Overwhelmed by horror, Patricia watched as a greenish shimmering veil suddenly began to descend from the ghost’s huge head, gradually, inch by inch, revealing a gigantic skull. His empty black eye sockets stared at the girl, as if trying to look into the very depths of her soul. Or was it an attempt to hypnotize her? A scream of horror stuck in Patricia's throat. Having lost self-control, with her skin covered in sticky cold sweat, the girl watched this devilish performance: as the greenish veil slid lower and lower, the huge ghost more and more clearly took on the outline of a giant silvery skeleton. Patricia wanted to scream in horror, but her vocal cords were paralyzed, and only an inarticulate bubbling sound escaped from her throat! In desperation, she tried to cover her face with her hands so as not to see this terrifying sight, but she still found herself unable to move even a finger - not a single cell of her body could no longer obey her! Life seemed to have left her body!