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Revision: 392 http://octc.svn.sourceforge.net/octc/?rev=392&view=rev Author: jimregan Date: 2010-11-07 02:40:09 +0000 (Sun, 07 Nov 2010) Log Message: ----------- some splitting Modified Paths: -------------- trunk/lg/eng/Baskerville/text.xml Modified: trunk/lg/eng/Baskerville/text.xml =================================================================== --- trunk/lg/eng/Baskerville/text.xml 2010-11-07 02:25:59 UTC (rev 391) +++ trunk/lg/eng/Baskerville/text.xml 2010-11-07 02:40:09 UTC (rev 392) @@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ </head> -<div><head>The Hound of the Baskervilles</head><p/><p>by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle</p> +<div><head>The Hound of the Baskervilles</head><p/><p><ab>by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle</ab></p> -<div><div><head>CONTENTS</head><p/><p><table border="0"> +<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> @@ -30,6802 +30,6802 @@ <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></p> +</table></ab></p> </div><div id="Chapter_1"><head>Chapter 1 -Mr. Sherlock Holmes</head><p/><p>Mr. Sherlock Holmes, who was usually very late in the mornings, +Mr. Sherlock Holmes</head><p/><p><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. I stood upon the +night, was seated at the breakfast table.</ab> <ab>I stood upon the hearth-rug and picked up the stick which our visitor had left -behind him the night before. It was a fine, thick piece of wood, +behind him the night before.</ab> <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. "To James Mortimer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the +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." It was just such a stick as the old-fashioned family practitioner used to -carry—dignified, solid, and reassuring.</p> +carry—dignified, solid, and reassuring.</ab></p> -<p>"Well, Watson, what do you make of it?"</p> +<p><ab>"Well, Watson, what do you make of it?"</ab></p> -<p>Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and I had given him no -sign of my occupation.</p> +<p><ab>Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and I had given him no +sign of my occupation.</ab></p> -<p>"How did you know what I was doing? I believe you have eyes in -the back of your head."</p> +<p><ab>"How did you know what I was doing? I believe you have eyes in +the back of your head."</ab></p> -<p>"I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-plated coffee-pot in -front of me," said he. "But, tell me, Watson, what do you make of +<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? Since we have been so unfortunate as to miss him and have no notion of his errand, this accidental souvenir -becomes of importance. Let me hear you reconstruct the man by an -examination of it."</p> +becomes of importance.</ab> <ab>Let me hear you reconstruct the man by an +examination of it."</ab></p> -<p>"I think," said I, following as far as I could the methods of my +<p><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."</p> +their appreciation."</ab></p> -<p>"Good!" said Holmes. "Excellent!"</p> +<p><ab>"Good!" said Holmes.</ab> <ab>"Excellent!"</ab></p> -<p>"I think also that the probability is in favour of his being a +<p><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."</p> +foot."</ab></p> -<p>"Why so?"</p> +<p><ab>"Why so?"</ab></p> -<p>"Because this stick, though originally a very handsome one has +<p><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. The thick-iron ferrule is worn down, so +practitioner carrying it.</ab> <ab>The thick-iron ferrule is worn down, so it is evident that he has done a great amount of walking with -it."</p> +it."</ab></p> -<p>"Perfectly sound!" said Holmes.</p> +<p><ab>"Perfectly sound!" said Holmes.</ab></p> -<p>"And then again, there is the 'friends of the C.C.H.' I should +<p><ab>"And then again, there is the 'friends of the C.C.H.' 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."</p> +has made him a small presentation in return."</ab></p> -<p>"Really, Watson, you excel yourself," said Holmes, pushing back -his chair and lighting a cigarette. "I am bound to say that in +<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 all the accounts which you have been so good as to give of my own small achievements you have habitually underrated your own -abilities. It may be that you are not yourself luminous, but you -are a conductor of light. Some people without possessing genius -have a remarkable power of stimulating it. I confess, my dear -fellow, that I am very much in your debt."</p> +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> -<p>He had never said as much before, and I must admit that his words +<p><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. I was proud, too, to think +made to give publicity to his methods.</ab> <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. He now took the stick from my hands -and examined it for a few minutes with his naked eyes. Then with +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 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.</p> +convex lens.</ab></p> -<p>"Interesting, though elementary," said he as he returned to his -favourite corner of the settee. "There are certainly one or two -indications upon the stick. It gives us the basis for several -deductions."</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>"Has anything escaped me?" I asked with some self-importance. "I +<p><ab>"Has anything escaped me?" I asked with some self-importance.</ab> <ab>"I trust that there is nothing of consequence which I have -overlooked?"</p> +overlooked?"</ab></p> -<p>"I am afraid, my dear Watson, that most of your conclusions were -erroneous. When I said that you stimulated me I meant, to be +<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 frank, that in noting your fallacies I was occasionally guided -towards the truth. Not that you are entirely wrong in this -instance. The man is certainly a country practitioner. And he -walks a good deal."</p> +towards the truth.</ab> <ab>Not that you are entirely wrong in this +instance.</ab> <ab>The man is certainly a country practitioner. And he +walks a good deal."</ab></p> -<p>"Then I was right."</p> +<p><ab>"Then I was right."