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Jump to Page. Search inside document. Chapter 2 It is also told that Sir Charles appeared to be waiting for someone, though he was an elderly man; that his footprints showed he had been running away from the house in his fright; and that his heart was weak, so that he was to leave for London the next day.
Chapter 3 Sir Henry, the heir, arrives from Canada and is already a little shaken. Chapter 4 Once Sir Henry has been filled in, they make plans to meet again at the hotel later that day once he has had time to think, but it is clear that he will insist on going to Baskerville Hall.
Chapter 5 By the time they go to the hotel, Sir Henry has had another boot stolen, an old one now. Chapter 6 At the end of the meeting, it is decided that, Holmes being tied up in London with other cases, Watson will accompany Sir Henry to the Hall and report back in detail.
Chapter 7 Dr. Chapter 8 Watson checks with the postmaster and learns that the telegram was not actually delivered into the hands of Barrymore, so it is no longer certain that he was at the Hall, and not in London. Chapter 9 Sir Henry soon meets her and becomes romantically interested, despite her brothers intrusions.
Chapter 10 Meanwhile, during the day, Sir Henry continues to pursue Miss Stapleton until her brother runs up on them and yells angrily. Chapter 11 Sir Henry then becomes the person doing the surprising, when he walks in with Watson on Barrymore, catching him at night in the room with the candle. Chapter 12 Barrymore is upset when he finds out that they tried to capture Selden, but when an agreement is reached to allow Selden to escape out of the country, he is willing to repay the favor.
Chapter 14 Holmes turns out to be the unknown man, keeping his location a secret so that Watson would not be tempted to come out and so he would be able to appear on the scene of action at the critical moment. Chapter 15 They take off running and when they see the figure, they mistake it for Sir Henry.
Chapter 16 Holmes and Watson return to Baskerville Hall, where over dinner, the detective realizes the similarity between Hugo Baskervilles portrait and Stapleton.
Chapter 17 Under the threat of advancing fog, Watson, Holmes, and Lestrade lie in wait outside the Merripit House, where Sir Henry has been having dinner. Michael Bark. Abhay Girnara. Successful Chic. Shubhrasmita Patel. Sumit Sapra. Rashmi Jha. Claudia Campos. Ravi Krishnan. Tara Smith. Dipa Parikh Kapadia. Madhvesh Barge. Dhaivat Rathod. Achyut Tewari. Cata Saavedra. Fadil N. Himanshu shekhar. Broyan Artem. Popular in Belief. About the book Read online. Book description.
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Illustrated Edition. What do you want to complain about? Characters remaining: Fox was unsure of the potential of a film about Sherlock Holmes, so top billing went to Richard Greene and not to Rathbone [3]. Mary Gordon was in ten films of the series. Watson Nigel Bruce receive a visit from Dr. Dr Mortimer is anxious about letting Sir Henry go to Baskerville Hall, owing to a supposed family curse.
He tells Holmes and Watson the legend of the Hound of the Baskervilles, a demonic dog that first killed Sir Hugo Baskerville Ralph Forbes several hundred years ago seen in flashback and is believed to kill all Baskervilles in the region of Devonshire. Holmes dismisses it as a fairy tale, but Mortimer narrates the events of the recent death of his best friend, Sir Charles Baskerville, Sir Henry's uncle.
Although he was found dead in his garden without any trace of physical damage, Sir Charles's face was distorted as if he died in utter terror, from heart failure.
He alone had noticed footprints at some distance from the body when it was found; they were the paw marks of a gigantic hound. Holmes decides to send Watson to Baskerville Hall along with Sir Henry, claiming that he is too busy to accompany them himself.
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