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yes .
but that is the very thing which you have so often cautioned me not to do .
this time you may do it with safety . if i had not every confidence in your nerve and courage i would not suggest it but it is essential that you should do it .
then i will do it .
and as you value your life do not go across the moor in any direction save along the straight path which leads from merripit house to the grimpen road and is your natural way home .
i will do just what you say .
very good . i should be glad to get away as soon after breakfast as possible so as to reach london in the afternoon .

any orders sir ?
you will take this train to town cartwright . the moment you arrive you will send a wire to sir henry baskerville in my name to say that if he finds the pocketbook which i have dropped he is to send it by registered post to baker street .
yes sir .
and ask at the station office if there is a message for me .

i am investigating the circumstances which attended the death of the late sir charles baskerville my friend here dr . watson has informed me of what you have communicated and also of what you have withheld in connection with that matter .
what have i withheld ?
you have confessed that you asked sir charles to be at the gate at ten oclock . we know that 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 succeed 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 .
his wife !
the fact is no longer a secret . the person who has passed for his sister is really his wife .

his wife ! his wife ! he is not a married man .
prove it to me ! prove it to me ! and if you can do so !
i have come prepared to do so here is a photograph of the couple taken in york four years ago . it is indorsed mr . and mrs . vandeleur but you will have no difficulty in recognizing him and her also if you know her by sight . here are three written descriptions by trustworthy witnesses of mr . and mrs . vandeleur who at that time kept st . olivers private school . read them and see if you can doubt the identity of these people .

i entirely believe you madam the recital of these events must be very painful to you and perhaps it will make it easier if i tell you what occurred and you can check me if i make any material mistake . the sending of this letter was suggested to you by stapleton ?
he dictated it .
i presume that the reason he gave was that you would receive help from sir charles for the legal expenses connected with your divorce ?
exactly .
and then after you had sent the letter he dissuaded you from keeping the appointment ?
he told me that it would hurt his selfrespect that any other man should find the money for such an object and that though he was a poor man himself he would devote his last penny to removing the obstacles which divided us .
he appears to be a very consistent character . and then you heard nothing until you read the reports of the death in the paper ?
no .
and he made you swear to say nothing about your appointment with sir charles ?
he did . he said that the death was a very mysterious one and that i should certainly be suspected if the facts came out . he frightened me into remaining silent .
quite so . but you had your suspicions ?
i knew him but if he had kept faith with me i should always have done so with him .
i think that on the whole you have had a fortunate escape you have had him in your power and he knew it and yet you are alive . you have been walking for some months very near to the edge of a precipice . we must wish you goodmorning now mrs . lyons and it is probable that you will very shortly hear from us again .

anything good ?
the biggest thing for years we have two hours before we need think of starting . i think we might employ it in getting some dinner and then lestrade we will take the london fog out of your throat by giving you a breath of the pure night air of dartmoor . never been there ? ah well i dont suppose you will forget your first visit .

are you armed lestrade ?
as long as i have my trousers i have a hippocket and as long as i have my hippocket i have something in it .
good ! my friend and i are also ready for emergencies .
youre mighty close about this affair mr . holmes . whats the game now ?
a waiting game .
my word it does not seem a very cheerful place i see the lights of a house ahead of us .
that is merripit house and the end of our journey . i must request you to walk on tiptoe and not to talk above a whisper .

this will do these rocks upon the right make an admirable screen .
we are to wait here ?
yes we shall make our little ambush here . get into this hollow lestrade . you have been inside the house have you not watson ? can you tell the position of the rooms ? what are those latticed windows at this end ?
i think they are the kitchen windows .
and the one beyond which shines so brightly ?
that is certainly the diningroom .
the blinds are up . you know the lie of the land best . creep forward quietly and see what they are doingbut for heavens sake dont let them know that they are watched !

you say watson that the lady is not there ?
no .
where can she be then since there is no light in any other room except the kitchen ?
i can not think where she is .

its moving towards us watson .
is that serious ?
very serious indeedthe one thing upon earth which could have disarranged my plans . he cant be very long now . it is already ten oclock . our success and even his life may depend upon his coming out before the fog is over the path .

