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“ My dear sir , ” said Mr Otis , “ I really must ask you to oil those chains . So I have brought you a small bottle of the Rising Sun Lubricator . A lubricator is an oil for machines , and one use of this one is enough . Some of our most famous preachers praise it on the label . I’ll leave it here for you , next to the candles . I will be happy to give you more if you need it . ” With these words the American Minister put the bottle down on a marble table . Then he closed his door and went back to bed . For a moment the Canterville ghost stood completely still . He was too angry to move . Then he threw the bottle hard onto the floor and hurried away down the corridor . He groaned in a deep , empty voice , and a horrible green light came from his body . But at the top of the great staircase , a door flew open . Two little figures in white nightshirts appeared . A large pillow flew past his head ! There was no time to lose . The ghost quickly disappeared through the wall , and the house became quiet . He came out in a small secret room in the left wing . There he leaned against a moonbeam to get his breath back . For three hundred years he had done brilliant work . Nobody had ever insulted him like this ! He thought of all his great successes . He remembered the old Duchess in her lace and diamonds , screaming in front of her mirror . He remembered the village priest . One night the ghost blew out his candle in a dark passage , and the poor man still suffered from bad nerves . And he remembered old Madame de Tremouillac . She woke up early one morning and saw a skeleton in an armchair by the fire . It was reading her diary ! After that she stayed in bed for six weeks with a fever . The ghost was a true artist , and he was very proud of his work . Like an actor , he had many parts . Each part had its own costume and its own name . He remembered one lovely June evening on the tennis lawn . There he played a ball game with his own bones ! And after all this , some awful modern Americans offered him the Rising Sun Lubricator . They threw pillows at his head ! It was too much . No ghost in history had ever suffered like this . So he decided to have his revenge . He sat there until morning , deep in thought . IV . The Suit of Armour At breakfast the next morning the Otis family talked about the ghost . Mr Otis was a little annoyed because the ghost did not accept his present . “ I don’t want to hurt the ghost , ” he said . “ He has lived in this house for a very long time . So I don’t think it was polite to throw pillows at him . ” This was a very fair remark , but I am sorry to say that the twins burst out laughing .
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