For rest of the week, there was nothing very exciting that has happened except the continual renewal of the bloodstain. Moreover, the change in the shade of the colour surprised them. On some mornings it was a dull red, then it would be vermillion, then a rich purple and once they found it to be a bright emerald-green.
Bets on the subject were freely made in the evening on the colour of the stain. The only person who did not enter into the joke was little Virginia 《 as I mentioned earlier, daughter of Mr Otis》. She was little distressed at the sight of the bloodstain.
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The Canterville Ghost
TerrorThe Canterville Ghost is a popular short novel by Oscar Wilde. The story takes place in an Old English country house, Canterville Chase, which has all the characteristics of a haunted house. The writer creates gothic setting by describing the sheeti...
