Converted back to a boy, Eustace apologized for being "such a sop" - "I think I was a better dragon than I was a boy, really.(The same battle was frequently referred o in Renoir""sThe Grand Illusion (1937)).The protracted conflict claimed the lives of 315,000 French soldiers (calledpoilus) on the Western front.First they champ, then they stamp, then they stand still." (Teeth)"Voiceless, it cries.Wingless flutters, toothless bites, mouthless mutters." (Wind)"A box without hinges, key or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid." (Egg)"All things it devours, birds, beasts, trees, flowers, gnaws iron, bites steel, grinds hard stones to meal.You give the bonus system time and a set of leg chains to keep you slowed down just a little bit, for your own good, you""ll learn he rules.In the final scene in theDaily Planetoffices, Lois returned from her three-week vacation, where she was able to "blow the lid off the corruption in the Caribbean" where she was kidnapped by a taxi driver.