Mrs. Otis asked the housekeeper Mrs. Umney about a red stain she saw, and Mrs. Umney revealed that it was blood from Lady Eleanore de Canterville who was murdered by her husband Sir Simon de Canterville in 1575. Four nights later, the Otis family buried Sir Simon's body among the trees. The ghost of Sir Simon had lived in Canterville Chase for 300 years and wanted to frighten the new Otis family, but Washington Otis said a product could remove the blood stain that remained as evidence of the murder.

2. Vocabulary and Phrases

4. 'What is this red stain?' Mrs Otis asked
Mrs Umney.
'It is blood,' answered the old
housekeeper in a quiet voice.
housekeeper = ama de casa, señora de
la limpieza

6. grave= fosa
to bury (buried / buried) =
enterrar
There was a funeral four nights later. The
Otises buried the body of Sir Simon de
Canterville in a grave among the trees.

8. murder = asesinato
'It is the blood of Lady Eleanore de
Canterville. She was murdered by her
husband, Sir Simon de Canterville, in 1575.

10. stain = mancha
'Pinkerton's can remove anything,'
said Washington Otis. 'The blood-
stain has gone.'

12. teapot = tetera
Mrs Umney put teacups on the table,
then she brought a pot of tea.

14. apron = delantal
She was an old woman and wore a
black dress and white apron.

16. frightened = asustado/a
The ghost had lived in Canterville
Chase for three hundred years.
Everyone was frightened of him,
because everyone was afraid of
ghosts.

18. walk (pronunciado ‘wok’) = andar
He wanted to walk around the
house and frighten the Otis family.

21. A nightingale sings all night long. The
bird's sweet song is beautiful and sad.
Nightingale - ruiseñor

23. ** thunder: trueno
** lightning: rayo
The rain was falling heavily and the
sky was black. They heard thunder
and they saw lightning.