Word: damp
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Darkness was before my eyes and a damp like the sweat of death was gathered on my forehead, as I sank unconscious to the floor...
...wailing winds and damp...
...drizzling March rain on their ulsters hung damp...
Mile after mile I scrambled or crawled in the rain through bushes and briars without "getting a bite." I fell into the brook - three feet of muddy water - thereby spoiling my temper and my trousers. I drew out a damp cigarette to take refuge in smoke and philosophy; but "matches are made in Heaven," and I was no farther than purgatory, so I did not smoke just then. On the road I found a small snub-nosed boy with his basket full of fine trout. The little wretch had fished the brook just a hundred yards ahead...
Just how it happened I never knew, but when I had nearly reached the house I found, to my horror, that the bottle was uncorked, and the acid was gently trickling down over my clothes. I hurried on, but quickly the damp feeling was succeeded by a burning sensation, for the acid was beginning to eat into my flesh. Thoughts of the Inquisition, of martyrs, and of a four-column article in the local paper upon my untimely death flashed through my mind, and I dropped the bundle and began to run. I dashed up the stairs and into...