LordCantervillefelt his duty to mention the fact of the ghost when Mr Otis came to discuss the terms. He said that he had not cared to live the place since his grandaunt, the Dowager Duchess ofBoltonwas frightened into a fit from which she never really recovered. Two skeleton hands had been placed on her shoulders as she was dressing for dinner. Therefore, he felt it his bounden duty to tell Mr Otis that the ghost had been seen by several living members of theCantervillefamily as well as the rector of the parish, the Rev.AugustusDampier,a Fellow of King's College, Cambridge. Post the unfortunate accident of the Duchess, none of the younger servants would stay with them and LadyCantervilleoften got very little sleep in consequence of the mysterious noises that came from the corridor and the library.This honest admission by LordCantervilleshows that he was a man of the most punctilious honour. He could have chosen to hide the truth but he voluntarily chose to come clean about the haunted past of the house to its new occupant.