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-<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<?oasis-xml-catalog catalog="catalog.xml"?>
+<?xml-model href="OCTC_text-strict.rng" schematypens="http://relaxng.org/ns/structure/1.0"?>
+<?oxygen href="OCTC_text-strict.rng" type="xml"?>
<teiCorpus xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">
- <xi:include href="OCTC_main_header.xml"/>
- <teiCorpus>
- <xi:include href="../OCTC_subcorpus_header.xml"/>
- <TEI>
- <xi:include href="header.xml"/>
- <text>
-
-<body xmlns=""><head type="title">
- The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Hound Of The Baskervilles, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
-</head>
+ <xi:include href="OCTC_main_header.xml"/>
+ <teiCorpus>
+ <xi:include href="../OCTC_subcorpus_header.xml"/>
+ <TEI>
+ <xi:include href="header.xml"/>
+ <text xml:lang="en">
+ <body xml:id="eng_txt-body">
+ <div xml:id="eng_txt_1-div">
+ <head xml:id="eng_txt_1.1-head">The Hound Of The Baskervilles, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.</head>
+ </div>
-<div><head>The Hound of the Baskervilles</head><p/><p><ab>by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle</ab></p>
+ <div xml:id="eng_txt_2-div">
+ <head xml:id="eng_txt_2.1-head">The Hound of the Baskervilles</head>
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.2-p"/>
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.3-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.3.1-ab">by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle</ab>
+ </p>
-<div><div><head>CONTENTS</head><p/><p><ab><table border="0">
-<row><cell><ref url="#Chapter_1">Chapter 1—Mr. Sherlock Holmes</ref></cell></row>
-<row><cell><ref url="#Chapter_2">Chapter 2—The Curse of the Baskervilles</ref></cell></row>
-<row><cell><ref url="#Chapter_3">Chapter 3—The Problem</ref></cell></row>
-<row><cell><ref url="#Chapter_4">Chapter 4—Sir Henry Baskerville</ref></cell></row>
-<row><cell><ref url="#Chapter_5">Chapter 5—Three Broken Threads</ref></cell></row>
-<row><cell><ref url="#Chapter_6">Chapter 6—Baskerville Hall</ref></cell></row>
-<row><cell><ref url="#Chapter_7">Chapter 7—The Stapletons of Merripit House</ref></cell></row>
-<row><cell><ref url="#Chapter_8">Chapter 8—First Report of Dr. Watson</ref></cell></row>
-<row><cell><ref url="#Chapter_9">Chapter 9—The Light Upon The Moor</ref></cell></row>
-<row><cell><ref url="#Chapter_10">Chapter 10—Extract from the Diary of Dr. Watson</ref></cell></row>
-<row><cell><ref url="#Chapter_11">Chapter 11—The Man on the Tor</ref></cell></row>
-<row><cell><ref url="#Chapter_12">Chapter 12—Death on the Moor</ref></cell></row>
-<row><cell><ref url="#Chapter_13">Chapter 13—Fixing the Nets</ref></cell></row>
-<row><cell><ref url="#Chapter_14">Chapter 14—The Hound of the Baskervilles</ref></cell></row>
-<row><cell><ref url="#Chapter_15">Chapter 15—A Retrospection</ref></cell></row>
-</table></ab></p>
+ <div xml:id="eng_txt_2.4-div">
+ <div xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.1-div">
+ <head xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.1.1-head">CONTENTS</head>
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.1.2-p"/>
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.1.3-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.1.3.1-ab">
+ <table border="0">
+ <row>
+ <cell>
+ <ref url="#Chapter_1">Chapter 1—Mr. Sherlock Holmes</ref>
+ </cell>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <cell>
+ <ref url="#Chapter_2">Chapter 2—The Curse of the Baskervilles</ref>
+ </cell>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <cell>
+ <ref url="#Chapter_3">Chapter 3—The Problem</ref>
+ </cell>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <cell>
+ <ref url="#Chapter_4">Chapter 4—Sir Henry Baskerville</ref>
+ </cell>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <cell>
+ <ref url="#Chapter_5">Chapter 5—Three Broken Threads</ref>
+ </cell>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <cell>
+ <ref url="#Chapter_6">Chapter 6—Baskerville Hall</ref>
+ </cell>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <cell>
+ <ref url="#Chapter_7">Chapter 7—The Stapletons of Merripit House</ref>
+ </cell>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <cell>
+ <ref url="#Chapter_8">Chapter 8—First Report of Dr. Watson</ref>
+ </cell>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <cell>
+ <ref url="#Chapter_9">Chapter 9—The Light Upon The Moor</ref>
+ </cell>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <cell>
+ <ref url="#Chapter_10">Chapter 10—Extract from the Diary of Dr. Watson</ref>
+ </cell>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <cell>
+ <ref url="#Chapter_11">Chapter 11—The Man on the Tor</ref>
+ </cell>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <cell>
+ <ref url="#Chapter_12">Chapter 12—Death on the Moor</ref>
+ </cell>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <cell>
+ <ref url="#Chapter_13">Chapter 13—Fixing the Nets</ref>
+ </cell>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <cell>
+ <ref url="#Chapter_14">Chapter 14—The Hound of the Baskervilles</ref>
+ </cell>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <cell>
+ <ref url="#Chapter_15">Chapter 15—A Retrospection</ref>
+ </cell>
+ </row>
+ </table>
+ </ab>
+ </p>
-</div><div id="Chapter_1"><head>Chapter 1
-Mr. Sherlock Holmes</head><p/><p><ab>Mr. Sherlock Holmes, who was usually very late in the mornings,
+ </div>
+ <div xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2-div" id="Chapter_1">
+ <head xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.1-head">Chapter 1
+Mr. Sherlock Holmes</head>
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.2-p"/>
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.3-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.3.1-ab">Mr. Sherlock Holmes, who was usually very late in the mornings,
save upon those not infrequent occasions when he was up all
-night, was seated at the breakfast table.</ab> <ab>I stood upon the
+night, was seated at the breakfast table.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.3.2-ab">I stood upon the
hearth-rug and picked up the stick which our visitor had left
-behind him the night before.</ab> <ab>It was a fine, thick piece of wood,
+behind him the night before.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.3.3-ab">It was a fine, thick piece of wood,
bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a "Penang lawyer."
