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`` Three years ago this son ran away from home , and went to New York , under an assumed name . Three years ago Henry Darling came first to New York from Canada . Henry Darling commits a crime , and flies . A few months after Captain Danton comes here , with a mysterious invalid , who is never seen , who is too ill to leave his room by day , but quite able to go out for midnight rambles in the grounds . Old Margery has known Captain Danton 's son from childhood . She sees Mr. Richards returning from one of those midnight walks , and falls down in a fit . She says she has seen Master Harry 's ghost -- Master Harry being currently believed to be dead .