</ab></p> -<p>"To that extent."</p> +<p><ab>"To that extent."</ab></p> -<p>"But that was all."</p> +<p><ab>"But that was all."</ab></p> -<p>"No, no, my dear Watson, not all—by no means all. I would +<p><ab>"No, no, my dear Watson, not all—by no means all.</ab> <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."</p> +'Charing Cross' very naturally suggest themselves."</ab></p> -<p>"You may be right."</p> +<p><ab>"You may be right."</ab></p> -<p>"The probability lies in that direction. And if we take this as a +<p><ab>"The probability lies in that direction.</ab> <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."</p> +construction of this unknown visitor."</ab></p> -<p>"Well, then, supposing that 'C.C.H.' does stand for 'Charing -Cross Hospital,' what further inferences may we draw?"</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>"Do none suggest themselves? You know my methods. Apply them!"</p> +<p><ab>"Do none suggest themselves? You know my methods.</ab> <ab>Apply them!"</ab></p> -<p>"I can only think of the obvious conclusion that the man has -practised in town before going to the country."</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>"I think that we might venture a little farther than this. Look -at it in this light. On what occasion would it be most probable +<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? When would his friends unite to give him a pledge of their good will? Obviously at the moment when Dr. Mortimer withdrew from the service of the -hospital in order to start in practice for himself. We know there -has been a presentation. We believe there has been a change from -a town hospital to a country practice. Is it, then, stretching +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 our inference too far to say that the presentation was on the -occasion of the change?"</p> +occasion of the change?"</ab></p> -<p>"It certainly seems probable."</p> +<p><ab>"It certainly seems probable."</ab></p> -<p>"Now, you will observe that he could not have been on the staff +<p><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. What was he, then? If he was in the +drift into the country.</ab> <ab>What was he, then? 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. And he left five years ago—the date is on the stick. So +student.</ab> <ab>And he left five years ago—the date is on the stick. 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."</p> +than a terrier and smaller than a mastiff."</ab></p> -<p>I laughed incredulously as Sherlock Holmes leaned back in his -settee and blew little wavering rings of smoke up to the ceiling.</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>"As to the latter part, I have no means of checking you," said I, +<p><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." From my small medical shelf I took down the Medical Directory and turned up the -name. There were several Mortimers, but only one who could be our -visitor. I read his record aloud.</p> +name.</ab> <ab>There were several Mortimers, but only one who could be our +visitor.</ab> <ab>I read his record aloud.</ab></p> -<p>"Mortimer, James, M.R.C.S., 1882, Grimpen, Dartmoor, -Devon. House-surgeon, from 1882 to 1884, at Charing Cross -Hospital. Winner of the Jackson prize for Comparative Pathology, +<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?' Corresponding -member of the Swedish Pathological Society. Author of 'Some -Freaks of Atavism' (Lancet 1882). 'Do We Progress?' (Journal of -Psychology, March, 1883). Medical Officer for the parishes of -Grimpen, Thorsley, and High Barrow."</p> +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>"No mention of that local hunt, Watson," said Holmes with a +<p><ab>"No mention of that local hunt, Watson," said Holmes with a mischievous smile, "but a country doctor, as you very astutely -observed. I think that I am fairly justified in my inferences. As +observed.</ab> <ab>I think that I am fairly justified in my inferences. As to the adjectives, I said, if I remember right, amiable, -unambitious, and absent-minded. It is my experience that it is +unambitious, and absent-minded.</ab> <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."</p> +visiting-card after waiting an hour in your room."</ab></p> -<p>"And the dog?"</p> +<p><ab>"And the dog?"</ab></p> -<p>"Has been in the habit of carrying this stick behind his master. -Being a heavy stick the dog has held it tightly by the middle, -and the marks of his teeth are very plainly visible. The dog's +<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 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. It -may have been—yes, by Jove, it is a curly-haired spaniel."</p> +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> -<p>He had risen and paced the room as he spoke. Now he halted in the -recess of the window. There was such a ring of conviction in his -voice that I glanced up in surprise.</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>"My dear fellow, how can you possibly be so sure of that?"</p> +<p><ab>"My dear fellow, how can you possibly be so sure of that?"</ab></p> -<p>"For the very simple reason that I see the dog himself on our -very door-step, and there is the ring of its owner. Don't move, I -beg you, Watson. He is a professional brother of yours, and your -presence may be of assistance to me. Now is the dramatic moment +<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 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. -What does Dr. James Mortimer, the man of science, ask of Sherlock -Holmes, the specialist in crime? Come in!"</p> +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? Come in!"</ab></p> -<p>The appearance of our visitor was a surprise to me, since I had -expected a typical country practitioner. He was a very tall, thin +<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 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. He was clad in a +behind a pair of gold-rimmed glasses.</ab> <ab>He was clad in a professional but rather slovenly fashion, for his frock-coat was -dingy and his trousers frayed. Though young, his long back was +dingy and his trousers frayed.</ab> <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. As he entered his eyes +and a general air of peering benevolence.