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<v Speaker 1>Chapter three, The Problem. I confess that these words a

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<v Speaker 1>shudder passed through me. There was a thrill in the

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<v Speaker 1>doctor's voice which showed that he was himself deeply moved

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<v Speaker 1>by that which she told us. Holmes leaned forward in

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<v Speaker 1>his excitement, and his eyes had the hard, dry glitter

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<v Speaker 1>which shot from them when he was keenly interested. You

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<v Speaker 1>saw this as clearly as I see you, and you

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<v Speaker 1>said nothing. What was the use? How was it that

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<v Speaker 1>no one else saw it? The marks were some twenty

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<v Speaker 1>yards from the body, and no one gave them a thought.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't suppose I should have done so had I

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<v Speaker 1>not known this legend. There are many sheep dogs on

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<v Speaker 1>the moor, no doubt, But this was no sheep dog.

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<v Speaker 1>You say it was large, enormous, but it had not

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<v Speaker 1>approached the body. No. What sort of night was it?

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<v Speaker 1>Damp and raw but not actually raining? No? What is

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<v Speaker 1>the alley like? There are two lines of old ue hedge,

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<v Speaker 1>twelve feet high and impenetrable. The walk in the center

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<v Speaker 1>is about eight feet across. Is there anything between the

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<v Speaker 1>hedges and the walk? Yes, there is a strip of

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<v Speaker 1>grass about six feet broad on either side. I understand

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<v Speaker 1>that the U hedge is penetrated at one point by

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<v Speaker 1>a gate, Yes, the wicker gate, which leads onto the moor.

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<v Speaker 1>Is there any other opening? None, So that to reach

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<v Speaker 1>the u alley one either has to come down it

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<v Speaker 1>from the house, or else to enter it by the

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<v Speaker 1>moor gate. There is an exit through a summer house

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<v Speaker 1>at the far end. Had Sir Charles reached this No,

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<v Speaker 1>he lay about fifty yards from it. Now tell me,

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<v Speaker 1>doctor Mortimer, And this is important. The marks which you

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<v Speaker 1>saw were on the path and not on the grass.

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<v Speaker 1>No marks could show on the grass. Were they on

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<v Speaker 1>the same side of the path as the moor gate? Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>they were on the edge of the path, on the

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<v Speaker 1>same side as the moor gate. You interest me exceedingly.

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<v Speaker 1>Another point, whilst the wicked gate closed, closed and padlocked,

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<v Speaker 1>how high was it about four feet high? Then any

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<v Speaker 1>one could have got over it? Yes? And what marks

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<v Speaker 1>did you see by the wicked gate? None? In particular,

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<v Speaker 1>good heaven did no one examine? Yes? I examined myself

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<v Speaker 1>and found nothing. It was all very confused. Sir Charles

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<v Speaker 1>had evidently stood there for five or ten minutes. How

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<v Speaker 1>do you know that? Because the ash had twice dropped

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<v Speaker 1>from his cigar. Excellent, this is a colleague Watson after

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<v Speaker 1>our own heart. But the marks he had left his

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<v Speaker 1>own marks all over that small patch of gravel I

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<v Speaker 1>could discern no others. Sherlock Holmes struck his hand against

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<v Speaker 1>his knee with an impatient gesture. If I had only

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<v Speaker 1>been there, he cried. It is evidently a case of

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<v Speaker 1>extraordinary interest, and one which presented immense opportunities to the

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<v Speaker 1>scientific expert. That gravel page upon which I might have

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<v Speaker 1>read so much has been long ere, this smudged by

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<v Speaker 1>the rain and defaced by the clogs of curious peasants. Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>doctor Mortimer, Doctor Mortimer, to think that you should not

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<v Speaker 1>have called me in, you have indeed much to answer for.

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<v Speaker 1>I could not call you in, mister Holmes, without disclosing

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<v Speaker 1>these facts to the world, and I have already given

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<v Speaker 1>my reasons for not wishing to do so. Besides, besides,

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<v Speaker 1>why do you hesitate? There is a realm in which

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<v Speaker 1>the most acute and most experienced of detectives is helpless.