if he isnt out in a quarter of an hour the path will be covered . in half an hour we wont be able to see our hands in front of us .
shall we move farther back upon higher ground ?
yes i think it would be as well .

my god ! what was it ? what in heavens name was it ?
its dead whatever it is weve laid the family ghost once and forever .

phosphorus
a cunning preparation of it there is no smell which might have interfered with his power of scent . we owe you a deep apology sir henry for having exposed you to this fright . i was prepared for a hound but not for such a creature as this . and the fog gave us little time to receive him .
you have saved my life .
having first endangered it . are you strong enough to stand ?
give me another mouthful of that brandy and i shall be ready for anything . so ! now if you will help me up . what do you propose to do ?
to leave you here . you are not fit for further adventures tonight . if you will wait one or other of us will go back with you to the hall .

its a thousand to one against our finding him at the house those shots must have told him that the game was up .
we were some distance off and this fog may have deadened them .
he followed the hound to call him offof that you may be certain . no no hes gone by this time ! but well search the house and make sure .

the brute ! here lestrade your brandybottle ! put her in the chair ! she has fainted from illusage and exhaustion .
is he safe ? has he escaped ?
he can not escape us madam .
no no i did not mean my husband . sir henry ? is he safe ?
yes .
and the hound ?
it is dead .
thank god ! thank god ! oh this villain ! see how he has treated me ! but this is nothingnothing ! it is my mind and soul that he has tortured and defiled . i could endure it all illusage solitude a life of deception everything as long as i could still cling to the hope that i had his love but now i know that in this also i have been his dupe and his tool .
you bear him no good will madam tell us then where we shall find him . if you have ever aided him in evil help us now and so atone .
there is but one place where he can have fled there is an old tin mine on an island in the heart of the mire . it was there that he kept his hound and there also he had made preparations so that he might have a refuge . that is where he would fly .
see no one could find his way into the grimpen mire tonight .
he may find his way in but never out how can he see the guiding wands tonight ? we planted them together he and i to mark the pathway through the mire . oh if i could only have plucked them out today . then indeed you would have had him at your mercy !

meyers toronto
it is worth a mud bath it is our friend sir henrys missing boot .

yes .

but that is the very thing which you have so often cautioned me not to do .

this time you may do it with safety . if i had not every confidence in your nerve and courage i would not suggest it but it is essential that you should do it .

then i will do it .

and as you value your life do not go across the moor in any direction save along the straight path which leads from merripit house to the grimpen road and is your natural way home .

i will do just what you say .

very good . i should be glad to get away as soon after breakfast as possible so as to reach london in the afternoon .

any orders sir ?

you will take this train to town cartwright . the moment you arrive you will send a wire to sir henry baskerville in my name to say that if he finds the pocketbook which i have dropped he is to send it by registered post to baker street .

yes sir .

and ask at the station office if there is a message for me .

i am investigating the circumstances which attended the death of the late sir charles baskerville my friend here dr . watson has informed me of what you have communicated and also of what you have withheld in connection with that matter .

what have i withheld ?

you have confessed that you asked sir charles to be at the gate at ten oclock . we know that 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 succeed 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 .

his wife !

the fact is no longer a secret . the person who has passed for his sister is really his wife .

his wife ! his wife ! he is not a married man .

prove it to me ! prove it to me ! and if you can do so !

i have come prepared to do so here is a photograph of the couple taken in york four years ago . it is indorsed mr . and mrs . vandeleur but you will have no difficulty in recognizing him and her also if you know her by sight . here are three written descriptions by trustworthy witnesses of mr . and mrs . vandeleur who at that time kept st . olivers private school . read them and see if you can doubt the identity of these people .

i entirely believe you madam the recital of these events must be very painful to you and perhaps it will make it easier if i tell you what occurred and you can check me if i make any material mistake . the sending of this letter was suggested to you by stapleton ?

he dictated it .

i presume that the reason he gave was that you would receive help from sir charles for the legal expenses connected with your divorce ?

exactly .

and then after you had sent the letter he dissuaded you from keeping the appointment ?

he told me that it would hurt his selfrespect that any other man should find the money for such an object and that though he was a poor man himself he would devote his last penny to removing the obstacles which divided us .

he appears to be a very consistent character . and then you heard nothing until you read the reports of the death in the paper ?

