Paula Guran

He shrugged.
“Maybe yes, maybe no. Your husband was embalmed, wasn’t he?”
“Yes. Yes, he was.”
“Then there’s a good chance. It depends on how good a job they did on him, the soil temperature, and how tight the box is. It depends on a lot of things, really, but there’s a good chance. Then there are some tests they can always run—like for arsenic or lead. You can look at a body a hundred years later and still find those things.”