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<v Speaker 1>You mean that the thing is supernatural? I did not

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<v Speaker 1>positively say so, no, but you evidently think it. Since

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<v Speaker 1>the tragedy, mister Holmes, there have come to my ears

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<v Speaker 1>several incidents which are hard to reconcile with the settled

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<v Speaker 1>order of nature. For example, I find that before the

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<v Speaker 1>terrible event occurred, several people had seen a creature upon

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<v Speaker 1>the moor which corresponds with this Baskerville demon, and which

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<v Speaker 1>could not possibly be any animal known to science. They

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<v Speaker 1>all agreed that it was a huge creature, luminous, ghastly,

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<v Speaker 1>and spectral. I have cross examined these men, one of

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<v Speaker 1>them a hard headed countrymen, one a farrier, and one

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<v Speaker 1>a Moorland farmer, who all tell the same story of

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<v Speaker 1>this dreadful apparition, exactly corresponding to the hell hound of

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<v Speaker 1>the legend. I assure you that there is a reign

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<v Speaker 1>of terror in the district, and that it is a

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<v Speaker 1>hardy man who will cross the moor at night, and you,

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<v Speaker 1>a trained man of science, believe it to be supernatural.

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<v Speaker 1>I do not know what to believe. Holmes shrugged his shoulders.

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<v Speaker 1>I have hitherto confined my investigations to this world, said he,

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<v Speaker 1>In a modest way. I have combated evil, but to

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<v Speaker 1>take on the father of evil himself would perhaps be

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<v Speaker 1>too ambitious a task. Yet you must admit that the

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<v Speaker 1>footmark is material. The original hound was material enough to

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<v Speaker 1>tug a man's throat out, and yet he was diabolical

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<v Speaker 1>as well. I see that you have quite gone over

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<v Speaker 1>to the supernaturalists. But now, Doctor Mortimer, tell me this.

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<v Speaker 1>If you hold these views, why have you come to

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<v Speaker 1>consult me at all? You tell me in the same

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<v Speaker 1>breath that it is useless to investigate Sir Charles's death,

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<v Speaker 1>and that you desire me to do it. I did

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<v Speaker 1>not say that I desired you to do it. Then

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<v Speaker 1>how can I assist you by advising me as to

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<v Speaker 1>what I should do with Sir Henry Baskerville who arrives

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<v Speaker 1>at Waterloo Station. Doctor Mortimer looked at his watch in

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<v Speaker 1>exactly one hour and a quarter, he being the heir

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<v Speaker 1>Yes on the death of Sir Charles. We inquired for

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<v Speaker 1>this young gentleman and found that he had been farming

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<v Speaker 1>in Canada. From the accounts which have reached us, he

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<v Speaker 1>is an excellent fellow in every way. I speak now

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<v Speaker 1>not as a medical man, but as a trustee and

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<v Speaker 1>executor of Sir Charles's wind. There is no other claimant,

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<v Speaker 1>I presume none. The only other kinsman whom we have

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<v Speaker 1>been able to trace was Roger Baskerville, the youngest of

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<v Speaker 1>three brothers, of whom poor Sir Charles was the elder.

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<v Speaker 1>The second brother, who died young, is the father of

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<v Speaker 1>this lad Henry. The third Roger was the black sheep

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<v Speaker 1>of the family. He came of the old masterful Baskerville strain,

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<v Speaker 1>and was the very image they tell me of the

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<v Speaker 1>family picture of old Hugo. He made England too hot

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<v Speaker 1>to hold him, fled to Central America and died there

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<v Speaker 1>in eighteen seventy six of yellow fever. Henry is the

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<v Speaker 1>last of the Baskervilles. In one hour and five minutes

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<v Speaker 1>I meet him at Waterloo Station. I have had a

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<v Speaker 1>wire that he arrived at Southampton this morning. Now, mister Holmes,

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<v Speaker 1>what would you advise me to do with him? Why

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<v Speaker 1>should he not go to the home of his father's

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<v Speaker 1>It seems natural, does it not? And yet, cosider that

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<v Speaker 1>every Baskerville who goes there meets with an evil fate.

