That evening, there was a big storm and it started to rain a lot. The wind was so strong that it shook all the windows and doors in the old house. In fact, the storm, wind and rain were exactly the weather that the ghost loved.

He had made his plans. First, he would go quietly to Washington Otis' room, and make a horrible noise at him from the end of the bed. Then the ghost would stab himself three times in the throat.

He was very angry with Washington, because he knew that it was Washington who kept using Pinkerton's Paragon Detergent to remove the famous Canterville blood-stain.

When he had finished, and completely terrified the silly and thoughtless young man, the ghost planned to go to the room of Mr Otis and his wife. While he was there the ghost was going to put a cold, wet hand on Mrs Otis' forehead.

At the same time he was going to whisper the terrible secrets of the grave into Mr Otis' ear. The ghost was not sure what he was going to do about little Virginia. She had never been rude to him in any way, and she was pretty and gentle.

He thought that maybe a few scary sounds in the dark would be enough for her. If that didn't wake her up, he might pull at the blankets on the bed with shaking fingers. But the ghost was very determined to teach the twins a lesson they would never forget.