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Chapter one: Mr.

Sherlock Holmes:
Mr. Holmes and his assistant Watson are examining a cane that a person left behind the day before when he came to pay them
a visit, probably to hire their services. Watson begins to examine them saying that they must belong to a family doctor, older,
with great prestige, rural etc...
Holmes then takes the cane and begins to examine it, deducing that almost all of his friend's statements are false, he had only
guessed that he was a rural doctor. There's a knock on the door, and it just so happens to be Dr. Mortimer, but it's not at all
what Watson expected. He was a tall, thin man with a long, hooked nose. After recovering his cane, the detectives realize that
most of their deductions were not very accurate. After the due introduction, Dr. Mortimer begins to tell the reason for the
visit.
Second Chapter: The Curse of the Baskervilles
Dr. Mortimer begins to tell them about a manuscript he has in his pocket, which may be of great interest to them and is the
reason he asks for their help. In this paper a strange and picturesque legend is told about a hound, the Baskerville hound. It is said
that at one time the mansion belonged to a man named Hugo, he was an evil and wild man. Said man fell in love with the
daughter of a landowner who lived near the mansion, but the young lady avoided him, due to the cruelty for which he was
famous. One day a group of friends as heartless as himself kidnapped the young woman and locked her in one of the mansion's
towers. In an act of bravery, the young woman descended from the tower through the vine that covers the walls of the house
and prepared to travel the miles from her house to the mansion. Seeing that the girl had disappeared, Hugo set out in search of
her, they decided to launch the hounds in search of her. They met a shepherd who they asked if he had seen Hugo, he said yes, and
that he was followed by a hellhound. When they reached a valley they saw Hugo with an infernal hound on top of him, tearing
his neck, and since then the evil hound has been pursuing the family.
Mortimer goes on to read the newspaper which tells of the death of Sir Charles Baskerville, the most current owner of the
mansion. Saying that he suffered from heart problems and that was the cause of his death. He then tells how he found Sir
Charles and said he had found a large hound track in the ground.
Chapter three: The problem
Dr. Mortimer narrates his opinions about what happened, he says that according to him, what they are dealing with is something
supernatural, due to the size of the footprints he saw and the testimony of some residents of the moor. He proceeds to
describe the situation of the elements of the Baskerville mansion. He also says that Sir Charles stayed at the stile that overlooks
the moor for a period of time as he saw the ash from the cigar. When Holmes asks him what services he needs from them, he
responds that what he wants is to ask their advice on what he should do with Sir Henry Baskeville, since the same thing could
happen to the former owner. To which Holmes said to give him 24 hours to think, to go look for him and for them to stay in
London. Holmes locks himself in the house to think and when Watson gets home he tells him what he has been able to deduce, he
says that Sir Charles was running away from something and now they have to find out what. They meet with the doctor and
the baronet (Henry) the next day.

Chapter 4: Sir Henry Baskerville


Sir Henry was a robust man, with tanned skin and thick eyebrows, his gaze was strong and calm, that is what the detectives
saw when he and his friend Mortimer entered his house. After introducing himself, Sir Henry says that they have sent him a
somewhat strange face, on which there is a series of clippings from a magazine. It read: “If you value your life or your reason,
you will leave the wasteland.” Holmes took the Times (a famous English newspaper) and examined it until he discovered that all
the clippings of the letter were taken from an article in said newspaper. She asks him if he has noticed anything strange since he
came to London, to which he says yes, that he has lost a boot, which Holmes downplays. They meet for lunch that same day.
Just when the two clients leave the house, Holmes and Watson follow them at a safe distance. They notice that there is a cab
following the doctor and his companion. Suddenly, they get closer but they only see a thick beard, Holmes. He starts running after
him but can't catch up. They enter an office and send a boy to search the hotel trash cans for a cut-up copy of the Times with
the excuse that they have lost a telegram.

Chapter 5: Three broken ends.


