The Canterville Ghost (abstract 2)


And so Mr. Hiram B. Otis bought the house, and a few weeks later he and his family went down to Canterville Chase on the train. Mrs. Otis was a very beautiful woman and looked just as an Englishwoman. American people are really no different from English people – but they do, of course, speak a different language. Her eldest son, Washington, was a good-looking young man with a wonderful smile, who was famous at all the London parties for his fine dancing. Miss Virginia E. Otis was a sweet little girl of fifteen with big blue eyes. She loved to ride horses and could ride faster than a lot of men. One day the young Duke of Cheshire saw her on horseback, and immediately asked her to marry him – but his family sent him back to school the next day. After Virginia came the twins – two happy noisy little boys, who were always laughing and playing tricks. It was a lovely July evening when the family got off the train. The fields and trees looked beautiful in the golden sunshine. The birds were singing sweetly and the sky was bright blue. But when they arrived at Canterville Chase, storm clouds suddenly appeared in the sky. Then ten or twelve large black birds flew down over their heads, and big drops of rain began to fall. An old woman in a black dress was standing in the doorway of the house, waiting to meet them. This was Mrs. Umney, the housekeeper. “Welcome to Canterville Chase,” she said. They followed her into the library – a long dark room with a large window at one end. Here, tea was ready for them, so they took off their coats and sat down. Suddenly Mrs. Otis saw a dark red stain on the floor, near the fireplace. “Is that a stain on the floor?” She asked. “Yes, Mrs. Otis,” said Mrs. Umney quietly. “It’s a bloodstain.”



Mr. Otis - good-looking boy или American businessmen или old housekeeper

Washington - на фото варианты ответов

Twins - eldest sons of Mr. and Mrs. Otis или noisy little boys или Mrs. Umney's children​