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<v Speaker 1>I feel sure that if Sir Charles could have spoken

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<v Speaker 1>with me before his death, he would have warned me

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<v Speaker 1>against bringing this, the last of the old race and

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<v Speaker 1>the heir to great wealth, to that deadly place. And

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<v Speaker 1>yet it cannot be denied that the prosperity of the whole,

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<v Speaker 1>poor bleak countryside depends upon his presence. All the good

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<v Speaker 1>work which has been done by Sir Charles will crash

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<v Speaker 1>to the ground if there is no tenant of the hall.

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<v Speaker 1>I fear lest I should be swayed too much by

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<v Speaker 1>my own obvious interest in the matter, And that is

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<v Speaker 1>why I bring the case before you and ask for

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<v Speaker 1>your advice. Holmes, considered for a little time, put into

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<v Speaker 1>plain words the matter is this, said he in your opinion,

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<v Speaker 1>there is a diabolical agency which makes dart More an

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<v Speaker 1>unsafe abode for a Baskerville. That is your opinion. At

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<v Speaker 1>least I might go the length of saying that there

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<v Speaker 1>is evidence that this may be so exactly, but truly,

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<v Speaker 1>if your supernatural theory be correct, it could work the

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<v Speaker 1>young man evil in London as easily as in Devonshire.

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<v Speaker 1>A devil with merely local powers like a parish vestry

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<v Speaker 1>would be too inconceivable a thing. You put the matter

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<v Speaker 1>more flippantly, mister Holmes, than you would probably do if

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<v Speaker 1>you were brought into personal contact with these things. Your advice, then,

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<v Speaker 1>as I understand, it, is that the young man will

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<v Speaker 1>be as safe in Devonshire as in London. He comes

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<v Speaker 1>in fifty minutes. What would you recommend? I recommend, sir,

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<v Speaker 1>that you take a cab, call off your spaniel who

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<v Speaker 1>is scratching at my front door, and proceed to Waterloo

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<v Speaker 1>to meet Sir Henry Baskerville. And then and then you

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<v Speaker 1>will say nothing to him at all until I have

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<v Speaker 1>made up my mind about the matter. How long will

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<v Speaker 1>it take you to make up your mind? Twenty four

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<v Speaker 1>hours at ten o'clock tomorrow, doctor Mortimer. I would be

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<v Speaker 1>much obliged to you if you will call upon me,

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<v Speaker 1>and it will be of help to me in my

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<v Speaker 1>plans for the future. If you will bring Sir Henry

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<v Speaker 1>Baskerville with you, I will do so, mister Holmes. He

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<v Speaker 1>scribbled the appointment on his shirtcuff and hurried off in

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<v Speaker 1>his strange, peering, absent minded fashion. Holmes stopped him at

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<v Speaker 1>the head of the stair. Only one more question, doctor Mortimer.

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<v Speaker 1>You say that before doctor Charles Baskerville's death several people

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<v Speaker 1>saw this apparition upon the moor? Three people did? Did

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<v Speaker 1>any see it? After? I have not heard of any?

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you, good morning. Holmes returned to his seat with

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<v Speaker 1>that quiet look of inward satisfaction, which meant that he

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<v Speaker 1>had a congenial task before him going out. Watson, unless

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<v Speaker 1>I can help you, no, my dear fellow. It is

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<v Speaker 1>at the hour of action that I turn to you

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<v Speaker 1>for aid. But this is splendid, really unique from some

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<v Speaker 1>points of view. When you pass Bradley's, would you ask

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<v Speaker 1>him to send up a pound of the strongest shag tobacco?

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you. It would be as well if you could

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<v Speaker 1>make it convenient not to return before evening. Then I

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<v Speaker 1>should be very glad to compare impressions as to this

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<v Speaker 1>most interesting problem which has been submitted to us this morning.

