Chapter 2

The plot:
The second chapter starts when Mr.Otis sees the stain of blood on the floor, and he thinks that the ghost really exists.
Mrs. Otis wants to call the Psychical Society; but the day after the family don’t speak about the ghost.
One night a noise wakes Mr. Otis, exactly at 1 o’ clock.
He goes out with the Lubrificant and sees an old man: he is the ghost of Sir Simon. The only words that the American Minister tells him are………..

In this moment the twins go out of their room and……………………..

….. they throw the pillow to the ghost. The poor Sir Simon is very humiliated and thinks to his honourable career.


Comments:
In conclusion this chapter is very significant because we can know that the ghost nature is not pernicious and also that Mr. Otis is very strong and rational because he isn’t afraid when he sees the ghost.

Quotations:
“My dear sir,’ said Mr .Otis , I really must insist on your oiling those chains……”
This expression is very ironic, and the ghost does not appear as the villain of the story but very unhappy .
“Never, in a brilliant and uninterrupted career of three hundred years, had he been so grossly insulted”.
This concept is very beautiful and funny at the same time because the ghost appears devastated, and this will lead him to be friendly to Virginia.


By Melissa and Lucia, Faten and Kalthoum