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9. Canterville Ghost

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Right in front of him he saw, in the wan moonlight, an old man of terrible aspect. His eyes where as red as burning coals; long grey hair fell over his shoulders in matted1 coils2; his garments, which were solid and ragged,and from his wrists and ankles hung heavy manacles3 and rusty gyves4. Next


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  1. matted : closely tangled together in a dense mass
 
  2. coil : anything wound or gathered into a series of rings or a spiral
 
  3. manacle : a handcuff; fetter or shackle for the hand
 
  4. gyve : [ Archaic ] fetter, shackle
 





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