The ghost was very frightened by what had happened, as you would expect him to be. He ran to the staircase, but he saw that Washington Otis was waiting for him with the big garden shovel. The ghost's enemies were all around him and he had almost no way to escape from them.

Then he saw the big iron stove, and he vanished into it. He was lucky that there was no fire in the stove, but still, he had to go home through the chimney. When he arrived at his own room he was terribly dirty, untidy, and upset.

After this nobody saw him walking around at night any more. The twins tried to catch him several times. They put things on the floor every night so that they could hear if he walked on them. But all that happened was that their parents and the servants got angry about the mess. Everyone could see that the ghost was so upset that he would not appear any more.

So Mr Otis went back to a project he had been doing for several years - writing the history of the Democratic Party.

Mrs Otis organised a wonderful party, which amazed everyone who lived nearby; and the boys started playing typical American games such as lacrosse and poker. Virginia rode about the roads on her little horse.

The young Duke of Cheshire went with her, because he had come to spend the last week of his holidays at Canterville Chase. Everyone thought that the ghost had gone away. In fact, Mr Otis wrote a letter to Lord Canterville and told him that. Lord Canterville replied that he was pleased to hear the news, and he congratulated the family.