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Imagine yourself at a young and impressionable age. The new and primary caretaker in your life begins to rant and rave about ghosts of people that have since deceased. These “spirits” she speaks of used to perform the same task of tending to your needs in your earlier years. If you were suddenly confronted with the accusation that you were somehow involved with these ghosts would you be afraid? This is what the children from …

…or not a ghost is present. All she has is her suspicions and her over active imagination. Mrs. Grose did believe her once Flora started speaking odd while in a fever, but a fever will make people talk out of their head. The governess’s lack of sleeping did not help her clarify reality from her imagination at all. The ghosts did exist, but more than likely they existed only in the governess’s head.