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Poor Jack was afterwards shot in a duel by Lord Canterville on Wandsworth Common , and Lady Barbara died of a broken heart at Tunbridge Wells before the year was out , so , in every way , it had been a great success . It was , however , an extremely difficult ` make-up , ' if I may use such a theatrical expression in connection with one of the greatest mysteries of the supernatural , or , to employ a more scientific term , the higher-natural world , and it took him fully three hours to make his preparations . At last everything was ready , and he was very pleased with his appearance . The big leather riding-boots that went with the dress were just a little too large for him , and he could only find one of the two horse-pistols , but , on the whole , he was quite satisfied , and at a quarter past one he glided out of the wainscoting and crept down the corridor . On reaching the room occupied by the twins , which I should mention was called the Blue Bed Chamber , on account of the colour of its hangings , he found the door just ajar . Wishing to make an effective entrance , he flung it wide open , when a heavy jug of water fell right down on him , wetting him to the skin , and just missing his left shoulder by a couple of inches . At the same moment he heard stifled shrieks of laughter proceeding from the four-post bed .