Let us briefly recapitulate the steps of the series.

The young woman sat looking with amazement at Santerre as he calmly recapitulated horror after horror, to the evident enjoyment of the others.

" He was silent an instant, as though mentally recapitulating all that he had said in order to convince himself that he had not left any forgotten idea in the corners of his cranium.

His nose was fairly straighthis eyes" "Were neither dark nor lighthis hair had the same striking peculiarityhe was neither short nor tallhis nose was neither aquiline nor snub" he recapitulated sarcastically.