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"
The
baronet
himself
told
him
about
the
family
hound
,
and
so
prepared
the
way
for
his
own
death
.
Stapleton
,
as
I
will
continue
to
call
him
,
knew
that
the
old
man
's
heart
was
weak
and
that
a
shock
would
kill
him
.
So
much
he
had
learned
from
Dr.
Mortimer
.
He
had
heard
also
that
Sir
Charles
was
superstitious
and
had
taken
this
grim
legend
very
seriously
.
His
ingenious
mind
instantly
suggested
a
way
by
which
the
baronet
could
be
done
to
death
,
and
yet
it
would
be
hardly
possible
to
bring
home
the
guilt
to
the
real
murderer
.
"
Having
conceived
the
idea
he
proceeded
to
carry
it
out
with
considerable
finesse
.
An
ordinary
schemer
would
have
been
content
to
work
with
a
savage
hound
.
The
use
of
artificial
means
to
make
the
creature
diabolical
was
a
flash
of
genius
upon
his
part
.
The
dog
he
bought
in
London
from
Ross
and
Mangles
,
the
dealers
in
Fulham
Road
.
It
was
the
strongest
and
most
savage
in
their
possession
.
He
brought
it
down
by
the
North
Devon
line
and
walked
a
great
distance
over
the
moor
so
as
to
get
it
home
without
exciting
any
remarks
.
He
had
already
on
his
insect
hunts
learned
to
penetrate
the
Grimpen
Mire
,
and
so
had
found
a
safe
hiding-place
for
the
creature
.
Here
he
kennelled
it
and
waited
his
chance
.
"
But
it
was
some
time
coming
.
The
old
gentleman
could
not
be
decoyed
outside
of
his
grounds
at
night
.
Several
times
Stapleton
lurked
about
with
his
hound
,
but
without
avail
.
It
was
during
these
fruitless
quests
that
he
,
or
rather
his
ally
,
was
seen
by
peasants
,
and
that
the
legend
of
the
demon
dog
received
a
new
confirmation
.
He
had
hoped
that
his
wife
might
lure
Sir
Charles
to
his
ruin
,
but
here
she
proved
unexpectedly
independent
.
She
would
not
endeavour
to
entangle
the
old
gentleman
in
a
sentimental
attachment
which
might
deliver
him
over
to
his
enemy
.
Threats
and
even
,
I
am
sorry
to
say
,
blows
refused
to
move
her
.
She
would
have
nothing
to
do
with
it
,
and
for
a
time
Stapleton
was
at
a
deadlock
.
"
He
found
a
way
out
of
his
difficulties
through
the
chance
that
Sir
Charles
,
who
had
conceived
a
friendship
for
him
,
made
him
the
minister
of
his
charity
in
the
case
of
this
unfortunate
woman
,
Mrs.
Laura
Lyons
.
By
representing
himself
as
a
single
man
he
acquired
complete
influence
over
her
,
and
he
gave
her
to
understand
that
in
the
event
of
her
obtaining
a
divorce
from
her
husband
he
would
marry
her
.
His
plans
were
suddenly
brought
to
a
head
by
his
knowledge
that
Sir
Charles
was
about
to
leave
the
Hall
on
the
advice
of
Dr.
Mortimer
,
with
whose
opinion
he
himself
pretended
to
coincide
.
He
must
act
at
once
,
or
his
victim
might
get
beyond
his
power
.
He
therefore
put
pressure
upon
Mrs.
Lyons
to
write
this
letter
,
imploring
the
old
man
to
give
her
an
interview
on
the
evening
before
his
departure
for
London
.
He
then
,
by
a
specious
argument
,
prevented
her
from
going
,
and
so
had
the
chance
for
which
he
had
waited
.
"
Driving
back
in
the
evening
from
Coombe
Tracey
he
was
in
time
to
get
his
hound
,
to
treat
it
with
his
infernal
paint
,
and
to
bring
the
beast
round
to
the
gate
at
which
he
had
reason
to
expect
that
he
would
find
the
old
gentleman
waiting
.
The
dog
,
incited
by
its
master
,
sprang
over
the
wicket-gate
and
pursued
the
unfortunate
baronet
,
who
fled
screaming
down
the
Yew
Alley
.
