The Ghost of Peter Quint One afternoon in June when the governess first arrived at the country estate at Bly where she was to supposed to take care of Miles (10) and Flora (8). The two children were to be under her complete care The uncle who had married her, said that he did not want to be bothered with his orphaned niece and nephew. The weeks of June passed very slow and boring. Then one evening, while she was walking in the garden at twilight, the governess was stunned to see a strange man at a distance. The man looked at her and then disappeared. The incident angered the young woman After thinking about it for a while