They left for the hotel where they had agreed to have lunch with their clients. When they arrived, Holmes asked nearby if he
could see the list of people staying at the hotel. When he looked at them, he asked a series of questions to confirm that the
people were not staying there. person who had sent the letter, and sure enough, there was no one suspicious there.
They met Sir Henry, who apparently had lost another boot again, but this time it was an old and used one, he was very angry, he
asked the people at the hotel but no one knew anything. During lunch, they talk about what the baronet, who had decided to go
live in his family's mansion, will do. Holmes tells him that he cannot go alone, that he needs someone to accompany him, so they
decide that Watson should go with him. When they were about to leave, the baronet found his boot, the new one, and,
surprised, without knowing how it got there, he took it with him. While at home Holmes receives two telegrams, one from Sir
Henry, saying that Barrymore was in the mansion and the other, the boy who had been sent to look for the Times in the bins,
said that he had not found the cut sheet. Immediately afterwards they knocked on the door, it was the cabriolet driver, who
was able to provide them with the same information that they already had.
Chapter 6: The Barkerville Mansion:
Watson prepares to leave for the Baskerville mansion, along with Sir Henry. They passed through different types of landscape,
Watson used it to get to know his companions better, and forge a little more friendship. Sir Henry commented that it had been
a long time since he had been there, since he was a teenager. He goes on to describe the mansion that could already be seen from
the hansom. The driver says that a prisoner has escaped from prison, and that they have not yet caught him again; he is believed
to be hiding in the moor. He was the Notting Hill murderer. They arrived at the house, they toured its patios. When they arrived
they were greeted by the service, Barrymore and his wife. After offering him the first things Barrymore announced that
when Sir Henry had found someone to replace them they would like to leave. Despite the enthusiasm with which the baronet had
arrived at the house, he gave the impression that he had not liked it very much, that it was not a very happy place. When he was
almost asleep, Watson heard the sobs of a woman in the night, torn by suffering.

Chapter 7: The Stapletons of House Merripit.


The next day Watson and Sir Henry agreed that the night before a woman was crying bitterly. So they decided to ask
Barrymore about what happened. He responded that there were only two women in the house, the maid and his wife, the first
lived in the other wing, and he assured that his wife did not make those noises. But it wasn't true, since Watson could see her,
and her eyes were swollen. To put things together, what the detective did was go see the postmaster to make sure that
Barrymore had received the message that had been sent to him. Thus he discovered that he had not received it himself, but
rather his wife, since he was in the attic. When he returned home he met a stranger, who after introducing himself he
discovered was called Stapleton. After a small talk about Sir Henry's mysterious death, the man invites Watson to stop by his
house to introduce him to his sister, to which he agrees. He showed him a little of the moor, told him about Grimpen Marsh, and
told him that he could cross it without any problem. Suddenly, a long howl swept across the wasteland, chilling the blood of
anyone who heard it. Stapleton saw a butterfly and jumped after it, then his sister appeared when Watson was about to
introduce herself and told him: leave, return to London immediately, telling him that it was for his own good, that he should leave.
They arrived at the house and invited Watson in, after a conversation, he left, suddenly Miss Stapleton appeared and apologized
for what she had said, since there had been a misunderstanding, what she had told him was for Sir Henry.

Chapter 8: Doctor Watson's first report:


This is the first report that Watson sends to Holmes, in which he says that it is believed that the prisoner of the moor has
already left, therefore the farmers are sleeping better. He also says that the baronet is beginning to take an interest in Miss
Stapleton, since she is a beautiful and fascinating woman. Such a union is supposed to please his brother, but it doesn't seem to be
that way. He also said that he had met another resident of the moor, Mr. Frankland, he says that he is a man who is passionate
about the law.
He says that last night, he heard a person crossing in front of the room where he slept. He went out to see who it was and
discovered it was Barrymore. The butler entered a room, Watson watched from the door, he saw the servant moving the
candle in the glass, after a few minutes, he blew out the candle, and the detective hurried back to his room.

Chapter 9: The light in the wasteland.


The morning after the night narrated in the previous chapter, Watson went to look at the window of the room in which
Barrymore had been. It is the best from which you can see the moor. The detective discusses this with the baronet, and they
decide that the next night they are going to follow Barrymore, to find out what he was doing. Once the conversation was over,
Sir Henry prepared to leave, so Watson did the same. The baronet looked surprised and told him that he had arranged to meet
Miss Stapleton, so he could not accompany him.
When he had already left, Watson began to have remorse so he decided to follow him. He found him and he was with the
naturalist's sister, so he decided to wait in the distance, so that they could not see them. Then Stapleton appeared from no one
knows where, and advanced towards the couple, it seemed that they were having an argument, later, his sister and he left,
leaving the baronet alone and bewildered. That same night, they decided to go spy on Barrymore, they waited all night, but they
didn't hear or see anything, but the next night they tried again, and reaped the rewards. They surprised Barrimore who told
them the truth, he lit a candle and saw a light in the moor, it was the murderer who was on the loose, they provided him with
food and drink, since he was his wife's brother. After his confession, the two friends decided to hunt for the prisoner, but they
could not catch him. While they were trying to catch him, Watson saw the figure of a man, on top of a rich man, watching
what was happening, when he looked again, he was no longer there.
Chapter 10: Fragment of Dr. Watson's diary:
Because they decide not to say anything about the wasteland fugitive, Barrymore decides to tell them something else, which no
one knows, about the death of Sir Charles Baskerville. He said that he had made an appointment with a woman, and that was
why he was waiting for her at the gate, waiting for his date. He said he found the ashes of a letter, written in a woman's
handwriting, which read “please, please, since you are a gentleman, burn this letter and be by the gate at ten o'clock.” Signed L.L.

