He came to herjust as he would have scaled Heaven to come to her, just as he would have come to her in the nethermost pit of Hell if she had called.

Neddy reached for his roomy flask, drank of it, and with hoarse curses consigned the entire course of events, his accomplices, even himself, to nethermost perdition.

He damned Mr. Oxford to the nethermost places, and swore that he would not lift a finger to save Mr. Oxford from penal servitude for life.