Dorothy's delight passed all bounds. She repeated, wringing her hands, with tears in her eyes:

"The Marquis!... The friend of Fontenelle! The revivified Marquis! Lazarus de Beaugreval! Then you didn't see?"

"I saw the film on the mirror ... the eyes open."

"Yes, yes: I know. But the rest?"

"What rest?"

"In his mouth?"

"What on earth is it?"

"There's a...."

"A what? Out with it!"

"A false tooth!"