</ab> <ab>As he entered his eyes fell upon the stick in Holmes's hand, and he ran towards it with -an exclamation of joy. "I am so very glad," said he. "I was not -sure whether I had left it here or in the Shipping Office. I -would not lose that stick for the world."</p> +an exclamation of joy.</ab> <ab>"I am so very glad," said he. "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> -<p>"A presentation, I see," said Holmes.</p> +<p><ab>"A presentation, I see," said Holmes.</ab></p> -<p>"Yes, sir."</p> +<p><ab>"Yes, sir."</ab></p> -<p>"From Charing Cross Hospital?"</p> +<p><ab>"From Charing Cross Hospital?"</ab></p> -<p>"From one or two friends there on the occasion of my marriage."</p> +<p><ab>"From one or two friends there on the occasion of my marriage."</ab></p> -<p>"Dear, dear, that's bad!" said Holmes, shaking his head.</p> +<p><ab>"Dear, dear, that's bad!" said Holmes, shaking his head.</ab></p> -<p>Dr. Mortimer blinked through his glasses in mild astonishment.</p> +<p><ab>Dr. Mortimer blinked through his glasses in mild astonishment.</ab></p> -<p>"Why was it bad?"</p> +<p><ab>"Why was it bad?"</ab></p> -<p>"Only that you have disarranged our little deductions. Your -marriage, you say?"</p> +<p><ab>"Only that you have disarranged our little deductions.</ab> <ab>Your +marriage, you say?"</ab></p> -<p>"Yes, sir. I married, and so left the hospital, and with it all -hopes of a consulting practice. It was necessary to make a home -of my own."</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>"Come, come, we are not so far wrong, after all," said Holmes. -"And now, Dr. James Mortimer ———"</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>"Mister, sir, Mister—a humble M.R.C.S."</p> +<p><ab>"Mister, sir, Mister—a humble M.R.C.S."</ab></p> -<p>"And a man of precise mind, evidently."</p> +<p><ab>"And a man of precise mind, evidently."</ab></p> -<p>"A dabbler in science, Mr. Holmes, a picker up of shells on the -shores of the great unknown ocean. I presume that it is Mr. -Sherlock Holmes whom I am addressing and not ———"</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>"No, this is my friend Dr. Watson."</p> +<p><ab>"No, this is my friend Dr. Watson."</ab></p> -<p>"Glad to meet you, sir. I have heard your name mentioned in -connection with that of your friend. You interest me very much, +<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. I had hardly expected so dolichocephalic a skull or -such well-marked supra-orbital development. Would you have any +such well-marked supra-orbital development.</ab> <ab>Would you have any objection to my running my finger along your parietal fissure? A cast of your skull, sir, until the original is available, would -be an ornament to any anthropological museum. It is not my -intention to be fulsome, but I confess that I covet your skull."</p> +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> -<p>Sherlock Holmes waved our strange visitor into a chair. "You are +<p><ab>Sherlock Holmes waved our strange visitor into a chair.</ab> <ab>"You are an enthusiast in your line of thought, I perceive, sir, as I am -in mine," said he. "I observe from your forefinger that you make -your own cigarettes. Have no hesitation in lighting one."</p> +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> -<p>The man drew out paper and tobacco and twirled the one up in the -other with surprising dexterity. He had long, quivering fingers -as agile and restless as the antennae of an insect.</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>Holmes was silent, but his little darting glances showed me the -interest which he took in our curious companion.</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>"I presume, sir," said he at last, "that it was not merely for +<p><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?"</p> +honour to call here last night and again to-day?"</ab></p> -<p>"No, sir, no; though I am happy to have had the opportunity of -doing that as well. I came to you, Mr. Holmes, because I +<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 recognized that I am myself an unpractical man and because I am suddenly confronted with a most serious and extraordinary -problem. Recognizing, as I do, that you are the second highest -expert in Europe ———"</p> +problem.</ab> <ab>Recognizing, as I do, that you are the second highest +expert in Europe ———"</ab></p> -<p>"Indeed, sir! May I inquire who has the honour to be the first?" -asked Holmes with some asperity.</p> +<p><ab>"Indeed, sir! May I inquire who has the honour to be the first?" +asked Holmes with some asperity.</ab></p> -<p>"To the man of precisely scientific mind the work of Monsieur -Bertillon must always appeal strongly."</p> +<p><ab>"To the man of precisely scientific mind the work of Monsieur +Bertillon must always appeal strongly."</ab></p> -<p>"Then had you not better consult him?"</p> +<p><ab>"Then had you not better consult him?"</ab></p> -<p>"I said, sir, to the precisely scientific mind. But as a -practical man of affairs it is acknowledged that you stand alone. -I trust, sir, that I have not inadvertently ———"</p> +<p><ab>"I said, sir, to the precisely scientific mind.</ab> <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> -<p>"Just a little," said Holmes. "I think, Dr. Mortimer, you would +<p><ab>"Just a little," said Holmes.</ab> <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."</p> +assistance."</ab></p> </div><div id="Chapter_2"><head>Chapter 2 -The Curse of the Baskervilles</head><p/><p>"I have in my pocket a manuscript," said Dr. James Mortimer.</p> +The Curse of the Baskervilles</head><p/><p><ab>"I have in my pocket a manuscript," said Dr. James Mortimer.</ab></p> -<p>"I observed it as you entered the room," said Holmes.</p> +<p><ab>"I observed it as you entered the room," said Holmes.</ab></p> -<p>"It is an old manuscript."</p> +<p><ab>"It is an old manuscript."</ab></p> -<p>"Early eighteenth century, unless it is a forgery."</p> +<p><ab>"Early eighteenth century, unless it is a forgery."</ab></p> -<p>"How can you say that, sir?"</p> +<p><ab>"How can you say that, sir?"