(Well, truth be told, she’d never smelled any mummy before.) They didn’t have the same stench as the other long-dead-and-recently-exhumed corpses, the ones that came through her door for all manner of medical and chemical testing. Nor did they have the nice aroma of incense, of the various perfum...
In fact, it was one of the least elegant in the neighborhood. While its immediate neighbors were nothing when compared to Lord Akeldama’s abode, they still put their very best brick forward. They acknowledged, in an entirely unspoken way, that they were denizens of the most fashionable residentia...