Innumerable decayed teeth.

"When London is a grass-grown path and all those hurrying along the pavement this Wednesday morning are but bones with a few wedding rings mixed up in their dust and the gold stoppings of innumerable decayed teeth.  The face in the motor car will then be known."  (Woolf 23).

This quote, from Clarissa Dalloway's point of view, is yet another example of her belief and reliance in time and conclusions.  Clarissa knows that time passes, that everything changes, and dies.  She sees it as inevitable that London will fall into ruins, a "grass-grown path" and that all of its inhabitants will die and be "but bones."  There is a mention here, too, however, that love lasts beyond this--the only things left will be a "few wedding rings mixed up in their dust."  She also sees time as a wise force, that only time can tell the truth--"The face in the motor car will then be know."

This too shall pass.