</ab></p> -<p>"You have presented an inch or two of it to my examination all -the time that you have been talking. It would be a poor expert -who could not give the date of a document within a decade or so. -You may possibly have read my little monograph upon the subject. -I put that at 1730."</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 +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> -<p>"The exact date is 1742." Dr. Mortimer drew it from his -breast-pocket. "This family paper was committed to my care by Sir +<p><ab>"The exact date is 1742." Dr. Mortimer drew it from his +breast-pocket.</ab> <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. I may say -that I was his personal friend as well as his medical attendant. -He was a strong-minded man, sir, shrewd, practical, and as -unimaginative as I am myself. Yet he took this document very +months ago created so much excitement in Devonshire.</ab> <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 seriously, and his mind was prepared for just such an end as did -eventually overtake him."</p> +eventually overtake him."</ab></p> -<p>Holmes stretched out his hand for the manuscript and flattened it -upon his knee.</p> +<p><ab>Holmes stretched out his hand for the manuscript and flattened it +upon his knee.</ab></p> -<p>"You will observe, Watson, the alternative use of the long s and -the short. It is one of several indications which enabled me to -fix the date."</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>I looked over his shoulder at the yellow paper and the faded -script. At the head was written: "Baskerville Hall," and below in -large, scrawling figures: "1742."</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>"It appears to be a statement of some sort."</p> +<p><ab>"It appears to be a statement of some sort."</ab></p> -<p>"Yes, it is a statement of a certain legend which runs in the -Baskerville family."</p> +<p><ab>"Yes, it is a statement of a certain legend which runs in the +Baskerville family."</ab></p> -<p>"But I understand that it is something more modern and practical -upon which you wish to consult me?"</p> +<p><ab>"But I understand that it is something more modern and practical +upon which you wish to consult me?"</ab></p> -<p>"Most modern. A most practical, pressing matter, which must be -decided within twenty-four hours. But the manuscript is short and -is intimately connected with the affair. With your permission I -will read it to you."</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>Holmes leaned back in his chair, placed his finger-tips together, -and closed his eyes, with an air of resignation. Dr. Mortimer +<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 turned the manuscript to the light and read in a high, cracking -voice the following curious, old-world narrative:—</p> +voice the following curious, old-world narrative:—</ab></p> -<p>"Of the origin of the Hound of the Baskervilles there have been +<p><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. And I would have you believe, my sons, +even as is here set forth.</ab> <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. Learn then from this story not to +repentance it may be removed.</ab> <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.</p> +so grievously may not again be loosed to our undoing.</ab></p> -<p>"Know then that in the time of the Great Rebellion (the history +<p><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. This, in truth, his neighbours might +profane, and godless man.</ab> <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. It chanced that +which made his name a byword through the West.</ab> <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. But the young maiden, being +lands near the Baskerville estate.</ab> <ab>But the young maiden, being discreet and of good repute, would ever avoid him, for she -feared his evil name. So it came to pass that one Michaelmas +feared his evil name.</ab> <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. When they had +and brothers being from home, as he well knew.</ab> <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. Now, the poor lass upstairs was like +as was their nightly custom.</ab> <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. At last in the stress of her +might blast the man who said them.</ab> <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.</p> +betwixt the Hall and her father's farm.</ab></p> -<p>"It chanced that some little time later Hugo left his guests to +<p><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 escaped. Then, +captive, and so found the cage empty and the bird escaped.</ab> <ab>Then, as it would seem, he became as one that hath a devil, for, rushing down the stairs into the dining-hall, he sprang upon the great table, flagons and trenchers flying before him, and he cried aloud before all the company that he would that very night render his body and soul to the Powers of Evil if he might but -overtake the wench. And while the revellers stood aghast at the +overtake the wench.</ab> <ab>And while the revellers stood aghast at the fury of the man, one more wicked or, it may be, more drunken than -the rest, cried out that they should put the hounds upon her. -Whereat Hugo ran from the house, crying to his grooms that they +the rest, cried out that they should put the hounds upon her.</ab> +<ab>Whereat Hugo ran from the house, crying to his grooms that they should saddle his mare and unkennel the pack, and giving the hounds a kerchief of the maid's, he swung them to the line, and -so off full cry in the moonlight over the moor.</p> +so off full cry in the moonlight over the moor.</ab></p> -<p>"Now, for some space the revellers stood agape, unable to -understand all that had been done in such haste. But anon their +<p><ab>"Now, for some space the revellers stood agape, unable to +understand all that had been done in such haste.</ab> <ab>But anon their bemused wits awoke to the nature of the deed which was like to be -done upon the moorlands. Everything was now in an uproar, some +done upon the moorlands.</ab> <ab>Everything was now in an uproar, some calling for their pistols, some for their horses, and some for -another flask of wine. But at length some sense came back to +another flask of wine.</ab> <ab>But at length some sense came back to their crazed minds, and the whole of them, thirteen in number, -took horse and started in pursuit. The moon shone clear above +took horse and started in pursuit.