Just under the head was a broad silver band nearly an inch
-across.</ab> <ab>"To James Mortimer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the
-C.C.H.," was engraved upon it, with the date "1884."</ab> <ab>It was just
+across.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.3.4-ab">"To James Mortimer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the
+C.C.H.," was engraved upon it, with the date "1884."</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.3.5-ab">It was just
such a stick as the old-fashioned family practitioner used to
-carry—dignified, solid, and reassuring.</ab></p>
+carry—dignified, solid, and reassuring.</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>"Well, Watson, what do you make of it?"</ab></p>
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.4-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.4.1-ab">"Well, Watson, what do you make of it?"</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and I had given him no
-sign of my occupation.</ab></p>
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.5-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.5.1-ab">Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and I had given him no
+sign of my occupation.</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>"How did you know what I was doing?</ab> <ab>I believe you have eyes in
-the back of your head."</ab></p>
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.6-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.6.1-ab">"How did you know what I was doing?</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.6.2-ab">I believe you have eyes in
+the back of your head."</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>"I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-plated coffee-pot in
-front of me," said he.</ab> <ab>"But, tell me, Watson, what do you make of
-our visitor's stick?</ab> <ab>Since we have been so unfortunate as to miss
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.7-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.7.1-ab">"I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-plated coffee-pot in
+front of me," said he.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.7.2-ab">"But, tell me, Watson, what do you make of
+our visitor's stick?</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.7.3-ab">Since we have been so unfortunate as to miss
him and have no notion of his errand, this accidental souvenir
-becomes of importance.</ab> <ab>Let me hear you reconstruct the man by an
-examination of it."</ab></p>
+becomes of importance.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.7.4-ab">Let me hear you reconstruct the man by an
+examination of it."</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>"I think," said I, following as far as I could the methods of my
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.8-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.8.1-ab">"I think," said I, following as far as I could the methods of my
companion, "that Dr. Mortimer is a successful, elderly medical
man, well-esteemed since those who know him give him this mark of
-their appreciation."</ab></p>
+their appreciation."</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>"Good!" said Holmes.</ab> <ab>"Excellent!"</ab></p>
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.9-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.9.1-ab">"Good!" said Holmes.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.9.2-ab">"Excellent!"</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>"I think also that the probability is in favour of his being a
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.10-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.10.1-ab">"I think also that the probability is in favour of his being a
country practitioner who does a great deal of his visiting on
-foot."</ab></p>
+foot."</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>"Why so?"</ab></p>
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.11-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.11.1-ab">"Why so?"</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>"Because this stick, though originally a very handsome one has
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.12-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.12.1-ab">"Because this stick, though originally a very handsome one has
been so knocked about that I can hardly imagine a town
-practitioner carrying it.</ab> <ab>The thick-iron ferrule is worn down, so
+practitioner carrying it.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.12.2-ab">The thick-iron ferrule is worn down, so
it is evident that he has done a great amount of walking with
-it."</ab></p>
+it."</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>"Perfectly sound!" said Holmes.</ab></p>
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.13-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.13.1-ab">"Perfectly sound!" said Holmes.</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>"And then again, there is the 'friends of the C.C.H.'</ab> <ab>I should
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.14-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.14.1-ab">"And then again, there is the 'friends of the C.C.H.'</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.14.2-ab">I should
guess that to be the Something Hunt, the local hunt to whose
members he has possibly given some surgical assistance, and which
-has made him a small presentation in return."</ab></p>
+has made him a small presentation in return."</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>"Really, Watson, you excel yourself," said Holmes, pushing back
-his chair and lighting a cigarette.</ab> <ab>"I am bound to say that in
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.15-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.15.1-ab">"Really, Watson, you excel yourself," said Holmes, pushing back
+his chair and lighting a cigarette.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.15.2-ab">"I am bound to say that in
all the accounts which you have been so good as to give of my own
small achievements you have habitually underrated your own
-abilities.</ab> <ab>It may be that you are not yourself luminous, but you
-are a conductor of light.</ab> <ab>Some people without possessing genius
-have a remarkable power of stimulating it.</ab> <ab>I confess, my dear
-fellow, that I am very much in your debt."</ab></p>
+abilities.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.15.3-ab">It may be that you are not yourself luminous, but you
+are a conductor of light.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.15.4-ab">Some people without possessing genius
+have a remarkable power of stimulating it.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.15.5-ab">I confess, my dear
+fellow, that I am very much in your debt."</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>He had never said as much before, and I must admit that his words
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.16-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.16.1-ab">He had never said as much before, and I must admit that his words
gave me keen pleasure, for I had often been piqued by his
indifference to my admiration and to the attempts which I had
-made to give publicity to his methods.</ab> <ab>I was proud, too, to think
+made to give publicity to his methods.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.16.2-ab">I was proud, too, to think
that I had so far mastered his system as to apply it in a way
-which earned his approval.</ab> <ab>He now took the stick from my hands
-and examined it for a few minutes with his naked eyes.</ab> <ab>Then with
