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dinner, and I feel bound to tell you, Mr Otis, that the ghost has been seen by several living
members of my family.

Mr Otis: I come from a modern country, where we have everything that money can buy. I

really don’t care, Lord Canterville, I’ll buy the castle anyway, including the ghost.

Lord Canterville: I must insist, there’s a ghost in the castle, that’s why we can’t live here
anymore. It has been here for more than three centuries! My wife can’t even sleep at night
because of the strange noises.

Mr Otis: There is no such thing as a ghost.

Lord Canterville: Well, if you want to live with a ghost, it’s up to you, but don’t say that I
didn’t warn you.

Mr Otis: Just give me the papers, I’ll sign them right away.

(Lord Canterville gives him the papers and Mr Otis signs them.)
Do you think
Lord Canterville: The castle, Canterville Chase, is all yours. the ghost will
trouble the Otis
Just a Minute!
Mr Otis: Thank you! We’ll move here tomorrow afternoon. family?
Lord Canterville: Very well, Mr Otis, have a nice day.

(They shake hands and both head to the door and leave.)

SCENE II

(The Otis family is in the castle having dinner.)

Mrs Otis: There’s a red stain on the floor.

(Mrs Otis rings a bell and the Maid enters the room.)

Mrs Otis: I see that someone dropped something on the floor.

Maid: Yes, madam, it’s a blood stain.

Mrs Otis: How terrible! I don’t want to see blood stains on the floor. Clean it up

immediately!

Maid: I’ll clean it up, but it won’t disappear, at least not forever.

Mrs Otis: Why not? What do you mean?

Maid: The stain belongs to Mrs Eleanore de Canterville.

Mrs Otis: Eleanore de Canterville? Who was she?

Maid: She passed away in 1575, on that very spot.

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