</ab> <ab>The moon shone clear above them, and they rode swiftly abreast, taking that course which the -maid must needs have taken if she were to reach her own home.</p> +maid must needs have taken if she were to reach her own home.</ab></p> -<p>"They had gone a mile or two when they passed one of the night +<p><ab>"They had gone a mile or two when they passed one of the night shepherds upon the moorlands, and they cried to him to know if he -had seen the hunt. And the man, as the story goes, was so crazed +had seen the hunt.</ab> <ab>And the man, as the story goes, was so crazed with fear that he could scarce speak, but at last he said that he had indeed seen the unhappy maiden, with the hounds upon her -track. 'But I have seen more than that,' said he, 'for Hugo +track.</ab> <ab>'But I have seen more than that,' said he, 'for Hugo Baskerville passed me upon his black mare, and there ran mute behind him such a hound of hell as God forbid should ever be at my heels.' So the drunken squires cursed the shepherd and rode -onward. But soon their skins turned cold, for there came a +onward.</ab> <ab>But soon their skins turned cold, for there came a galloping across the moor, and the black mare, dabbled with white -froth, went past with trailing bridle and empty saddle. Then the +froth, went past with trailing bridle and empty saddle.</ab> <ab>Then the revellers rode close together, for a great fear was on them, but they still followed over the moor, though each, had he been alone, would have been right glad to have turned his horse's -head. Riding slowly in this fashion they came at last upon the -hounds. These, though known for their valour and their breed, +head.</ab> <ab>Riding slowly in this fashion they came at last upon the +hounds.</ab> <ab>These, though known for their valour and their breed, were whimpering in a cluster at the head of a deep dip or goyal, as we call it, upon the moor, some slinking away and some, with starting hackles and staring eyes, gazing down the narrow valley -before them.</p> +before them.</ab></p> -<p>"The company had come to a halt, more sober men, as you may -guess, than when they started. The most of them would by no means +<p><ab>"The company had come to a halt, more sober men, as you may +guess, than when they started.</ab> <ab>The most of them would by no means advance, but three of them, the boldest, or it may be the most -drunken, rode forward down the goyal. Now, it opened into a broad +drunken, rode forward down the goyal.</ab> <ab>Now, it opened into a broad space in which stood two of those great stones, still to be seen there, which were set by certain forgotten peoples in the days of -old. The moon was shining bright upon the clearing, and there in +old.</ab> <ab>The moon was shining bright upon the clearing, and there in the centre lay the unhappy maid where she had fallen, dead of -fear and of fatigue. But it was not the sight of her body, nor +fear and of fatigue.</ab> <ab>But it was not the sight of her body, nor yet was it that of the body of Hugo Baskerville lying near her, which raised the hair upon the heads of these three daredevil roysterers, but it was that, standing over Hugo, and plucking at his throat, there stood a foul thing, a great, black beast, shaped like a hound, yet larger than any hound that ever mortal -eye has rested upon. And even as they looked the thing tore the +eye has rested upon.</ab> <ab>And even as they looked the thing tore the throat out of Hugo Baskerville, on which, as it turned its blazing eyes and dripping jaws upon them, the three shrieked with -fear and rode for dear life, still screaming, across the moor. -One, it is said, died that very night of what he had seen, and -the other twain were but broken men for the rest of their days.</p> +fear and rode for dear life, still screaming, across the moor.</ab> +<ab>One, it is said, died that very night of what he had seen, and +the other twain were but broken men for the rest of their days.</ab></p> -<p>"Such is the tale, my sons, of the coming of the hound which is -said to have plagued the family so sorely ever since. If I have +<p><ab>"Such is the tale, my sons, of the coming of the hound which is +said to have plagued the family so sorely ever since.</ab> <ab>If I have set it down it is because that which is clearly known hath less -terror than that which is but hinted at and guessed. Nor can it +terror than that which is but hinted at and guessed.</ab> <ab>Nor can it be denied that many of the family have been unhappy in their -deaths, which have been sudden, bloody, and mysterious. Yet may +deaths, which have been sudden, bloody, and mysterious.</ab> <ab>Yet may we shelter ourselves in the infinite goodness of Providence, which would not forever punish the innocent beyond that third or -fourth generation which is threatened in Holy Writ. To that +fourth generation which is threatened in Holy Writ.</ab> <ab>To that Providence, my sons, I hereby commend you, and I counsel you by way of caution to forbear from crossing the moor in those dark -hours when the powers of evil are exalted.</p> +hours when the powers of evil are exalted.</ab></p> -<p>"[This from Hugo Baskerville to his sons Rodger and John, with +<p><ab>"[This from Hugo Baskerville to his sons Rodger and John, with instructions that they say nothing thereof to their sister -Elizabeth.]"</p> +Elizabeth.]"</ab></p> -<p>When Dr. Mortimer had finished reading this singular narrative he +<p><ab>When Dr. Mortimer had finished reading this singular narrative he pushed his spectacles up on his forehead and stared across at Mr. -Sherlock Holmes. The latter yawned and tossed the end of his -cigarette into the fire.</p> +Sherlock Holmes.</ab> <ab>The latter yawned and tossed the end of his +cigarette into the fire.</ab></p> -<p>"Well?" said he.</p> +<p><ab>"Well?" said he.</ab></p> -<p>"Do you not find it interesting?"</p> +<p><ab>"Do you not find it interesting?"</ab></p> -<p>"To a collector of fairy tales."</p> +<p><ab>"To a collector of fairy tales."</ab></p> -<p>Dr. Mortimer drew a folded newspaper out of his pocket.</p> +<p><ab>Dr. Mortimer drew a folded newspaper out of his pocket.