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Strings
were
continually
being
stretched
across
the
corridor
,
over
which
he
tripped
in
the
dark
,
and
on
one
occasion
,
while
dressed
for
the
part
of
"
Black
Isaac
,
or
the
Huntsman
of
Hogley
Woods
,
"
he
met
with
a
severe
fall
,
through
treading
on
a
butterslide
,
which
the
twins
had
constructed
from
the
entrance
of
the
Tapestry
Chamber
to
the
top
of
the
oak
staircase
.
This
last
insult
so
enraged
him
,
that
he
resolved
to
make
one
final
effort
to
assert
his
dignity
and
social
position
,
and
determined
to
visit
the
insolent
young
Etonians
the
next
night
in
his
celebrated
character
of
"
Reckless
Rupert
,
or
the
Headless
Earl
.
"
He
had
not
appeared
in
this
disguise
for
more
than
seventy
years
;
in
fact
,
not
since
he
had
so
frightened
pretty
Lady
Barbara
Modish
by
means
of
it
,
that
she
suddenly
broke
off
her
engagement
with
the
present
Lord
Canterville
's
grandfather
,
and
ran
away
to
Gretna
Green
with
handsome
Jack
Castletown
,
declaring
that
nothing
in
the
world
would
induce
her
to
marry
into
a
family
that
allowed
such
a
horrible
phantom
to
walk
up
and
down
the
terrace
at
twilight
.
Poor
Jack
was
afterwards
shot
in
a
duel
by
Lord
Canterville
on
Wandsworth
Common
,
and
Lady
Barbara
died
of
a
broken
heart
at
Tunbridge
Wells
before
the
year
was
out
,
so
,
in
every
way
,
it
had
been
a
great
success
.
It
was
,
however
an
extremely
difficult
"
make-up
,
"
if
I
may
use
such
a
theatrical
expression
in
connection
with
one
of
the
greatest
mysteries
of
the
supernatural
,
or
,
to
employ
a
more
scientific
term
,
the
higher-natural
world
,
and
it
took
him
fully
three
hours
to
make
his
preparations
.
At
last
everything
was
ready
,
and
he
was
very
pleased
with
his
appearance
.
The
big
leather
riding-boots
that
went
with
the
dress
were
just
a
little
too
large
for
him
,
and
he
could
only
find
one
of
the
two
horse-pistols
,
but
,
on
the
whole
,
he
was
quite
satisfied
,
and
at
a
quarter-past
one
he
glided
out
of
the
wainscoting
and
crept
down
the
corridor
.
On
reaching
the
room
occupied
by
the
twins
,
which
I
should
mention
was
called
the
Blue
Bed
Chamber
,
on
account
of
the
colour
of
its
hangings
,
he
found
the
door
just
ajar
.
Wishing
to
make
an
effective
entrance
,
he
flung
it
wide
open
,
when
a
heavy
jug
of
water
fell
right
down
on
him
,
wetting
him
to
the
skin
,
and
just
missing
his
left
shoulder
by
a
couple
of
inches
.
At
the
same
moment
he
heard
stifled
shrieks
of
laughter
proceeding
from
the
fourpost
bed
.
The
shock
to
his
nervous
system
was
so
great
that
he
fled
back
to
his
room
as
hard
as
he
could
go
,
and
the
next
day
he
was
laid
up
with
a
severe
cold
.
The
only
thing
that
at
all
consoled
him
in
the
whole
affair
was
the
fact
that
he
had
not
brought
his
head
with
him
,
for
,
had
he
done
so
,
the
consequences
might
have
been
very
serious
.
He
now
gave
up
all
hope
of
ever
frightening
this
rude
American
family
,
and
contented
himself
,
as
a
rule
,
with
creeping
about
the
passages
in
list
slippers
,
with
a
thick
red
muffler
round
his
throat
for
fear
of
draughts
,
and
a
small
arquebuse
,
in
case
he
should
be
attacked
by
the
twins
.
The
final
blow
he
received
occurred
on
the
19th
of
September
.