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<v Speaker 1>I knew that seclusion and solitude were very necessary for

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<v Speaker 1>my friend in those hours of intense mental concentration, during

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<v Speaker 1>which he weighed every particle of evidence, constructed alternative theories,

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<v Speaker 1>balanced one against the other, and made up his mind

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<v Speaker 1>as to which points were essential and which immaterial. I

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<v Speaker 1>therefore spent the day at my club and did not

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<v Speaker 1>return to Baker Street until evening. It was nearly nine

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<v Speaker 1>o'clock when I found myself in the sitting room once more.

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<v Speaker 1>My first impression as I opened the door was that

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<v Speaker 1>a fire had broken out, for the room was so

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<v Speaker 1>filled with smoke that the light of the lamp upon

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<v Speaker 1>the table was blurred by it. As I entered, however,

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<v Speaker 1>my fears were set at rest, for it was the

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<v Speaker 1>acrid fumes of strong, coarse tobacco which took me by

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<v Speaker 1>the throat and set me coughing through the haze. I

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<v Speaker 1>had a vague vision of homes in his dressing gown,

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<v Speaker 1>coiled up in an arm chair with his black clay

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<v Speaker 1>pipe between his lips. Several rolls of paper lay around him.

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<v Speaker 1>Caught cold, Watson said he no, it's this poisonous atmosphere.

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<v Speaker 1>I suppose it is pretty thick. Now that you mention

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<v Speaker 1>it thick, it is intolerable. Open the window. Then you've

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<v Speaker 1>been at your club all day, I perceive mightier Holmes

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<v Speaker 1>am I right, certainly, But how he laughed at my

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<v Speaker 1>bewildered expression. There is a delightful freshness about you, Watson,

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<v Speaker 1>which makes it a pleasure to exercise any small powers

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<v Speaker 1>which I possess at your expense. A gentleman goes forth

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<v Speaker 1>on a showery and miry day. He returns immaculate in

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<v Speaker 1>the evening, with the gloss still on his hat and

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<v Speaker 1>his boots. He has been a fixture. Therefore all day

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<v Speaker 1>he is not a man with intimate friends. Where then

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<v Speaker 1>could he have been? Is it not obvious? Well, it

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<v Speaker 1>is rather obvious. The world is full of obvious things

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<v Speaker 1>which nobody, by any chance ever observes. Where do you

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<v Speaker 1>think that I have been a fixture? Also, on the contrary,

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<v Speaker 1>I have been to Devonshire in spirit exactly. My body

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<v Speaker 1>has remained in this armchair, and has I regret to

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<v Speaker 1>observe consumed in my absence two large pots of coffee

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<v Speaker 1>and an incredible amount of tobacco. After you left, I

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<v Speaker 1>sent down to Stamford's for the Ordnance map of this

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<v Speaker 1>portion of the moor, and my spirit has hovered over

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<v Speaker 1>it all day. I flatter myself that I could find

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<v Speaker 1>my way about a large scale map, I presume very large.

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<v Speaker 1>He unrolled one section and held it over his knee.

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<v Speaker 1>Here you have the particular district which concerns us. That

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<v Speaker 1>is Baskerville Hall in the middle, with a wood round it. Exactly.

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<v Speaker 1>I fancy the u Alley, though not marked under that name,

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<v Speaker 1>must stretch along this line with the moor, as you

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<v Speaker 1>perceive upon the right of it. This small clump of buildings.

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<v Speaker 1>Here is the hamlet of Grimpen, where our friend doctor

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<v Speaker 1>Mortimer has his headquarters. Within a radius of five miles,

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<v Speaker 1>there are, as you see, only a very few scattered dwellings.

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<v Speaker 1>Here is Laughter Hall, which was mentioned in the narrative.