</ab></p> -<p>"Now, Mr. Holmes, we will give you something a little more -recent. This is the Devon County Chronicle of May 14th of this -year. It is a short account of the facts elicited at the death of +<p><ab>"Now, Mr. Holmes, we will give you something a little more +recent.</ab> <ab>This is the Devon County Chronicle of May 14th of this +year.</ab> <ab>It is a short account of the facts elicited at the death of Sir Charles Baskerville which occurred a few days before that -date."</p> +date."</ab></p> -<p>My friend leaned a little forward and his expression became -intent. Our visitor readjusted his glasses and began:—</p> +<p><ab>My friend leaned a little forward and his expression became +intent.</ab> <ab>Our visitor readjusted his glasses and began:—</ab></p> -<p>"The recent sudden death of Sir Charles Baskerville, whose name +<p><ab>"The recent sudden death of Sir Charles Baskerville, whose name has been mentioned as the probable Liberal candidate for -Mid-Devon at the next election, has cast a gloom over the county. -Though Sir Charles had resided at Baskerville Hall for a +Mid-Devon at the next election, has cast a gloom over the county.</ab> +<ab>Though Sir Charles had resided at Baskerville Hall for a comparatively short period his amiability of character and extreme generosity had won the affection and respect of all who -had been brought into contact with him. In these days of <emph>nouveaux +had been brought into contact with him.</ab> <ab>In these days of <emph>nouveaux riches</emph> it is refreshing to find a case where the scion of an old county family which has fallen upon evil days is able to make his own fortune and to bring it back with him to restore the fallen -grandeur of his line. Sir Charles, as is well known, made large -sums of money in South African speculation. More wise than those +grandeur of his line.</ab> <ab>Sir Charles, as is well known, made large +sums of money in South African speculation.</ab> <ab>More wise than those who go on until the wheel turns against them, he realized his -gains and returned to England with them. It is only two years +gains and returned to England with them.</ab> <ab>It is only two years since he took up his residence at Baskerville Hall, and it is common talk how large were those schemes of reconstruction and -improvement which have been interrupted by his death. Being +improvement which have been interrupted by his death.</ab> <ab>Being himself childless, it was his openly expressed desire that the whole country-side should, within his own lifetime, profit by his good fortune, and many will have personal reasons for bewailing -his untimely end. His generous donations to local and county -charities have been frequently chronicled in these columns.</p> +his untimely end.</ab> <ab>His generous donations to local and county +charities have been frequently chronicled in these columns.</ab></p> -<p>"The circumstances connected with the death of Sir Charles +<p><ab>"The circumstances connected with the death of Sir Charles cannot be said to have been entirely cleared up by the inquest, but at least enough has been done to dispose of those rumours to -which local superstition has given rise. There is no reason +which local superstition has given rise.</ab> <ab>There is no reason whatever to suspect foul play, or to imagine that death could be -from any but natural causes. Sir Charles was a widower, and a man +from any but natural causes.</ab> <ab>Sir Charles was a widower, and a man who may be said to have been in some ways of an eccentric habit -of mind. In spite of his considerable wealth he was simple in his +of mind.</ab> <ab>In spite of his considerable wealth he was simple in his personal tastes, and his indoor servants at Baskerville Hall consisted of a married couple named Barrymore, the husband acting -as butler and the wife as housekeeper. Their evidence, +as butler and the wife as housekeeper.</ab> <ab>Their evidence, corroborated by that of several friends, tends to show that Sir Charles's health has for some time been impaired, and points especially to some affection of the heart, manifesting itself in changes of colour, breathlessness, and acute attacks of nervous -depression. Dr. James Mortimer, the friend and medical attendant -of the deceased, has given evidence to the same effect.</p> +depression.</ab> <ab>Dr. James Mortimer, the friend and medical attendant +of the deceased, has given evidence to the same effect.</ab></p> -<p>"The facts of the case are simple. Sir Charles Baskerville was in +<p><ab>"The facts of the case are simple.</ab> <ab>Sir Charles Baskerville was in the habit every night before going to bed of walking down the -famous Yew Alley of Baskerville Hall. The evidence of the -Barrymores shows that this had been his custom. On the 4th of May +famous Yew Alley of Baskerville Hall.</ab> <ab>The evidence of the +Barrymores shows that this had been his custom.</ab> <ab>On the 4th of May Sir Charles had declared his intention of starting next day for -London, and had ordered Barrymore to prepare his luggage. That +London, and had ordered Barrymore to prepare his luggage.</ab> <ab>That night he went out as usual for his nocturnal walk, in the course -of which he was in the habit of smoking a cigar. He never -returned. At twelve o'clock Barrymore, finding the hall door +of which he was in the habit of smoking a cigar.</ab> <ab>He never +returned.</ab> <ab>At twelve o'clock Barrymore, finding the hall door still open, became alarmed, and, lighting a lantern, went in -search of his master. The day had been wet, and Sir Charles's -footmarks were easily traced down the Alley. Half-way down this -walk there is a gate which leads out on to the moor. There were -indications that Sir Charles had stood for some little time here. -He then proceeded down the Alley, and it was at the far end of it -that his body was discovered. One fact which has not been +search of his master.</ab> <ab>The day had been wet, and Sir Charles's +footmarks were easily traced down the Alley.</ab> <ab>Half-way down this +walk there is a gate which leads out on to the moor.</ab> <ab>There were +indications that Sir Charles had stood for some little time here.</ab> +<ab>He then proceeded down the Alley, and it was at the far end of it +that his body was discovered.