But in winter, when the rain is driven by a furious wind, when the lantern is blown out, and the fogger stumbles in pitchy darkness through mud and water, it would be difficult to imagine a condition of things which concentrates more discomfort.
"Hodge and His Masters"
Richard Jefferies
And then, all at once, Tammy's blue-light went out, and there came, what seemed by contrast, pitchy darkness.
"The Ghost Pirates"
William Hope Hodgson
The insides of the whale were all wet, and it was all pitchy dark in there.
"The Doers"
William John Hopkins