+which earned his approval.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.16.3-ab">He now took the stick from my hands
+and examined it for a few minutes with his naked eyes.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.16.4-ab">Then with
an expression of interest he laid down his cigarette, and
carrying the cane to the window, he looked over it again with a
-convex lens.</ab></p>
+convex lens.</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>"Interesting, though elementary," said he as he returned to his
-favourite corner of the settee.</ab> <ab>"There are certainly one or two
-indications upon the stick.</ab> <ab>It gives us the basis for several
-deductions."</ab></p>
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.17-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.17.1-ab">"Interesting, though elementary," said he as he returned to his
+favourite corner of the settee.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.17.2-ab">"There are certainly one or two
+indications upon the stick.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.17.3-ab">It gives us the basis for several
+deductions."</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>"Has anything escaped me?" I asked with some self-importance.</ab> <ab>"I
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.18-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.18.1-ab">"Has anything escaped me?" I asked with some self-importance.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.18.2-ab">"I
trust that there is nothing of consequence which I have
-overlooked?"</ab></p>
+overlooked?"</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>"I am afraid, my dear Watson, that most of your conclusions were
-erroneous.</ab> <ab>When I said that you stimulated me I meant, to be
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.19-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.19.1-ab">"I am afraid, my dear Watson, that most of your conclusions were
+erroneous.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.19.2-ab">When I said that you stimulated me I meant, to be
frank, that in noting your fallacies I was occasionally guided
-towards the truth.</ab> <ab>Not that you are entirely wrong in this
-instance.</ab> <ab>The man is certainly a country practitioner.</ab> <ab>And he
-walks a good deal."</ab></p>
+towards the truth.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.19.3-ab">Not that you are entirely wrong in this
+instance.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.19.4-ab">The man is certainly a country practitioner.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.19.5-ab">And he
+walks a good deal."</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>"Then I was right."</ab></p>
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.20-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.20.1-ab">"Then I was right."</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>"To that extent."</ab></p>
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.21-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.21.1-ab">"To that extent."</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>"But that was all."</ab></p>
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.22-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.22.1-ab">"But that was all."</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>"No, no, my dear Watson, not all—by no means all.</ab> <ab>I would
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.23-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.23.1-ab">"No, no, my dear Watson, not all—by no means all.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.23.2-ab">I would
suggest, for example, that a presentation to a doctor is more
likely to come from a hospital than from a hunt, and that when
the initials 'C.C.' are placed before that hospital the words
-'Charing Cross' very naturally suggest themselves."</ab></p>
+'Charing Cross' very naturally suggest themselves."</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>"You may be right."</ab></p>
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.24-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.24.1-ab">"You may be right."</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>"The probability lies in that direction.</ab> <ab>And if we take this as a
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.25-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.25.1-ab">"The probability lies in that direction.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.25.2-ab">And if we take this as a
working hypothesis we have a fresh basis from which to start our
-construction of this unknown visitor."</ab></p>
+construction of this unknown visitor."</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>"Well, then, supposing that 'C.C.H.' does stand for 'Charing
-Cross Hospital,' what further inferences may we draw?"</ab></p>
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.26-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.26.1-ab">"Well, then, supposing that 'C.C.H.' does stand for 'Charing
+Cross Hospital,' what further inferences may we draw?"</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>"Do none suggest themselves?</ab> <ab>You know my methods.</ab> <ab>Apply them!"</ab></p>
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.27-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.27.1-ab">"Do none suggest themselves?</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.27.2-ab">You know my methods.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.27.3-ab">Apply them!"</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>"I can only think of the obvious conclusion that the man has
-practised in town before going to the country."</ab></p>
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.28-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.28.1-ab">"I can only think of the obvious conclusion that the man has
+practised in town before going to the country."</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>"I think that we might venture a little farther than this.</ab> <ab>Look
-at it in this light.</ab> <ab>On what occasion would it be most probable
-that such a presentation would be made?</ab> <ab>When would his friends
-unite to give him a pledge of their good will?</ab> <ab>Obviously at the
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.29-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.29.1-ab">"I think that we might venture a little farther than this.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.29.2-ab">Look
+at it in this light.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.29.3-ab">On what occasion would it be most probable
+that such a presentation would be made?</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.29.4-ab">When would his friends
+unite to give him a pledge of their good will?</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.29.5-ab">Obviously at the
moment when Dr. Mortimer withdrew from the service of the
-hospital in order to start in practice for himself.</ab> <ab>We know there
-has been a presentation.</ab> <ab>We believe there has been a change from
-a town hospital to a country practice.</ab> <ab>Is it, then, stretching
+hospital in order to start in practice for himself.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.29.6-ab">We know there
+has been a presentation.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.29.7-ab">We believe there has been a change from
+a town hospital to a country practice.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.29.8-ab">Is it, then, stretching
our inference too far to say that the presentation was on the
-occasion of the change?"</ab></p>
