She stepped forward and helped me to raise her father and drag him close to a window.
Together we placed the others similarly, and she flew down to the dining-room and returned with a decanter of brandy.

This we proceeded to administer to them all in turn.

It was not many minutes after we had opened the windows when all three were struggling back to consciousness.

During this time my entire thoughts and efforts had been concentrated on their restoration; but now that this strain was off, I looked round the room to see what had been the effect of the experiment.

The thick smoke had nearly cleared away; but the room was still misty and was full of a strange pungent acrid odour.
The great sarcophagus was just as it had been.