The canterville ghost and other stories

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... suddenly, the dancers were no longer afraid. A crowd of them ran into the black room. They ran to the stranger who was standing in the shadow of the great clock. When they caught him, the mask and the ... stones and made a hole in the earth that filled the middle of the wall. I put my wife there, put back the stones, made some new plaster and put it on the wall. Then I cleaned the floor, and looked ... easily. Then, on the fourth day, the police came. I was not worried when they searched the house. They asked me to come with them as they searched. They looked everywhere, several times. Then they...

... the name of God, the devil disappeared into the earth. CHAPTER VI. The brothers, having finished their houses, moved into them and lived apart from their father and brother. Ivan, when he ... among them. "Batiushka," they cried as they ran to gather up the precious pieces. The moujiks then appeared on the scene and began to fight among themselves for the possession of the ... comrades, but found only the hole through which one had disappeared; and on going to the meadow he discovered the severed tail of the other, and in the rye-field he found yet another hole. "Well,"...

... over the river and flew and flew. At last he came to the poor little house and looked inside. The boy was lying on the bed. The mother was asleep; she was so tired. He flew in and put the great ... your other eye. You will not be able to see!’ ‘Do it!’ said the prince. So the bird took out the prince’s other eye and flew down with it. He flew to the girl and put the jewel in her hand. ... someone — a small person — standing in the shadow at the other end of the room. Watching him! He shouted with excitement, and moved out into the sunlight. As he moved, the other one moved too. He...

... they were bothfalse. Then I noticed the bed was fixed to the floor.&apos ;And I realised that something could pass through the ven-tilator. It could travel down the bell-rope and land on the ... doctor.'Then let's hear their story,' said Holmes. The two women told their story very clearly. They had beenawakened from their sleep by a loud noise. A minute later, theyheard another ... noose. Then he threw the snake into the iron safe and closed the door. The metal doorclanged shut.8 The Speckled BandNext morning, we took Helen Stoner away from StokeMoran. The poor girl was...

... that in these cases it is the poor young girls who are deceived. As for the mothers, the mothers especially, informed by their husbands, they know all, and, while pretending to believe in the purity ... reached the next station. There the lawyer and the lady went out, as well as the clerk. We were left alone, Posdnicheff and I. "They say it, and they lie, or they do not understand," ... phenomenon, that on the one hand woman is reduced to the lowest degree of humiliation and on the other hand she reigns over everything. See the Jews: with their power of money, they avenge their subjection,...

... dâk‐bungalowsthattheremustbeafairpercentageoflunaticghosts.InduetimeIfoundmy ghost, orghostsrather,forthereweretwoofthem.UptillthathourIhadsympathizedwithMr.Besant‘smethod The PhantomRickshaw and Other Ghost Stories 24ofhandlingthem,asshownin The StrangeCaseofMr.Lucraft and Other Stories. ”Iamnowin the Opposition.Wewillcall the bungalowKatmaldâk‐bungalow.ButTHATwas the smallestpartof the horror.Amanwithasensitivehidehasnorighttosleepindâk‐bungalows.Heshouldmarry.Katmaldâk‐bungalowwasold and rotten and unrepaired. The floorwasofwornbrick, the wallswerefilthy, and the windowswerenearlyblackwithgrime.Itstood ... Anoilwickwassetin the bathroom.Forbleak,unadulteratedmiserythatdâk‐bungalowwas the worstof the manythatIhadeversetfootin.Therewasnofireplace, and the windowswouldnotopen;soabrazierofcharcoalwouldhavebeen The PhantomRickshaw and Other Ghost Stories 25useless. The rain and the  wind splashed and gurgled and moanedround the house, and the toddy palms rattled and roared. ... taking the Waler‘s bridle and asking whether I was ill.From the horribleto the commonplaceisbutastep.Itumbledoffmy The PhantomRickshaw and Other Ghost Stories 8horse and ...

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... about their lives? Will they be happy? The Dream and Other Stories Language in use Look at the sentence on the right. Then make these sentences into one in the lime way. Use who, whose and ... • the Andes • the River Amazon 2 Discuss in pairs why these are important in the story. Miami Portugal the Yucatan The Dream and Other Stories Language in use Loок at the sentence on the ... now," the blind man replied. The Dream and Other Stories 12 Nothing came from the darkness. The rain and the wind were blowing in, so she entered and shut the door. She was conscious of the...

... The Jew and Other Stories Ivan Turgenev Translated by Constance Garnett The Jew and Other Stories 10 ‘Well, mind you do And bring her, do you hear?’ ... fright, and to tell Siliavka to hold his tongue, but now the affair had become public, and could not escape the cognisance of the authorities.’ The Jew and Other Stories 15 ‘Take him to the ... the camp, and soon returned with a rope in his hands. His coarse but not ill-natured face wore a look of strange, exasperated The Jew and Other Stories 19 commiseration. At the sight of the...