She succeeds in getting him to acknowledge the ghost of Peter Quint, which exorcises the restless spirit, but the shock of being dispossessed stops Miles's heart and the story ends with the governess clutching his dead body. Grose takes Flora away from Bly to be with her uncle in London, and the governess is left behind with Miles. Flora has a fit of temper in which she screams at the governess that she hates her, and then falls very ill afterwards. The Haunting of Bly Manor's ending is also a departure from the disturbing conclusion of both the original story and the 1961 adaptation. In The Turn of the Screw, the governess succeeds in releasing both Miles and Flora from the clutches of Bly Manor's resident ghosts, but at a great cost. There are many other nods to the unique and chilling world that Clayton built, like the roses that Peter Quint and Miles pick, the statue garden, and the shot of Miss Jessel standing among the reeds across the lake from Flora. However, it would be more accurate to say that it's based on The Innocents, since many of the elements that made their way into the show - Miles breaking the neck of a white pigeon, Dani finding a music box and a photo of Peter Quint, and the song "O Willow Waly" - are lifted from Clayton's adaptation and are not present in the original short story. First and foremost, The Haunting of Bly Manor is based on The Turn of the Screw.
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