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The ghost glared at her in fury and began at once to make preparations for turning himself into a large black dog, an accomplishment for which he was justly renowned, and to which the family doctor always attributed the permanent idiocy of Land Canterville’s uncle, the Hon. Thomas Horton. The sound of approaching footsteps, however, made him hesitate in his fell purpose, so he contented himself with becoming faintly phosphorescent, and canished with a deep churchyard grean, just as the twins had come up to him.

On reaching his room he entirely broke down, and became a prey to the most violent agitation. The vulgarity of the twins, and the gross materialism of Mrs Otis, were naturally extremely annoying, but what really distressed him most was that he had been unable to wear the suit of mail. He had hoped that even modern Americans would be thrilled by the sight of a Spectre in armour, if to more sensible reason, at least out of respect for their natural poer Longfellow, over whose graceful and attractive poetry he himself had whiled away many a weary hour when the Cantervilles were up in town. Besides it was his own suit. He had worn it with great success at the Kenilworth tournament, and had been highly couplimented on it by no less a person than the Virgin Queen berself Yet when he had put it on, he had been completely overpowered by the weight of the huge breastplate and steel casque and had fallen heavily on the stone pavement, barking both his knees werely and bruising the knuckles of his right hand..

For some days after this he was extremely ill, and hardly stirred act of his room at all, except to keep the blood-stain in proper

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