Watson went out for a walk, when he returned he met Dr. Mórtimer, and decided to ask him about the initials of the letter, he
replied that it was Franckland's daughter, he told him his story, in which his father told her. abandoned, thanks to the financial help
of the people and especially of Sir Charles, Miss Lyons came forward.

The detective has a conversation with the butler, in which he tells him that he also knows of the existence of another man on the
moor, that the prisoner has seen him more than once.

Chapter 11: The Man on the Cliff


Watson decided to go to Coombe Tracey to look for Miss Lyons and to see if they could finally clarify something about the
matter. He spoke with her, asked her if she corresponded with Sir Charles, she answered yes, the detective got the same
answer when he asked if she had had a date with him, but there was a nuance, he never went to her. She said she had asked him
on a date to ask for help in divorcing her husband, who abandoned her. That was all he said.

The detective returned home, and on the way he met the father of the person with whom he had just had a conversation, he
sent a message to Sir Henry saying that he would return for dinner.
Frankland said that he knew where the prisoner was hiding, and he made him go up to the attic where he had a telescope, pointing
towards a hill, they could see a boy, who was carrying a bundle, and who seemed to be looking to see if they were following him.
Once he got rid of Frankland, he decided to go in search of the guy from the moor. He found inside one of the old homes of
prehistoric men a series of objects that allowed that place to be habitable. After waiting a few moments he heard footsteps...
he crouched down waiting to attack and discover the man on the cliff. He heard a voice saying: “A beautiful sunset my dear
Waston.”
Chapter 12: Death in the Wasteland:
It was Holmes, the voice that had spoken to him was Holmes, therefore the rich man's man had to be him. He told him that he had
hidden there, making everyone believe that he was at the London residence, so that he could carry out two investigations from
different points, without anyone suspecting that he was there. Holmes reveals to Watson that Miss Stapleton is not a miss, she
is a lady, since the two are husband and wife, and not siblings as they had led everyone to believe. Suddenly they heard a scream,
they approached and could see that the murderer who was loose in the moor was dead. Then Stapleton appeared there, and
they gave the explanation that Selden had jumped from the top of that hill, a prisoner of despair and loneliness. They said
goodbye to him, and left for the Baskerville mansion.
Chapter 13: Preparing the networks
Holmes and Watson then appeared at the mansion. Sir Henry was delighted that the detective had finally deigned to come and
investigate the case himself. While they were having dinner, Holmes noticed the paintings on the wall, and began to make
different comments about them. Holmes later revealed to his assistant that the person who was in the portrait of Hugo
Baskerville could, without any problem, be the naturalist Stapleton, there was no doubt that the neighbor on the moor was a
Baskerville. The next day they tricked Sir Henry into believing that they were returning to London, but that he should not worry,
as they were coming back. They went to Miss Lyons's house to question her again, as they were not convinced that she had said
everything she knew. They proceed to tell her that the supposed Mr. Stapleton and his sister are not related, but are husband
and wife. After doing so, the woman confesses that he had promised her that if she managed to get a divorce, he would marry
her. And for that reason, he sent his face to Sir Charles. They met at the station with a detective, an old friend.

Chapter 14: The Hound of the Baskervilles:


They arrived at the Merripit house, and waited for them to finish dinner, the fog had become dense and they could practically
see nothing. They waited until the baronet left the house, preparing to return, as they had told him, to the Baskerville mansion on
foot. When Sir Henry had already passed in front of where our protagonists were hiding, a large, black hound, with fire coming
out of its mouth and a coat that turned silver at times, came out of the fog, and continued running towards where he was. Sir
Henry. The detectives were paralyzed by the impressive beast they had just seen, but Holmes took aim and shot at the animal,
which screamed. When the beast had already pounced on the baronet, they began to shoot at it, until the animal fell to the
ground. Sir Henry was well, and they had managed to kill the Hound of the Baskervilles. They returned to the house, looking for
Stapleton, to accuse him and take him to prison, but they did not find him. But his wife was there, tied up in a room and with
marks of having been mistreated. They assumed that the naturalist had gone to the swamp, since that was where he kept his
dog. When they did not find him, they deduced that he had not known how to calculate, and had sunk in the horrible swamps.
They had ended the curse of the Baskervilles
Chapter 15: Retrospective analysis.
The two detectives summarize the data, the deductions and the errors made during the investigation when a period of time has
passed after the investigation. They talk about the life of the supposed Stapleton, what Sir Henry will do etc...

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