+occasion of the change?"</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>"It certainly seems probable."</ab></p>
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.30-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.30.1-ab">"It certainly seems probable."</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>"Now, you will observe that he could not have been on the staff
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.31-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.31.1-ab">"Now, you will observe that he could not have been on the staff
of the hospital, since only a man well-established in a London
practice could hold such a position, and such a one would not
-drift into the country.</ab> <ab>What was he, then?</ab> <ab>If he was in the
+drift into the country.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.31.2-ab">What was he, then?</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.31.3-ab">If he was in the
hospital and yet not on the staff he could only have been a
house-surgeon or a house-physician—little more than a senior
-student.</ab> <ab>And he left five years ago—the date is on the stick.</ab> <ab>So
+student.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.31.4-ab">And he left five years ago—the date is on the stick.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.31.5-ab">So
your grave, middle-aged family practitioner vanishes into thin
air, my dear Watson, and there emerges a young fellow under
thirty, amiable, unambitious, absent-minded, and the possessor of
a favourite dog, which I should describe roughly as being larger
-than a terrier and smaller than a mastiff."</ab></p>
+than a terrier and smaller than a mastiff."</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>I laughed incredulously as Sherlock Holmes leaned back in his
-settee and blew little wavering rings of smoke up to the ceiling.</ab></p>
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.32-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.32.1-ab">I laughed incredulously as Sherlock Holmes leaned back in his
+settee and blew little wavering rings of smoke up to the ceiling.</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>"As to the latter part, I have no means of checking you," said I,
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.33-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.33.1-ab">"As to the latter part, I have no means of checking you," said I,
"but at least it is not difficult to find out a few particulars
-about the man's age and professional career."</ab> <ab>From my small
+about the man's age and professional career."</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.33.2-ab">From my small
medical shelf I took down the Medical Directory and turned up the
-name.</ab> <ab>There were several Mortimers, but only one who could be our
-visitor.</ab> <ab>I read his record aloud.</ab></p>
+name.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.33.3-ab">There were several Mortimers, but only one who could be our
+visitor.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.33.4-ab">I read his record aloud.</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>"Mortimer, James, M.R.C.S., 1882, Grimpen, Dartmoor,
-Devon.</ab> <ab>House-surgeon, from 1882 to 1884, at Charing Cross
-Hospital.</ab> <ab>Winner of the Jackson prize for Comparative Pathology,
-with essay entitled 'Is Disease a Reversion?'</ab> <ab>Corresponding
-member of the Swedish Pathological Society.</ab> <ab>Author of 'Some
-Freaks of Atavism' (Lancet 1882).</ab> <ab>'Do We Progress?' (Journal of
-Psychology, March, 1883).</ab> <ab>Medical Officer for the parishes of
-Grimpen, Thorsley, and High Barrow."</ab></p>
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.34-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.34.1-ab">"Mortimer, James, M.R.C.S., 1882, Grimpen, Dartmoor,
+Devon.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.34.2-ab">House-surgeon, from 1882 to 1884, at Charing Cross
+Hospital.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.34.3-ab">Winner of the Jackson prize for Comparative Pathology,
+with essay entitled 'Is Disease a Reversion?'</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.34.4-ab">Corresponding
+member of the Swedish Pathological Society.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.34.5-ab">Author of 'Some
+Freaks of Atavism' (Lancet 1882).</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.34.6-ab">'Do We Progress?' (Journal of
+Psychology, March, 1883).</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.34.7-ab">Medical Officer for the parishes of
+Grimpen, Thorsley, and High Barrow."</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>"No mention of that local hunt, Watson," said Holmes with a
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.35-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.35.1-ab">"No mention of that local hunt, Watson," said Holmes with a
mischievous smile, "but a country doctor, as you very astutely
-observed.</ab> <ab>I think that I am fairly justified in my inferences.</ab> <ab>As
+observed.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.35.2-ab">I think that I am fairly justified in my inferences.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.35.3-ab">As
to the adjectives, I said, if I remember right, amiable,
-unambitious, and absent-minded.</ab> <ab>It is my experience that it is
+unambitious, and absent-minded.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.35.4-ab">It is my experience that it is
only an amiable man in this world who receives testimonials, only
an unambitious one who abandons a London career for the country,
and only an absent-minded one who leaves his stick and not his
-visiting-card after waiting an hour in your room."</ab></p>
+visiting-card after waiting an hour in your room."</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>"And the dog?"</ab></p>
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.36-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.36.1-ab">"And the dog?"</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>"Has been in the habit of carrying this stick behind his master.</ab>
-<ab>Being a heavy stick the dog has held it tightly by the middle,
-and the marks of his teeth are very plainly visible.</ab> <ab>The dog's
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.37-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.37.1-ab">"Has been in the habit of carrying this stick behind his master.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.37.2-ab">Being a heavy stick the dog has held it tightly by the middle,
+and the marks of his teeth are very plainly visible.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.37.3-ab">The dog's
jaw, as shown in the space between these marks, is too broad in
-my opinion for a terrier and not broad enough for a mastiff.</ab> <ab>It
-may have been—yes, by Jove, it is a curly-haired spaniel."</ab></p>
+my opinion for a terrier and not broad enough for a mastiff.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.37.4-ab">It
+may have been—yes, by Jove, it is a curly-haired spaniel."</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>He had risen and paced the room as he spoke.</ab> <ab>Now he halted in the
-recess of the window.</ab> <ab>There was such a ring of conviction in his
-voice that I glanced up in surprise.</ab></p>
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.38-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.38.1-ab">He had risen and paced the room as he spoke.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.38.2-ab">Now he halted in the
+recess of the window.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.38.3-ab">There was such a ring of conviction in his
