The Canterville Ghost, Chapter 6: samenvatting

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1. Virginia fails to appear for tea, and her family searches the house, grounds, and nearby countryside.
2. Mr. Otis suspects the departing gypsies, but they have no Virginia with them, and four help search.
3. Cecil joins Mr. Otis despite his refusal, and their unsuccessful search leaves the household frightened and exhausted.
4. At midnight, Virginia emerges through a hidden panel with a casket and says the repentant Ghost is dead.
5. She leads the family to a secret room containing a chained skeleton reaching toward vessels beyond its grasp.
6. Virginia prays beside the skeleton, and a twin notices the withered almond tree flowering; she declares that God forgives him.

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Virginia explains her absence and reports the Ghost’s repentance and death. Her account shifts the family’s attention from a possible kidnapping to his hidden suffering.

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