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<v Speaker 1>There is a house indicated here which may be the

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<v Speaker 1>residence of the naturalist Stapleton, if I remember right was

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<v Speaker 1>his name. Here are two Moorland farmhouses, high Tor and

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<v Speaker 1>fowl Meyer. Then, fourteen miles away the great convict prison

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<v Speaker 1>of Princetown. Between and around these scattered points extends the desolate,

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<v Speaker 1>lifeless more. This, then, is the stage upon which tragedy

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<v Speaker 1>has been played, and upon which we may help to

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<v Speaker 1>play it again. It must be a wild place, Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>the setting is a worthy one. If the devil did

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<v Speaker 1>desire to have a hand in the affairs of men,

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<v Speaker 1>then you are yourself inclining to the supernatural explanation. The

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<v Speaker 1>devil's agents may be of flesh and blood, may there not.

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<v Speaker 1>There are two questions waiting for us at the outset.

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<v Speaker 1>The one is whether any crime has been committed at all.

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<v Speaker 1>The second is what is the crime and how is

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<v Speaker 1>it committed? Of course, if doctor Mortimer's surmise should be correct,

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<v Speaker 1>and we are dealing with forces outside the ordinary laws

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<v Speaker 1>of nature. There is an end of our investigation, but

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<v Speaker 1>we are bound to exhaust all other hypotheses before falling

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<v Speaker 1>back upon this one. I think we'll shut that window

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<v Speaker 1>again if you don't mind. It is a singular thing,

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<v Speaker 1>but I find that a concentrated atmosphere helps a concentration

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<v Speaker 1>of thought. I have not pushed it to the length

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<v Speaker 1>of getting into a box to think, but that is

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<v Speaker 1>the logical outcome of my convictions. Have you turned the

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<v Speaker 1>case over in your mind? Yes, I have thought a

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<v Speaker 1>good deal of it in the course of the day.

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<v Speaker 1>What do you make of it? It is very bewildering.

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<v Speaker 1>It has certainly a character of its own. There are

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<v Speaker 1>points of distinction about it that change in the footprints.

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<v Speaker 1>For example, what do you make of that? Mortimer said

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<v Speaker 1>that the man had walked on tiptoe down that portion

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<v Speaker 1>of the alley. He only repeated what some fool had

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<v Speaker 1>said at the inquest why should a man walk on

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<v Speaker 1>tiptoe down the alley? What? Then? He was running? Watson running, desperately,

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<v Speaker 1>running for his life, running until he burst his heart

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<v Speaker 1>and fell dead upon his face running from what there

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<v Speaker 1>lies our problem. There are indications that the man was

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<v Speaker 1>crazed with fear before ever he began to run. How

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<v Speaker 1>can you say that? I am presuming that the cause

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<v Speaker 1>of his fears came to him across the moor. If

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<v Speaker 1>that were so, and it seems most probable, only a

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<v Speaker 1>man who had lost his wits would have run from

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<v Speaker 1>the house instead of towards it. If the Gipsy's evidence

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<v Speaker 1>may be taken as true, he ran with cries for

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<v Speaker 1>help in the direction where help was least likely to be.

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<v Speaker 1>Then again, whom was he waiting for that night? And

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<v Speaker 1>why was he waiting for him in the yew alley

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<v Speaker 1>rather than in his own home? You think that he

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<v Speaker 1>was waiting for someone. The man was elderly and infirm.

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<v Speaker 1>We can understand his taking an evening stroll. But the

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<v Speaker 1>ground was damp and the night in clement. Is it

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<v Speaker 1>natural that he should stand for five or ten minutes?

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<v Speaker 1>As doctor Mortimer, with more practical sense than I should

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<v Speaker 1>have given him credit for, deduced from the cigar ash.

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<v Speaker 1>But he went out every evening. I think it unlikely

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<v Speaker 1>that he waited at the moor gate every evening on

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<v Speaker 1>the contrary. The evidence is that he avoided the more

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<v Speaker 1>that night he waited there. It was the night before

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<v Speaker 1>he made his departure for London. The thing takes shape, Watson,

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<v Speaker 1>it becomes coherent. Might I ask you to hand me

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<v Speaker 1>my violin, and we will postpone all further thought upon

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<v Speaker 1>this business until we have had the advantage of meeting

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<v Speaker 1>Doctor Mortimer and Sir Henry Baskerville in the morning.