+voice that I glanced up in surprise.</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>"My dear fellow, how can you possibly be so sure of that?"</ab></p>
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.39-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.39.1-ab">"My dear fellow, how can you possibly be so sure of that?"</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>"For the very simple reason that I see the dog himself on our
-very door-step, and there is the ring of its owner.</ab> <ab>Don't move, I
-beg you, Watson.</ab> <ab>He is a professional brother of yours, and your
-presence may be of assistance to me.</ab> <ab>Now is the dramatic moment
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.40-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.40.1-ab">"For the very simple reason that I see the dog himself on our
+very door-step, and there is the ring of its owner.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.40.2-ab">Don't move, I
+beg you, Watson.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.40.3-ab">He is a professional brother of yours, and your
+presence may be of assistance to me.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.40.4-ab">Now is the dramatic moment
of fate, Watson, when you hear a step upon the stair which is
walking into your life, and you know not whether for good or ill.</ab>
-<ab>What does Dr. James Mortimer, the man of science, ask of Sherlock
-Holmes, the specialist in crime?</ab> <ab>Come in!"</ab></p>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.40.5-ab">What does Dr. James Mortimer, the man of science, ask of Sherlock
+Holmes, the specialist in crime?</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.40.6-ab">Come in!"</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>The appearance of our visitor was a surprise to me, since I had
-expected a typical country practitioner.</ab> <ab>He was a very tall, thin
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.41-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.41.1-ab">The appearance of our visitor was a surprise to me, since I had
+expected a typical country practitioner.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.41.2-ab">He was a very tall, thin
man, with a long nose like a beak, which jutted out between two
keen, gray eyes, set closely together and sparkling brightly from
-behind a pair of gold-rimmed glasses.</ab> <ab>He was clad in a
+behind a pair of gold-rimmed glasses.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.41.3-ab">He was clad in a
professional but rather slovenly fashion, for his frock-coat was
-dingy and his trousers frayed.</ab> <ab>Though young, his long back was
+dingy and his trousers frayed.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.41.4-ab">Though young, his long back was
already bowed, and he walked with a forward thrust of his head
-and a general air of peering benevolence.</ab> <ab>As he entered his eyes
+and a general air of peering benevolence.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.41.5-ab">As he entered his eyes
fell upon the stick in Holmes's hand, and he ran towards it with
-an exclamation of joy.</ab> <ab>"I am so very glad," said he.</ab> <ab>"I was not
-sure whether I had left it here or in the Shipping Office.</ab> <ab>I
-would not lose that stick for the world."</ab></p>
+an exclamation of joy.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.41.6-ab">"I am so very glad," said he.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.41.7-ab">"I was not
+sure whether I had left it here or in the Shipping Office.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.41.8-ab">I
+would not lose that stick for the world."</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>"A presentation, I see," said Holmes.</ab></p>
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.42-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.42.1-ab">"A presentation, I see," said Holmes.</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>"Yes, sir."</ab></p>
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.43-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.43.1-ab">"Yes, sir."</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>"From Charing Cross Hospital?"</ab></p>
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.44-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.44.1-ab">"From Charing Cross Hospital?"</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>"From one or two friends there on the occasion of my marriage."</ab></p>
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.45-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.45.1-ab">"From one or two friends there on the occasion of my marriage."</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>"Dear, dear, that's bad!" said Holmes, shaking his head.</ab></p>
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.46-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.46.1-ab">"Dear, dear, that's bad!" said Holmes, shaking his head.</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>Dr. Mortimer blinked through his glasses in mild astonishment.</ab></p>
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.47-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.47.1-ab">Dr. Mortimer blinked through his glasses in mild astonishment.</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>"Why was it bad?"</ab></p>
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.48-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.48.1-ab">"Why was it bad?"</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>"Only that you have disarranged our little deductions.</ab> <ab>Your
-marriage, you say?"</ab></p>
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.49-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.49.1-ab">"Only that you have disarranged our little deductions.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.49.2-ab">Your
+marriage, you say?"</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>"Yes, sir.</ab> <ab>I married, and so left the hospital, and with it all
-hopes of a consulting practice.</ab> <ab>It was necessary to make a home
-of my own."</ab></p>
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.50-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.50.1-ab">"Yes, sir.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.50.2-ab">I married, and so left the hospital, and with it all
+hopes of a consulting practice.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.50.3-ab">It was necessary to make a home
+of my own."</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>"Come, come, we are not so far wrong, after all," said Holmes.</ab>
-<ab>"And now, Dr. James Mortimer ———"</ab></p>
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.51-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.51.1-ab">"Come, come, we are not so far wrong, after all," said Holmes.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.51.2-ab">"And now, Dr. James Mortimer ———"</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>"Mister, sir, Mister—a humble M.R.C.S."</ab></p>
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.52-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.52.1-ab">"Mister, sir, Mister—a humble M.R.C.S."</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>"And a man of precise mind, evidently."</ab></p>
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.53-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.53.1-ab">"And a man of precise mind, evidently."</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>"A dabbler in science, Mr. Holmes, a picker up of shells on the
-shores of the great unknown ocean.</ab> <ab>I presume that it is Mr.
