Very early the next morning while the family was still sleping he went back to the passage. The other ghost was still there but now there was something wrong with it. There was no fire in its eyes and it was resting against the wall like a sick man. The canterville ghost moved forward quickly and put his arms round the other ghost-and its head fell off. Then the body fell to the floor and the canterville ghost saw that he was holding a white holes in it lying at his feet.