The Canterville Ghost

Mr. Otis liked the young Duke very much as a person, but he did not like the idea of his daughter becoming an aristocrat. Also, he said that he was, `worried that while she is living the life of a pleasure-loving aristocrat, Virginia will forget the true and serious ideas of the Republic in which she was born.'

His objections, however, were completely overruled. Anyway, I believe that when he walked into the church of St. George's, in Hanover Square in London, with his daughter on his arm, he was the proudest man in the whole of England.

After the honeymoon was over, the Duke and Duchess went down to Canterville Chase. On the day after their arrival they went for a walk in the afternoon to the lonely churchyard by the pine-wood. At first no-one had been sure about what should be written on Sir Simon's tombstone, but finally it had been decided to simply put the initials of Sir Simon's name, and the verse from the library window.

Vocabulary:

Objections: Reasons why you do not like something.
Overruled: When someone more important gives different orders.
On his arm: In English tradition a father brings his daughter to her wedding.
Honeymoon: The holiday you take immediately after getting married.
Tombstone: The stone above where someone is buried.
Initials: The first letters of your first and second name.