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| | The Canterville Ghost (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) |
 | | The old woman smiled, and answered in the same low, mysterious voice, `It is the blood of Lady Eleanore de Canterville, who was murdered on that very spot by her own husband, Sir Simon de Canterville, in 1575. |
 | | For some time he was disturbed by wild shrieks of laughter from the twins, who, with the light-hearted gaiety of schoolboys, were evidently amusing themselves before they retired to rest, but at a quarter past eleven all was still, and, as midnight sounded, he sallied |
 | | Otis had eked, he shook him cordially by the hand, and said, `My dear sir, your charming little daughter rendered my unlucky ancestor, Sir Simon, a very important service, and I and my family are much indebted to her for her marvellous courage and pluck. |
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