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Answer the following questions briefly.

John's apprehensions about his wife's reaction to her encounter with the ghost are unfounded. Justify.

John thought that his wife could not handle an encounter with the ghost, but he was proved wrong. He thought that it would make his wife hysterical but quite opposite to that, she speaks confidently and is not frightened by the ghost.


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Why does John wish he were dead?

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When confronted by Lavinia about his flirtations over the Ouija Board, John insists that 'the affair was quite above-board, I assure you, my love'. Bring out the pun in John's statement.

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After her reconciliation with her husband, John Hallock, Lavinia writes a letter to her friend expressing how her relationship with him had almost been on the verge of breaking and what saved it. Write her letter.

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John Hallock reflects upon his experience with Helen's ghost and in retrospect, he finds it quite amusing. All the same, he is relieved that he is no longer plagued by it. Ironically, the same ghost inspires his creativity and he writes a diary entry reflecting upon the comical aspect of his experience. Write his diary entry.