He
had
gone
down-stairs
to
the
great
entrance-hall
,
feeling
sure
that
there
,
at
any
rate
,
he
would
be
quite
unmolested
,
and
was
amusing
himself
by
making
satirical
remarks
on
the
large
Saroni
photographs
of
the
United
States
Minister
and
his
wife
which
had
now
taken
the
place
of
the
Canterville
family
pictures
.
He
was
simply
but
neatly
clad
in
a
long
shroud
,
spotted
with
churchyard
mould
,
had
tied
up
his
jaw
with
a
strip
of
yellow
linen
,
and
carried
a
small
lantern
and
a
sexton
's
spade
.
In
fact
,
he
was
dressed
for
the
character
of
"
Jonas
the
Graveless
,
or
the
Corpse-Snatcher
of
Chertsey
Barn
,
"
one
of
his
most
remarkable
impersonations
,
and
one
which
the
Cantervilles
had
every
reason
to
remember
,
as
it
was
the
real
origin
of
their
quarrel
with
their
neighbour
,
Lord
Rufford
.
It
was
about
a
quarter-past
two
o'clock
in
the
morning
,
and
,
as
far
as
he
could
ascertain
,
no
one
was
stirring
.
As
he
was
strolling
towards
the
library
,
however
,
to
see
if
there
were
any
traces
left
of
the
blood-stain
,
suddenly
there
leaped
out
on
him
from
a
dark
corner
two
figures
,
who
waved
their
arms
wildly
above
their
heads
,
and
shrieked
out
"
BOO
!
"
in
his
ear
.
Seized
with
a
panic
,
which
,
under
the
circumstances
,
was
only
natural
,
he
rushed
for
the
staircase
,
but
found
Washington
Otis
waiting
for
him
there
with
the
big
gardensyringe
,
and
being
thus
hemmed
in
by
his
enemies
on
every
side
,
and
driven
almost
to
bay
,
he
vanished
into
the
great
iron
stove
,
which
,
fortunately
for
him
,
was
not
lit
,
and
had
to
make
his
way
home
through
the
flues
and
chimneys
,
arriving
at
his
own
room
in
a
terrible
state
of
dirt
,
disorder
,
and
despair
.
After
this
he
was
not
seen
again
on
any
nocturnal
expedition
.
The
twins
lay
in
wait
for
him
on
several
occasions
,
and
strewed
the
passages
with
nutshells
every
night
to
the
great
annoyance
of
their
parents
and
the
servants
,
but
it
was
of
no
avail
.
It
was
quite
evident
that
his
feelings
were
so
wounded
that
he
would
not
appear
.
Mr.
Otis
consequently
resumed
his
great
work
on
the
history
of
the
Democratic
Party
,
on
which
he
had
been
engaged
for
some
years
;
Mrs.
Otis
organized
a
wonderful
clam-bake
,
which
amazed
the
whole
county
;
the
boys
took
to
lacrosse
euchre
,
poker
,
and
other
American
national
games
,
and
Virginia
rode
about
the
lanes
on
her
pony
,
accompanied
by
the
young
Duke
of
Cheshire
,
who
had
come
to
spend
the
last
week
of
his
holidays
at
Canterville
Chase
.
It
was
generally
assumed
that
the
ghost
had
gone
away
,
and
,
in
fact
,
Mr.
Otis
wrote
a
letter
to
that
effect
to
Lord
Canterville
,
who
,
in
reply
,
expressed
his
great
pleasure
at
the
news
,
and
sent
his
best
congratulations
to
the
Minister
's
worthy
wife
.
The
Otises
,
however
,
were
deceived
,
for
the
ghost
was
still
in
the
house
,
and
though
now
almost
an
invalid
,
was
by
no
means
ready
to
let
matters
rest
,
particularly
as
he
heard
that
among
the
guests
was
the
young
Duke
of
Cheshire
,
whose
grand-uncle
,
Lord
Francis
Stilton
,
had
once
bet
a
hundred
guineas
with
Colonel
Carbury
that
he
would
play
dice
with
the
Canterville
ghost
,
and
was
found
the
next
morning
lying
on
the
floor
of
the
cardroom
in
such
a
helpless
paralytic
state
that
,
though
he
lived
on
to
a
great
age
,
he
was
never
able
to
say
anything
again
but
"
Double
Sixes
.
