Death comes some time after that, and we do not know exactly when.

It varies very much in different individuals.

You can only define it as the total and final cessation of perception and apperception, both functions depending on the nerves.

In ordinary cases Nature begins of herself to destroy the nerves by a sure process.

But how do you know what happens when decay is not only arrested but prevented before it has begun?
How can you foretell what may happen when a skilful hand has restored the tissues of the body to their original flexibility, or preserved them in the state in which they were last sensitive ?" "Nothing can ever make me believe that a mummy can suddenly hear and understand," said Unorna.