow and very difficult; and many soldiers, particularly those of our allies, went astray or lagged behind. The Memoirs of General Baron De Marbot It was pitch-dark, the rain was less heavy, and clouds of fog were drifting in before the wind. The Woman-Haters: a yarn of Eastboro twin-lights The night was pitch-dark; even had it been day it would have been impossible to ascertain my way in the midst of little properties buried between high banks bristling with thorns. Mauprat The night is pitch-dark, says Archenholtz; you cannot see your hand before you. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 20 It was strange that she should be here in the pitch-dark hall in the middle of the night; but—after all—no stranger than that he should be. Something New The interior of the stable was pitch-dark, of course. The Story of a Bad Boy The place round the open door was pitch-dark. Under the Red Robe She drifted in here, on a pitch-dark night, when they couldn't see the lights; a poor old worn-out merchantman, Midwinter, that the ship-brokers have bought to break up. Armadale "It is pitch-dark, citizen," was the response from ahead. El Dorado, an adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel No," said the policeman placidly, "he has a fancy for always sitting in a pitch-dark room. The Man Who Was Thursday, a nightmare It was pitch-dark within—the more so as I had closed the door behind me. The Adventures of Gerard Outside the alabaster hall it was pitch-dark, and I had to grope my way along with hands and feet. Lilith, a romance For I worked till it was pitch-dark at the castle; and after it was closed in, so I could work inside, I often worked till ten o'clock by candlelight. The Brick Moon and Other Stories And an umbrella to keep the moon off when you give your mind to it on a pitch-dark night. Doctor Marigold So I did," said Bull brightly; "but we talked in a pitch-dark room like a coalcellar. The Man Who Was Thursday, a nightmare A form was near—what form, the pitch-dark night and my enfeebled vision prevented me from distinguishing. Jane Eyre And for the first time I realized that of course there is no such thing as pitch-dark, so long as you have a door open or a sky above you. The Voyages of Dr. Dolittle It was so pitch-dark outside I couldn't see a thing. Light of the Western Stars |
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