One can rely upon him: he is an infallible genius.

His answer will tell us if it be well to proceed to the resuscitation of our man, or whether nothing is left but to bury him." "What!" cried the young girl.

"One can tell whether a man is dead or living, by sample ?" "Nothing more is required by Doctor Nibor.

Forget your anxieties, then, for a week.

As soon as the answer comes, I will give it to you to read.
I have stimulated the curiosity of the great physiologist: he knows absolutely nothing about the fragment I send him.