Foreshadowing in The Best of O. Henry

Foreshadowing Examples in The Best of O. Henry:

The Furnished Room

"the haunted room..." See in text (The Furnished Room)

Early in "The Furnished Room," O. Henry intimated that it could turn into a ghost story. Here he fulfills his promise by showing that the room is haunted by the ghost of Eloise Vashner. Later it will also be haunted by her lover after he commits suicide in the same way she did.

William Delaney

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