Helen, the ghost was long and angular. She had enormous fishy eyes. She wore big bone-rimmed spectacles and put her hair in a tight wad at the back of her head. When John saw her for the first time, she looked so solid that for a moment he believed she was real. She appeared in sections. First an arm came out, then a sleeve, then a leg and at last, she was standing complete there.

Helen, the ghost undermined John’s ability as a story writer. She declared that all his plots and creative inspiration came from spirits like her. She claimed to be a writer in ‘the other world.’ However, she had no ideas and direction. With many others like her she organised the Writer’s Inspiration Bureau. They scouted around until they found a writer without ideas and with a mind soft enough to accept impression. But Helen declared that John would not get any creative inspiration or plot from them. They were on strike. The reasons for their strike was the troubles they suffered from ‘those Ouija board fanatics.’ They were always manipulating on their Ouija board’s talking to spirits. Spirits like Helen were always busy in answering their questions on Ouija boards. They had no time for rest or fun. Helen, the ghost asked John to persuade his wife, friends and acquaintances to stop using Ouija boards. Only then they (spirits) would start helping him in writing.

Helen really brought John and Lavinia’s married life on the brink of break-up. Lavinia suspected John of flirting with Helen on the Ouija board. She threatened to go back to her grandmother. John thought the end of his domestic bliss and peace was over. However, the encounter of Helen and Lavinia saved the situation. Lavinia didn’t think that an owl-eyed unattractive Helen could pose any danger to her.