</ab> <ab>One fact which has not been explained is the statement of Barrymore that his master's footprints altered their character from the time that he passed the moor-gate, and that he appeared from thence onward to have -been walking upon his toes. One Murphy, a gipsy horse-dealer, was +been walking upon his toes.</ab> <ab>One Murphy, a gipsy horse-dealer, was on the moor at no great distance at the time, but he appears by -his own confession to have been the worse for drink. He declares +his own confession to have been the worse for drink.</ab> <ab>He declares that he heard cries, but is unable to state from what -direction they came. No signs of violence were to be discovered +direction they came.</ab> <ab>No signs of violence were to be discovered upon Sir Charles's person, and though the doctor's evidence pointed to an almost incredible facial distortion—so great that Dr. Mortimer refused at first to believe that it was indeed his friend and patient who lay before him—it was explained that that is a symptom which is not unusual in cases of dyspnoea and death -from cardiac exhaustion. This explanation was borne out by the +from cardiac exhaustion.</ab> <ab>This explanation was borne out by the post-mortem examination, which showed long-standing organic disease, and the coroner's jury returned a verdict in accordance -with the medical evidence. It is well that this is so, for it is +with the medical evidence.</ab> <ab>It is well that this is so, for it is obviously of the utmost importance that Sir Charles's heir should settle at the Hall and continue the good work which has been so -sadly interrupted. Had the prosaic finding of the coroner not +sadly interrupted.</ab> <ab>Had the prosaic finding of the coroner not finally put an end to the romantic stories which have been whispered in connection with the affair, it might have been -difficult to find a tenant for Baskerville Hall. It is understood +difficult to find a tenant for Baskerville Hall.</ab> <ab>It is understood that the next of kin is Mr. Henry Baskerville, if he be still -alive, the son of Sir Charles Baskerville's younger brother. The +alive, the son of Sir Charles Baskerville's younger brother.</ab> <ab>The young man when last heard of was in America, and inquiries are being instituted with a view to informing him of his good -fortune."</p> +fortune."</ab></p> -<p>Dr. Mortimer refolded his paper and replaced it in his pocket.</p> +<p><ab>Dr. Mortimer refolded his paper and replaced it in his pocket.</ab></p> -<p>"Those are the public facts, Mr. Holmes, in connection with the -death of Sir Charles Baskerville."</p> +<p><ab>"Those are the public facts, Mr. Holmes, in connection with the +death of Sir Charles Baskerville."</ab></p> -<p>"I must thank you," said Sherlock Holmes, "for calling my +<p><ab>"I must thank you," said Sherlock Holmes, "for calling my attention to a case which certainly presents some features of -interest. I had observed some newspaper comment at the time, but +interest.</ab> <ab>I had observed some newspaper comment at the time, but I was exceedingly preoccupied by that little affair of the Vatican cameos, and in my anxiety to oblige the Pope I lost touch -with several interesting English cases. This article, you say, -contains all the public facts?"</p> +with several interesting English cases.</ab> <ab>This article, you say, +contains all the public facts?"</ab></p> -<p>"It does."</p> +<p><ab>"It does."</ab></p> -<p>"Then let me have the private ones." He leaned back, put his +<p><ab>"Then let me have the private ones." He leaned back, put his finger-tips together, and assumed his most impassive and judicial -expression.</p> +expression.</ab></p> -<p>"In doing so," said Dr. Mortimer, who had begun to show signs of +<p><ab>"In doing so," said Dr. Mortimer, who had begun to show signs of some strong emotion, "I am telling that which I have not confided -to anyone. My motive for withholding it from the coroner's +to anyone.</ab> <ab>My motive for withholding it from the coroner's inquiry is that a man of science shrinks from placing himself in -the public position of seeming to indorse a popular superstition. -I had the further motive that Baskerville Hall, as the paper +the public position of seeming to indorse a popular superstition.</ab> +<ab>I had the further motive that Baskerville Hall, as the paper says, would certainly remain untenanted if anything were done to -increase its already rather grim reputation. For both these +increase its already rather grim reputation.</ab> <ab>For both these reasons I thought that I was justified in telling rather less than I knew, since no practical good could result from it, but -with you there is no reason why I should not be perfectly frank.</p> +with you there is no reason why I should not be perfectly frank.</ab></p> -<p>"The moor is very sparsely inhabited, and those who live near -each other are thrown very much together. For this reason I saw a -good deal of Sir Charles Baskerville. With the exception of Mr. +<p><ab>"The moor is very sparsely inhabited, and those who live near +each other are thrown very much together.</ab> <ab>For this reason I saw a +good deal of Sir Charles Baskerville.</ab> <ab>With the exception of Mr. Frankland, of Lafter Hall, and Mr. Stapleton, the naturalist, -there are no other men of education within many miles. Sir +there are no other men of education within many miles.</ab> <ab>Sir Charles was a retiring man, but the chance of his illness brought -us together, and a community of interests in science kept us so. -He had brought back much scientific information from South +us together, and a community of interests in science kept us so.</ab> +<ab>He had brought back much scientific information from South Africa, and many a charming evening we have spent together discussing the comparative anatomy of the Bushman and the -Hottentot.</p> +Hottentot.</ab></p> -<p>"Within the last few months it became increasingly plain to me +<p><ab>"Within the last few months it became increasingly plain to me that Sir Charles's nervous system was strained to the breaking -point. He had taken this legend which I have read you exceedingly +point.