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The Houndof
the Baskervilles
ANOTHER ADVENTURE OF
Sherlock Holmes
A NOVEL BY
A Conan Doyle
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The Hound of the
Baskervilles
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SINAY
Baskervilles
Another Adventure of
Sherlock Holmes
By
A. Conan Doyle
Author of
The Green Flag and
The Great Boer War
ILLUSTRATED
New York
1902
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Second Impression
MY DEAR ROBINSON :
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I. MR. SHERLOCK HOLMES I
II. THE CURSE OF THE BASKERVILLES II
III. THE PROBLEM · 27
IV. SIR HENRY BASKERVILLE . 41
V. THREE BROKEN THREADS . 59
VI. BASKERVILLE HALL • · 75
VII. THE STAPLETONS OF MERRIPIT HOUSE • 89
VIII. FIRST REPORT OF DR. WATSON . 110
IX. THE LIGHT UPON THE MOOR • 121
X. EXTRACT FROM THE DIARY OF DR. WATSON . 147
XI. THE MAN ON THE TOR · 162
XII. DEATH ON THE MOOR 181
XIII. FIXING THE NETS 199
XIV. THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES 217
XV. A RETROSPECTION 234
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the fact that ' keep away ' and ' from the ' are cut
out in one piece ."
" Well, now— so it is ! "
" Really, Mr. Holmes, this exceeds anything
which I could have imagined, " said Dr. Mortimer,
gazing at my friend in amazement. " I could un
derstand anyone saying that the words were from
a newspaper ; but that you should name which, and
add that it came from the leading article, is really
one of the most remarkable things which I have
ever known. How did you do it ? "
" I presume, doctor, that you could tell the skull
of a negro from that of an Esquimaux ? "
" Most certainly."
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But how? "
" Because that is my special hobby. The differ
ences are obvious . The supra-orbital crest, the
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facial angle, the maxillary curve, the————'
" But this is my special hobby, and the differences
are equally obvious. There is as much difference
to my eyes between the leaded bourgeois type of a
Times article and the slovenly print of an evening
halfpenny paper as there could be between your
negro and your Esquimaux . The detection of
types is one of the most elementary branches of
knowledge to the special expert in crime, though I
confess that once when I was very young I confused
the Leeds Mercury with the Western Morning News.
But a Times leader is entirely distinctive, and these
words could have been taken from nothing else.
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Baskerville Hall
Stapleton laughed .
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That is the great Grimpen Mire," said he. " A
false step yonder means death to man or beast.
Only yesterday I saw one of the moor ponies wan
der into it. He never came out. I saw his head
for quite a long time craning out of the bog- hole ,
but it sucked him down at last. Even in dry sea
sons it is a danger to cross it, but after these
autumn rains it is an awful place . And yet I can
find my way to the very heart of it and return alive.
By George, there is another of those miserable
ponies ! "
Something brown was rolling and tossing among
the green sedges. Then a long, agonized, writhing
neck shot upwards and a dreadful cry echoed over
the moor . It turned me cold with horror, but my
companion's nerves seemed to be stronger than
mine.
" It's gone ! " said he. " The mire has him.
Two in two days, and many more, perhaps, for they
get in the way of going there in the dry weather,
and never know the difference until the mire has
them in its clutch. It's a bad place, the great
Grimpen Mire."
" And you say you can penetrate it? "
" Yes, there are one or two paths which a very
active man can take. I have found them out."
" But why should you wish to go into so horrible
a place ? "
" Well, you see the hills beyond ? They are
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from? " said he. " You don't mean to say that you
came after me in spite of all ? "
I explained everything to him: how I had found
it impossible to remain behind, how I had followed
him, and how I had witnessed all that had occurred .
For an instant his eyes blazed at me, but my frank
ness disarmed his anger, and he broke at last into a
rather rueful laugh.
" You would have thought the middle of that
prairie a fairly safe place for a man to be private ,"
said he, " but, by thunder, the whole country- side
seems to have been out to see me do my wooing—
and a mighty poor wooing at that ! Where had
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you engaged a seat?
" I was on that hill."
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Quite in the back row, eh? But her brother
was well up to the front. Did you see him come
out on us? "
" Yes, I did."
" Did he ever strike you as being crazy—this
brother of hers? "
" I can't say that he ever did."
" I daresay not. I always thought him sane
enough until to-day, but you can take it from me
that either he or I ought to be in a strait- jacket.
What's the matter with me, anyhow? You've
lived near me for some weeks, Watson. Tell me
straight, now! Is there anything that would pre
vent me from making a good husband to a woman
that I loved? "
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that was the place and hour of his death . You have
withheld what the connection is between these
events."
" There is no connection."
" In that case the coincidence must indeed be an
extraordinary one. But I think that we shall suc
ceed in establishing a connection after all. I wish
to be perfectly frank with you, Mrs. Lyons. We
regard this case as one of murder, and the evidence
may implicate not only your friend Mr. Stapleton,
but his wife as well."
The lady sprang from her chair.
" His wife! " she cried.
"The fact is no longer a secret. The person
who has passed for his sister is really his wife. "
Mrs. Lyons had resumed her seat. Her hands
were grasping the arms of her chair, and I saw that
the pink nails had turned white with the pressure
of her grip .
" His wife ! " she said, again. " His wife ! He
is not a married man."
Sherlock Holmes shrugged his shoulders.
" Prove it to me! Prove it to me ! And if you
can do so !" The fierce flash of her eyes said
more than any words.
" I have come prepared to do so," said Holmes,
drawing several papers from his pocket. " Here is
a photograph of the couple taken in York four
years ago. It is indorsed Mr. and Mrs. Vande
leur,' but you will have no difficulty in recognising
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ave That is certainly the dining-room ."
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The blinds are up. You know the lie of the
land best. Creep forward quietly and see what they
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are doing— but for heaven's sake don't let them
know that they are watched ! "
It.
I tiptoed down the path and stooped behind the
low wall which surrounded the stunted orchard.
Creeping in its shadow I reached a point whence I
could look straight through the uncurtained win
dow .
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There were only two men in the room , Sir Henry
and Stapleton. They sat with their profiles tow
ards me on either side of the round table. Both of
them were smoking cigars, and coffee and wine were
in front of them. Stapleton was talking with ani
mation, but the baronet looked pale and distrait.
Perhaps the thought of that lonely walk across the
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A Retrospection
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