-Sherlock Holmes whom I am addressing and not ———"</ab></p>
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.54-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.54.1-ab">"A dabbler in science, Mr. Holmes, a picker up of shells on the
+shores of the great unknown ocean.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.54.2-ab">I presume that it is Mr.
+Sherlock Holmes whom I am addressing and not ———"</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>"No, this is my friend Dr. Watson."</ab></p>
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.55-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.55.1-ab">"No, this is my friend Dr. Watson."</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>"Glad to meet you, sir.</ab> <ab>I have heard your name mentioned in
-connection with that of your friend.</ab> <ab>You interest me very much,
-Mr. Holmes.</ab> <ab>I had hardly expected so dolichocephalic a skull or
-such well-marked supra-orbital development.</ab> <ab>Would you have any
-objection to my running my finger along your parietal fissure?</ab> <ab>A
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.56-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.56.1-ab">"Glad to meet you, sir.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.56.2-ab">I have heard your name mentioned in
+connection with that of your friend.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.56.3-ab">You interest me very much,
+Mr. Holmes.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.56.4-ab">I had hardly expected so dolichocephalic a skull or
+such well-marked supra-orbital development.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.56.5-ab">Would you have any
+objection to my running my finger along your parietal fissure?</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.56.6-ab">A
cast of your skull, sir, until the original is available, would
-be an ornament to any anthropological museum.</ab> <ab>It is not my
-intention to be fulsome, but I confess that I covet your skull."</ab></p>
+be an ornament to any anthropological museum.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.56.7-ab">It is not my
+intention to be fulsome, but I confess that I covet your skull."</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>Sherlock Holmes waved our strange visitor into a chair.</ab> <ab>"You are
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.57-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.57.1-ab">Sherlock Holmes waved our strange visitor into a chair.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.57.2-ab">"You are
an enthusiast in your line of thought, I perceive, sir, as I am
-in mine," said he.</ab> <ab>"I observe from your forefinger that you make
-your own cigarettes.</ab> <ab>Have no hesitation in lighting one."</ab></p>
+in mine," said he.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.57.3-ab">"I observe from your forefinger that you make
+your own cigarettes.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.57.4-ab">Have no hesitation in lighting one."</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>The man drew out paper and tobacco and twirled the one up in the
-other with surprising dexterity.</ab> <ab>He had long, quivering fingers
-as agile and restless as the antennae of an insect.</ab></p>
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.58-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.58.1-ab">The man drew out paper and tobacco and twirled the one up in the
+other with surprising dexterity.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.58.2-ab">He had long, quivering fingers
+as agile and restless as the antennae of an insect.</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>Holmes was silent, but his little darting glances showed me the
-interest which he took in our curious companion.</ab></p>
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.59-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.59.1-ab">Holmes was silent, but his little darting glances showed me the
+interest which he took in our curious companion.</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>"I presume, sir," said he at last, "that it was not merely for
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.60-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.60.1-ab">"I presume, sir," said he at last, "that it was not merely for
the purpose of examining my skull that you have done me the
-honour to call here last night and again to-day?"</ab></p>
+honour to call here last night and again to-day?"</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>"No, sir, no; though I am happy to have had the opportunity of
-doing that as well.</ab> <ab>I came to you, Mr. Holmes, because I
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.61-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.61.1-ab">"No, sir, no; though I am happy to have had the opportunity of
+doing that as well.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.61.2-ab">I came to you, Mr. Holmes, because I
recognized that I am myself an unpractical man and because I am
suddenly confronted with a most serious and extraordinary
-problem.</ab> <ab>Recognizing, as I do, that you are the second highest
-expert in Europe ———"</ab></p>
+problem.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.61.3-ab">Recognizing, as I do, that you are the second highest
+expert in Europe ———"</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>"Indeed, sir!</ab> <ab>May I inquire who has the honour to be the first?"