"
The
story
was
well
known
at
the
time
,
though
,
of
course
,
out
of
respect
to
the
feelings
of
the
two
noble
families
,
every
attempt
was
made
to
hush
it
up
,
and
a
full
account
of
all
the
circumstances
connected
with
it
will
be
found
in
the
third
volume
of
Lord
Tattle
's
Recollections
of
the
Prince
Regent
and
his
Friends
.
The
ghost
,
then
,
was
naturally
very
anxious
to
show
that
he
had
not
lost
his
influence
over
the
Stiltons
,
with
whom
,
indeed
,
he
was
distantly
connected
,
his
own
first
cousin
having
been
married
en
secondes
noces
to
the
Sieur
de
Bulkeley
,
from
whom
,
as
every
one
knows
,
the
Dukes
of
Cheshire
are
lineally
descended
.
Accordingly
,
he
made
arrangements
for
appearing
to
Virginia
's
little
lover
in
his
celebrated
impersonation
of
"
The
Vampire
Monk
,
or
the
Bloodless
Benedictine
,
"
a
performance
so
horrible
that
when
old
Lady
Startup
saw
it
,
which
she
did
on
one
fatal
New
Year
's
Eve
,
in
the
year
1764
,
she
went
off
into
the
most
piercing
shrieks
,
which
culminated
in
violent
apoplexy
,
and
died
in
three
days
,
after
disinheriting
the
Cantervilles
,
who
were
her
nearest
relations
,
and
leaving
all
her
money
to
her
London
apothecary
.
At
the
last
moment
,
however
,
his
terror
of
the
twins
prevented
his
leaving
his
room
,
and
the
little
Duke
slept
in
peace
under
the
great
feathered
canopy
in
the
RoyalBedchamber
,
and
dreamed
of
Virginia
.
A
few
days
after
this
,
Virginia
and
her
curly-haired
cavalier
went
out
riding
on
Brockley
meadows
,
where
she
tore
her
habit
so
badly
in
getting
through
a
hedge
that
,
on
their
return
home
,
she
made
up
her
mind
to
go
up
by
the
back
staircase
so
as
not
to
be
seen
.
As
she
was
running
past
the
Tapestry
Chamber
,
the
door
of
which
happened
to
be
open
,
she
fancied
she
saw
some
one
inside
,
and
thinking
it
was
her
mother
's
maid
,
who
sometimes
used
to
bring
her
work
there
,
looked
in
to
ask
her
to
mend
her
habit
.
To
her
immense
surprise
,
however
,
it
was
the
Canterville
Ghost
himself
!
He
was
sitting
by
the
window
,
watching
the
ruined
gold
of
the
yellowing
trees
fly
through
the
air
,
and
the
red
leaves
dancing
madly
down
the
long
avenue
.
His
head
was
leaning
on
his
hand
,
and
his
whole
attitude
was
one
of
extreme
depression
.
Indeed
,
so
forlorn
,
and
so
much
out
of
repair
did
he
look
,
that
little
Virginia
,
whose
first
idea
had
been
to
run
away
and
lock
herself
in
her
room
,
was
filled
with
pity
,
and
determined
to
try
and
comfort
him
.
So
light
was
her
footfall
,
and
so
deep
his
melancholy
,
that
he
was
not
aware
of
her
presence
tillshe
spoke
to
him
.
"
I
am
so
sorry
for
you
,
"
she
said
,
"
but
my
brothers
are
going
back
to
Eton
to-morrow
,
and
then
,
if
you
behave
yourself
,
no
one
will
annoy
you
.
"
"
It
is
absurd
asking
me
to
behave
myself
,
"
he
answered
,
looking
round
in
astonishment
at
the
pretty
little
girl
who
had
ventured
to
address
him
,
"
quite
absurd
.
I
must
rattle
my
chains
,
and
groan
through
keyholes
,
and
walk
about
at
night
,
if
that
is
what
you
mean
.
It
is
my
only
reason
for
existing
.
"
