Question

give a alternate ending to the story ‘face in the dark’ by Ruskin bond

Answer 1

Since that story stands as an open end, you could comprehend it the way you wish to. You could either take it as- when Mr. Oliver finds out that “the watchman had no eyes, no ears, no features at all” and then the wind blows the lamp away, probably he dies because, after all, the watchman’s a ghost and that’s what ghosts do, don’t they? Or it could be that that Mr. Oliver escapes? Or, if you twist your imaginations a little more, you could bring out your own end like for example, maybe, Mr. Oliver dies and turns into one of their kind? and then keeps haunting people like they do.

I hope this helps.