-asked Holmes with some asperity.</ab></p>
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.62-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.62.1-ab">"Indeed, sir!</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.62.2-ab">May I inquire who has the honour to be the first?"
+asked Holmes with some asperity.</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>"To the man of precisely scientific mind the work of Monsieur
-Bertillon must always appeal strongly."</ab></p>
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.63-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.63.1-ab">"To the man of precisely scientific mind the work of Monsieur
+Bertillon must always appeal strongly."</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>"Then had you not better consult him?"</ab></p>
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.64-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.64.1-ab">"Then had you not better consult him?"</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>"I said, sir, to the precisely scientific mind.</ab> <ab>But as a
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.65-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.65.1-ab">"I said, sir, to the precisely scientific mind.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.65.2-ab">But as a
practical man of affairs it is acknowledged that you stand alone.</ab>
-<ab>I trust, sir, that I have not inadvertently ———"</ab></p>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.65.3-ab">I trust, sir, that I have not inadvertently ———"</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>"Just a little," said Holmes.</ab> <ab>"I think, Dr. Mortimer, you would
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.66-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.66.1-ab">"Just a little," said Holmes.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.2.66.2-ab">"I think, Dr. Mortimer, you would
do wisely if without more ado you would kindly tell me plainly
what the exact nature of the problem is in which you demand my
-assistance."</ab></p>
+assistance."</ab>
+ </p>
-</div><div id="Chapter_2"><head>Chapter 2
-The Curse of the Baskervilles</head><p/><p><ab>"I have in my pocket a manuscript," said Dr. James Mortimer.</ab></p>
+ </div>
+ <div xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.3-div" id="Chapter_2">
+ <head xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.3.1-head">Chapter 2
+The Curse of the Baskervilles</head>
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.3.2-p"/>
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.3.3-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.3.3.1-ab">"I have in my pocket a manuscript," said Dr. James Mortimer.</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>"I observed it as you entered the room," said Holmes.</ab></p>
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.3.4-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.3.4.1-ab">"I observed it as you entered the room," said Holmes.</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>"It is an old manuscript."</ab></p>
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.3.5-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.3.5.1-ab">"It is an old manuscript."</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>"Early eighteenth century, unless it is a forgery."</ab></p>
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.3.6-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.3.6.1-ab">"Early eighteenth century, unless it is a forgery."</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>"How can you say that, sir?"</ab></p>
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.3.7-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.3.7.1-ab">"How can you say that, sir?"</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>"You have presented an inch or two of it to my examination all
-the time that you have been talking.</ab> <ab>It would be a poor expert
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.3.8-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.3.8.1-ab">"You have presented an inch or two of it to my examination all
+the time that you have been talking.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.3.8.2-ab">It would be a poor expert
who could not give the date of a document within a decade or so.</ab>
-<ab>You may possibly have read my little monograph upon the subject.</ab>
-<ab>I put that at 1730."</ab></p>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.3.8.3-ab">You may possibly have read my little monograph upon the subject.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.3.8.4-ab">I put that at 1730."</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>"The exact date is 1742."</ab> <ab>Dr. Mortimer drew it from his
-breast-pocket.</ab> <ab>"This family paper was committed to my care by Sir
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.3.9-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.3.9.1-ab">"The exact date is 1742."</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.3.9.2-ab">Dr. Mortimer drew it from his
+breast-pocket.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.3.9.3-ab">"This family paper was committed to my care by Sir
Charles Baskerville, whose sudden and tragic death some three
-months ago created so much excitement in Devonshire.</ab> <ab>I may say
+months ago created so much excitement in Devonshire.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.3.9.4-ab">I may say
that I was his personal friend as well as his medical attendant.</ab>
-<ab>He was a strong-minded man, sir, shrewd, practical, and as
-unimaginative as I am myself.</ab> <ab>Yet he took this document very
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.3.9.5-ab">He was a strong-minded man, sir, shrewd, practical, and as
+unimaginative as I am myself.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.3.9.6-ab">Yet he took this document very
seriously, and his mind was prepared for just such an end as did
-eventually overtake him."</ab></p>
+eventually overtake him."</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>Holmes stretched out his hand for the manuscript and flattened it
-upon his knee.</ab></p>
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.3.10-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.3.10.1-ab">Holmes stretched out his hand for the manuscript and flattened it
+upon his knee.</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>"You will observe, Watson, the alternative use of the long s and
-the short.</ab> <ab>It is one of several indications which enabled me to
-fix the date."</ab></p>
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.3.11-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.3.11.1-ab">"You will observe, Watson, the alternative use of the long s and
+the short.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.3.11.2-ab">It is one of several indications which enabled me to
+fix the date."</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>I looked over his shoulder at the yellow paper and the faded
-script.</ab> <ab>At the head was written: "Baskerville Hall," and below in
-large, scrawling figures: "1742."</ab></p>
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.3.12-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.3.12.1-ab">I looked over his shoulder at the yellow paper and the faded
