The sorceress Jasra and her son Rinalod are the protagonist's past enemies and present allies. Jasra is now saying about her gone follower Melman, who was an occultist searching after a real power, to the protagonist. .......................
"It was too appropriate an opportunity to pass up," she told me then, "when you broke up with Julia and she grew interested in the occult. I saw that I would have to get her together with Victor, to have him train her, to teach her a few simple effects, to capitalize on her unhappiness at your parting, to turn it into a full-brown hatredso intense that she would be willing to cut your throat when the time came for the sacrifice." ["Knight of Shadows" of The Great Book of Amber by Roger Zelazny] I'd like to know if the underlined adjectival clause modifies "hatred." Thank you in advance for your help.
Top answer
yes, it means "a hatred that is so intense that... " (but without the words "that is" you have a phrase not a clause)
— Anonymous
yes, it means "a hatred that is so intense that...
" (but without the words "that is" you have a phrase not a clause)
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