The Dentist

From then on he kept copies of teeth everywhere, in various places in the house, in the desk drawer, and one in each one of the three company boats. Also, when he ate out he used to carry another spare one in his pocket, inside a small box of cough lozenges, because one had broken while trying to eat some pork crackling at a lunch in the country. Fearing that his nephew would be a victim of similar scares, uncle León XII ordered doctor Adonay to make two sets of false teeth in one go: one from cheap materials, for everyday use in the office, and another one for Sundays and holidays, with a sparkle of gold in the smiling tooth, that would give him that extra touch of genuineness.

Love in the Time of Cholera