</ab> <ab>He had taken this legend which I have read you exceedingly to heart—so much so that, although he would walk in his own grounds, nothing would induce him to go out upon the moor at -night. Incredible as it may appear to you, Mr. Holmes, he was +night.</ab> <ab>Incredible as it may appear to you, Mr. Holmes, he was honestly convinced that a dreadful fate overhung his family, and certainly the records which he was able to give of his ancestors -were not encouraging. The idea of some ghastly presence +were not encouraging.</ab> <ab>The idea of some ghastly presence constantly haunted him, and on more than one occasion he has asked me whether I had on my medical journeys at night ever seen -any strange creature or heard the baying of a hound. The latter +any strange creature or heard the baying of a hound.</ab> <ab>The latter question he put to me several times, and always with a voice -which vibrated with excitement.</p> +which vibrated with excitement.</ab></p> -<p>"I can well remember driving up to his house in the evening some -three weeks before the fatal event. He chanced to be at his hall -door. I had descended from my gig and was standing in front of +<p><ab>"I can well remember driving up to his house in the evening some +three weeks before the fatal event.</ab> <ab>He chanced to be at his hall +door.</ab> <ab>I had descended from my gig and was standing in front of him, when I saw his eyes fix themselves over my shoulder, and -stare past me with an expression of the most dreadful horror. I +stare past me with an expression of the most dreadful horror.</ab> <ab>I whisked round and had just time to catch a glimpse of something which I took to be a large black calf passing at the head of the -drive. So excited and alarmed was he that I was compelled to go +drive.</ab> <ab>So excited and alarmed was he that I was compelled to go down to the spot where the animal had been and look around for -it. It was gone, however, and the incident appeared to make the -worst impression upon his mind. I stayed with him all the +it.</ab> <ab>It was gone, however, and the incident appeared to make the +worst impression upon his mind.</ab> <ab>I stayed with him all the evening, and it was on that occasion, to explain the emotion which he had shown, that he confided to my keeping that narrative -which I read to you when first I came. I mention this small +which I read to you when first I came.</ab> <ab>I mention this small episode because it assumes some importance in view of the tragedy which followed, but I was convinced at the time that the matter was entirely trivial and that his excitement had no -justification.</p> +justification.</ab></p> -<p>"It was at my advice that Sir Charles was about to go to London. -His heart was, I knew, affected, and the constant anxiety in +<p><ab>"It was at my advice that Sir Charles was about to go to London.</ab> +<ab>His heart was, I knew, affected, and the constant anxiety in which he lived, however chimerical the cause of it might be, was -evidently having a serious effect upon his health. I thought that +evidently having a serious effect upon his health.</ab> <ab>I thought that a few months among the distractions of town would send him back a -new man. Mr. Stapleton, a mutual friend who was much concerned at -his state of health, was of the same opinion. At the last instant -came this terrible catastrophe.</p> +new man.</ab> <ab>Mr. Stapleton, a mutual friend who was much concerned at +his state of health, was of the same opinion.</ab> <ab>At the last instant +came this terrible catastrophe.</ab></p> -<p>"On the night of Sir Charles's death Barrymore the butler, who +<p><ab>"On the night of Sir Charles's death Barrymore the butler, who made the discovery, sent Perkins the groom on horseback to me, and as I was sitting up late I was able to reach Baskerville Hall -within an hour of the event. I checked and corroborated all the -facts which were mentioned at the inquest. I followed the +within an hour of the event.</ab> <ab>I checked and corroborated all the +facts which were mentioned at the inquest.</ab> <ab>I followed the footsteps down the Yew Alley, I saw the spot at the moor-gate where he seemed to have waited, I remarked the change in the shape of the prints after that point, I noted that there were no other footsteps save those of Barrymore on the soft gravel, and finally I carefully examined the body, which had not been touched -until my arrival. Sir Charles lay on his face, his arms out, his +until my arrival.</ab> <ab>Sir Charles lay on his face, his arms out, his fingers dug into the ground, and his features convulsed with some strong emotion to such an extent that I could hardly have sworn -to his identity. There was certainly no physical injury of any -kind. But one false statement was made by Barrymore at the -inquest. He said that there were no traces upon the ground round -the body. He did not observe any. But I did—some little distance -off, but fresh and clear."</p> +to his identity.</ab> <ab>There was certainly no physical injury of any +kind.</ab> <ab>But one false statement was made by Barrymore at the +inquest.</ab> <ab>He said that there were no traces upon the ground round +the body.</ab> <ab>He did not observe any. But I did—some little distance +off, but fresh and clear."</ab></p> -<p>"Footprints?"</p> +<p><ab>"Footprints?"</ab></p> -<p>"Footprints."</p> +<p><ab>"Footprints."</ab></p> -<p>"A man's or a woman's?"</p> +<p><ab>"A man's or a woman's?"</ab></p> -<p>Dr. Mortimer looked strangely at us for an instant, and his voice -sank almost to a whisper as he answered:—</p> +<p><ab>Dr. Mortimer looked strangely at us for an instant, and his voice +sank almost to a whisper as he answered:—</ab></p> -<p>"Mr. Holmes, they were the footprints of a gigantic hound!"</p> +<p><ab>"Mr. Holmes, they were the footprints of a gigantic hound!"</ab></p> </div><div id="Chapter_3"><head>Chapter 3 -The Problem</head><p/><p>I confess at these words a shudder passed through me. There was a +The Problem</head><p/><p><ab>I confess at these words a shudder passed through me.</ab> <ab>There was a thrill in the doctor's voice which showed that he was himself -deeply moved by that which he told us. 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<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 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