+script.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.3.12.2-ab">At the head was written: "Baskerville Hall," and below in
+large, scrawling figures: "1742."</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>"It appears to be a statement of some sort."</ab></p>
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.3.13-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.3.13.1-ab">"It appears to be a statement of some sort."</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>"Yes, it is a statement of a certain legend which runs in the
-Baskerville family."</ab></p>
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.3.14-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.3.14.1-ab">"Yes, it is a statement of a certain legend which runs in the
+Baskerville family."</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>"But I understand that it is something more modern and practical
-upon which you wish to consult me?"</ab></p>
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.3.15-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.3.15.1-ab">"But I understand that it is something more modern and practical
+upon which you wish to consult me?"</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>"Most modern.</ab> <ab>A most practical, pressing matter, which must be
-decided within twenty-four hours.</ab> <ab>But the manuscript is short and
-is intimately connected with the affair.</ab> <ab>With your permission I
-will read it to you."</ab></p>
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.3.16-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.3.16.1-ab">"Most modern.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.3.16.2-ab">A most practical, pressing matter, which must be
+decided within twenty-four hours.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.3.16.3-ab">But the manuscript is short and
+is intimately connected with the affair.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.3.16.4-ab">With your permission I
+will read it to you."</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>Holmes leaned back in his chair, placed his finger-tips together,
-and closed his eyes, with an air of resignation.</ab> <ab>Dr. Mortimer
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.3.17-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.3.17.1-ab">Holmes leaned back in his chair, placed his finger-tips together,
+and closed his eyes, with an air of resignation.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.3.17.2-ab">Dr. Mortimer
turned the manuscript to the light and read in a high, cracking
-voice the following curious, old-world narrative:—</ab></p>
+voice the following curious, old-world narrative:—</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>"Of the origin of the Hound of the Baskervilles there have been
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.3.18-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.3.18.1-ab">"Of the origin of the Hound of the Baskervilles there have been
many statements, yet as I come in a direct line from Hugo
Baskerville, and as I had the story from my father, who also had
it from his, I have set it down with all belief that it occurred
-even as is here set forth.</ab> <ab>And I would have you believe, my sons,
+even as is here set forth.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.3.18.2-ab">And I would have you believe, my sons,
that the same Justice which punishes sin may also most graciously
forgive it, and that no ban is so heavy but that by prayer and
-repentance it may be removed.</ab> <ab>Learn then from this story not to
+repentance it may be removed.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.3.18.3-ab">Learn then from this story not to
fear the fruits of the past, but rather to be circumspect in the
future, that those foul passions whereby our family has suffered
-so grievously may not again be loosed to our undoing.</ab></p>
+so grievously may not again be loosed to our undoing.</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>"Know then that in the time of the Great Rebellion (the history
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.3.19-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.3.19.1-ab">"Know then that in the time of the Great Rebellion (the history
of which by the learned Lord Clarendon I most earnestly commend
to your attention) this Manor of Baskerville was held by Hugo of
that name, nor can it be gainsaid that he was a most wild,
-profane, and godless man.</ab> <ab>This, in truth, his neighbours might
+profane, and godless man.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.3.19.2-ab">This, in truth, his neighbours might
have pardoned, seeing that saints have never flourished in those
parts, but there was in him a certain wanton and cruel humour
-which made his name a byword through the West.</ab> <ab>It chanced that
+which made his name a byword through the West.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.3.19.3-ab">It chanced that
this Hugo came to love (if, indeed, so dark a passion may be
known under so bright a name) the daughter of a yeoman who held
-lands near the Baskerville estate.</ab> <ab>But the young maiden, being
+lands near the Baskerville estate.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.3.19.4-ab">But the young maiden, being
discreet and of good repute, would ever avoid him, for she
-feared his evil name.</ab> <ab>So it came to pass that one Michaelmas
+feared his evil name.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.3.19.5-ab">So it came to pass that one Michaelmas
this Hugo, with five or six of his idle and wicked companions,
stole down upon the farm and carried off the maiden, her father
-and brothers being from home, as he well knew.</ab> <ab>When they had
+and brothers being from home, as he well knew.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.3.19.6-ab">When they had
brought her to the Hall the maiden was placed in an upper
chamber, while Hugo and his friends sat down to a long carouse,
-as was their nightly custom.</ab> <ab>Now, the poor lass upstairs was like
+as was their nightly custom.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.3.19.7-ab">Now, the poor lass upstairs was like
to have her wits turned at the singing and shouting and terrible
oaths which came up to her from below, for they say that the
words used by Hugo Baskerville, when he was in wine, were such as
-might blast the man who said them.</ab> <ab>At last in the stress of her
+might blast the man who said them.</ab>
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.3.19.8-ab">At last in the stress of her
fear she did that which might have daunted the bravest or most
active man, for by the aid of the growth of ivy which covered
(and still covers) the south wall she came down from under the
eaves, and so homeward across the moor, there being three leagues
-betwixt the Hall and her father's farm.</ab></p>
+betwixt the Hall and her father's farm.</ab>
+ </p>
-<p><ab>"It chanced that some little time later Hugo left his guests to
+ <p xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.3.20-p">
+ <ab xml:id="eng_txt_2.4.3.20.1-ab">"It chanced that some little time later Hugo left his guests to
carry food and drink—with other worse things, perchance—to his
-captive, and so found the cage empty and the bird es...
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