The Ghost of Sir Simon

Horace B.Otis an American Minister, buys Canterville Chase, which is an allegedly haunted Tudor Mansion. The minister’s English friends try to warn him about the haunted mansion but, being American, he pays no heed to ghost stories, and moves the family into the mansion. The family finds a bloodstain on the carpet, and the mother, Lucretia, wants the horrible stain removed. The housekeeper, Mr. Umney, tells the family that the stain is historic, and should not be removed. The oldest child, Washington, says the stain can easily be removed with cleanser, and sets about removing it. As he does, thunder and lightning start outside, causing the housekeeper to pass out. Each successive morning, the stain reappears. And each morning, it is again removed with the cleaner.

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Meanwhile, three men, Jerome, George and William Samuel Harris, make plans for the excursion. The men sleep in on the morning they should leave, and experience difficulty figuring out which prepare to load up for Kingston, from which they mean to set out. They in the long run make it, however, and start the voyage.

At the point when Jerome and Harris stop for lunch on the riverbank, a man blames them for trespassing and tries to extort them. Harris, an expansive man, physically scares the guest and they travel on.

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A few nights later, the ghost appears to Mr. Otis and his two twin sons in the hallway. Though it attempts to scare them, Mr. Otis simply replies that it might use a lubricant for its creaking chains, and the twins’ throw pillows at the ghost’s head. The ghost retreats to its quarters, shocked at the family’s reaction. It begins to reminisce on its past victories of scaring the mansions inhabitants, causing them to commit suicide or go mad.

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The following night, they cook Irish stew. George and J. go for beverages in the town of Henley that night, yet get lost on their way back. When they in the long run discover Harris resting in the watercraft, he discloses that he needed to move it in light of the fact that he was assaulted by a herd of forceful swans.

    The men endeavor to wash their garments in the Thames, however the garments just turn out dirtier than some time recently.

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The family laughs at the ghost, as well as the bloodstain, which is changing color from red to green. The only member of the family who doesn’t laugh is Virginia, the fifteen year old daughter of Mr. Otis. When the ghost next tries to scare the twins they throw capsules at it. Moreover, it tries to scare the entire family by laughing ominously, but Mr. Otis simply recommends a tincture to the ghost for indigestion.

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In transit once more from Oxford, it rains unpleasantly, and the men discover themselves chilly, wet, and hopeless. They soon choose to surrender the vessel and spend whatever is left of the outing at Tudor Manor nearby.

When they knock at the door, Mr. Otis opens the door and after listening to their story, lets them in. He allows them to stay for the night. Later that night the ghost, known as Sir Simon tries to scare the three friends staying for the night but when it tries to scare them the three friends thinking they are seeing things because of illness ignores the ghost.

The ghost leaves the mansion for a while due to his anger over failing to scare either of the groups. When it returns, however, he himself is scared by the Otis twins when they make a fake ghost out of materials found in the house. The ghost finally gives up of trying to scare the family. He even uses the lubrication to help quit his chains.