no .

and he made you swear to say nothing about your appointment with sir charles ?

he did . he said that the death was a very mysterious one and that i should certainly be suspected if the facts came out . he frightened me into remaining silent .

quite so . but you had your suspicions ?

i knew him but if he had kept faith with me i should always have done so with him .

i think that on the whole you have had a fortunate escape you have had him in your power and he knew it and yet you are alive . you have been walking for some months very near to the edge of a precipice . we must wish you goodmorning now mrs . lyons and it is probable that you will very shortly hear from us again .

anything good ?

the biggest thing for years we have two hours before we need think of starting . i think we might employ it in getting some dinner and then lestrade we will take the london fog out of your throat by giving you a breath of the pure night air of dartmoor . never been there ? ah well i dont suppose you will forget your first visit .

are you armed lestrade ?

as long as i have my trousers i have a hippocket and as long as i have my hippocket i have something in it .

good ! my friend and i are also ready for emergencies .

youre mighty close about this affair mr . holmes . whats the game now ?

a waiting game .

my word it does not seem a very cheerful place i see the lights of a house ahead of us .

that is merripit house and the end of our journey . i must request you to walk on tiptoe and not to talk above a whisper .

this will do these rocks upon the right make an admirable screen .

we are to wait here ?

yes we shall make our little ambush here . get into this hollow lestrade . you have been inside the house have you not watson ? can you tell the position of the rooms ? what are those latticed windows at this end ?

i think they are the kitchen windows .

and the one beyond which shines so brightly ?

that is certainly the diningroom .

the blinds are up . you know the lie of the land best . creep forward quietly and see what they are doingbut for heavens sake dont let them know that they are watched !

you say watson that the lady is not there ?

no .

where can she be then since there is no light in any other room except the kitchen ?

i can not think where she is .

its moving towards us watson .

is that serious ?

very serious indeedthe one thing upon earth which could have disarranged my plans . he cant be very long now . it is already ten oclock . our success and even his life may depend upon his coming out before the fog is over the path .

if he isnt out in a quarter of an hour the path will be covered . in half an hour we wont be able to see our hands in front of us .

shall we move farther back upon higher ground ?

yes i think it would be as well .

my god ! what was it ? what in heavens name was it ?

its dead whatever it is weve laid the family ghost once and forever .

phosphorus

a cunning preparation of it there is no smell which might have interfered with his power of scent . we owe you a deep apology sir henry for having exposed you to this fright . i was prepared for a hound but not for such a creature as this . and the fog gave us little time to receive him .

you have saved my life .

having first endangered it . are you strong enough to stand ?

give me another mouthful of that brandy and i shall be ready for anything . so ! now if you will help me up . what do you propose to do ?

to leave you here . you are not fit for further adventures tonight . if you will wait one or other of us will go back with you to the hall .

its a thousand to one against our finding him at the house those shots must have told him that the game was up .

we were some distance off and this fog may have deadened them .

he followed the hound to call him offof that you may be certain . no no hes gone by this time ! but well search the house and make sure .

the brute ! here lestrade your brandybottle ! put her in the chair ! she has fainted from illusage and exhaustion .

is he safe ? has he escaped ?

he can not escape us madam .

no no i did not mean my husband . sir henry ? is he safe ?

yes .

and the hound ?

it is dead .

thank god ! thank god ! oh this villain ! see how he has treated me ! but this is nothingnothing ! it is my mind and soul that he has tortured and defiled . i could endure it all illusage solitude a life of deception everything as long as i could still cling to the hope that i had his love but now i know that in this also i have been his dupe and his tool .

you bear him no good will madam tell us then where we shall find him . if you have ever aided him in evil help us now and so atone .

there is but one place where he can have fled there is an old tin mine on an island in the heart of the mire . it was there that he kept his hound and there also he had made preparations so that he might have a refuge . that is where he would fly .

see no one could find his way into the grimpen mire tonight .

he may find his way in but never out how can he see the guiding wands tonight ? we planted them together he and i to mark the pathway through the mire . oh if i could only have plucked them out today . then indeed you would have had him at your mercy !

meyers toronto

it is worth a mud bath it is our friend sir henrys missing boot .