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The

Hound of the
Baskervilles
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE

“The howl could be heard all over the
moor. “It’s a hound!” Sir Henry cried.
“Can there be truth in all these stories?”
Something very peculiar is going on at
Baskerville Hall. The local people claim
that the moor is haunted. But Sir Henry
isn’t satisfied with that explanation. So hecalls on the great detective Sherlock
Holmes. For a while, Holmes and his
faithful sidekick Dr. Watson are stumped.
But only for a while.

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The

Hound of the
Baskervilles
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE

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Hound of the
Baskervilles
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE

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9/14/06, 10:50 PMCONTENTS
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Holmes Has a Visitor ...................... 5

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Dr. Mortimer’s Story ....................... 10

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A Mysterious Message .................... 17

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Sir Henry’s Missing Boot ................ 26

5

Welcome to Baskerville Hall .......... 33

6

Watson Meets the Stapletons ........ 39

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The Barrymores’ Secret ................. 46

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A Clue from the Ashes................... 54

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A Dead Man on the Moor ............... 61

10 Ambush at Grimpen Mire ............... 68
11 The Hound Attacks ......................... 74
12 A Scent of Jasmine ........................ 78

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Holmes
Has a Visitor

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Mr. Sherlock Holmes, who usually got up very
latein the morning, was sitting at the breakfast
table. I was standing in front of the fireplace,
looking at a walking stick. A visitor had left it
outside our door last night. Engraved on a silver
band around the stick were the words: “ To James
Mortimer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.”
Without looking up, Holmes said, “Well,
Watson, what do you make of it?”
Holmes was sitting withhis back to me. “How
did you know what I was doing?” I asked. “I believe
you have eyes in the back of your head.”
Holmes smiled and said, “This silver-plated
coffeepot in front of me makes an excellent mirror.
But what do you make of the stick? Since we missed
our visitor last night, let me hear what his stick can
tell us about him.”
“He seems to be an elderly, successful doctor,”
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I said. “This handsome gift from his friends shows
he is well liked.”
“Good!” said Holmes, lighting a cigarette.
“I believe he lives in the country,” I went on.
“‘C.C.H.’ is probably a hunting club. I would also
guess he walks a great deal. This stick has been very
much knocked about.”
“ Excellent!” said Holmes.“Since you have been
so kind as to write accounts of my detective work,
you should have given yourself more credit. I owe
much to you.”
Holmes had never given me such praise before.
I was pleased indeed.
He took the stick from my hands and examined
it with a magnifying glass. “Interesting,” he said.
“Has anything escaped me?” I asked.
“I am afraid, my dear Watson, that most of your
ideas...