The Curse Will Lie in Your Family Now for Nine Generations

Lampton's father was so overjoyed that he forgot completely about releasing the hound and instead he ran as quickly as he could to see john in the river. The wise woman appeared at the door and said lampton you may have killed the worm but no you have failed to lift the curseYou didn't kill the first living thing that you saw and so the curse will lie in your family now for nine generations.