Do you understand much about the human frame, Mr.Quest ?" Quest shook his head promptly.
"Still life doesn't interest me," he declared.

"Bones are bones, after all, you know.

I don't even care who my grandfather was, much less who my grandfather a million times removed might have been.

Let's step into the study for a moment, Professor, if you don't mind," he went on.

"Lenora here is a little sensitive to smell, and a spray of lavender water on some of your bones wouldn't do them any harm." The Professor ambled amiably towards the door.
"I never notice it myself," he said.