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That's not the end, though: Abigail lives on as one of Hill House's many, many ghosts, and the Dudleys convince Hugh to leave Hill House intact so they can visit their daughter. Hugh rescues Nell and Luke from Olivia's poisoned tea but doesn't get there in time to save Abigail, and the girl dies moments later. Ultimately, Luke invites Abigail over, and the young girl sneaks out of her parents' house to join her friends for a slumber party. Yup, Luke was telling the truth after all. And where do the Dudleys live, you ask? Why, in a house near the woods, of course. Dudley rarely lets the child leave home at all. However, the girl isn't allowed to visit Hill House. Hill House's caretakers, the Dudleys, have a daughter about Luke's age. She's a real, live human girl, at least for a little while. She ends up dying instead.Įxcept Abigail isn't a ghost. Unfortunately, Olivia isn't correct about everything: when she flings herself down the stairs, she's trying to escape a nightmare. Sure, they would've died, but they never would've been hurt again.
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If Olivia had successfully served her children poison-laced tea, Nell never would've ended up in Shirley's morgue and Luke wouldn't have OD'ed on a near-fatal dose of heroin. The only way to save the twins, she decides, is to kill them, keeping them safely ensconced in Hill House forever. Over time, Olivia becomes convinced that the world outside Hill House is both a figurative and literal nightmare. The house bombards Olivia with images of her two youngest kids, twins Nell and Luke, in trouble. To snare Olivia, it threatens her children. See, as it turns out, if you die in Hill House your spirit is stuck there for eternity, and the mansion seems dead set on collecting as many souls as possible. Well, surprise! As it turns out, Olivia just wanted to be a good mom.