In
that
gloomy
tunnel
it
must
indeed
have
been
a
dreadful
sight
to
see
that
huge
black
creature
,
with
its
flaming
jaws
and
blazing
eyes
,
bounding
after
its
victim
.
He
fell
dead
at
the
end
of
the
alley
from
heart
disease
and
terror
.
The
hound
had
kept
upon
the
grassy
border
while
the
baronet
had
run
down
the
path
,
so
that
no
track
but
the
man
's
was
visible
.
On
seeing
him
lying
still
the
creature
had
probably
approached
to
sniff
at
him
,
but
finding
him
dead
had
turned
away
again
.
It
was
then
that
it
left
the
print
which
was
actually
observed
by
Dr.
Mortimer
.
The
hound
was
called
off
and
hurried
away
to
its
lair
in
the
Grimpen
Mire
,
and
a
mystery
was
left
which
puzzled
the
authorities
,
alarmed
the
country-side
,
and
finally
brought
the
case
within
the
scope
of
our
observation
.
"
So
much
for
the
death
of
Sir
Charles
Baskerville
.
You
perceive
the
devilish
cunning
of
it
,
for
really
it
would
be
almost
impossible
to
make
a
case
against
the
real
murderer
.
His
only
accomplice
was
one
who
could
never
give
him
away
,
and
the
grotesque
,
inconceivable
nature
of
the
device
only
served
to
make
it
more
effective
.
Both
of
the
women
concerned
in
the
case
,
Mrs.
Stapleton
and
Mrs.
Laura
Lyons
,
were
left
with
a
strong
suspicion
against
Stapleton
.
Mrs.
Stapleton
knew
that
he
had
designs
upon
the
old
man
,
and
also
of
the
existence
of
the
hound
.
Mrs.
Lyons
knew
neither
of
these
things
,
but
had
been
impressed
by
the
death
occurring
at
the
time
of
an
uncancelled
appointment
which
was
only
known
to
him
.
However
,
both
of
them
were
under
his
influence
,
and
he
had
nothing
to
fear
from
them
.
The
first
half
of
his
task
was
successfully
accomplished
but
the
more
difficult
still
remained
.
"
It
is
possible
that
Stapleton
did
not
know
of
the
existence
of
an
heir
in
Canada
.
In
any
case
he
would
very
soon
learn
it
from
his
friend
Dr.
Mortimer
,
and
he
was
told
by
the
latter
all
details
about
the
arrival
of
Henry
Baskerville
.
Stapleton
's
first
idea
was
that
this
young
stranger
from
Canada
might
possibly
be
done
to
death
in
London
without
coming
down
to
Devonshire
at
all
.
He
distrusted
his
wife
ever
since
she
had
refused
to
help
him
in
laying
a
trap
for
the
old
man
,
and
he
dared
not
leave
her
long
out
of
his
sight
for
fear
he
should
lose
his
influence
over
her
.
It
was
for
this
reason
that
he
took
her
to
London
with
him
.
They
lodged
,
I
find
,
at
the
Mexborough
Private
Hotel
,
in
Craven
Street
,
which
was
actually
one
of
those
called
upon
by
my
agent
in
search
of
evidence
.
Here
he
kept
his
wife
imprisoned
in
her
room
while
he
,
disguised
in
a
beard
,
followed
Dr.
Mortimer
to
Baker
Street
and
afterwards
to
the
station
and
to
the
Northumberland
Hotel
.
His
wife
had
some
inkling
of
his
plans
;
but
she
had
such
a
fear
of
her
husband
--
a
fear
founded
upon
brutal
ill-treatment
--
that
she
dare
not
write
to
warn
the
man
whom
she
knew
to
be
in
danger
.
If
the
letter
should
fall
into
Stapleton
's
hands
her
own
life
would
not
be
safe
.
Eventually
,
as
we
know
,
she
adopted
the
expedient
of
cutting
out
the
words
which
would
form
the
message
,
and
addressing
the
letter
in
a
disguised
hand
.
It
reached
the
baronet
,
and
gave
him
the
first
warning
of
his
danger
.
"
It
was
very
essential
for
Stapleton
to
get
some
article
of
Sir
Henry
's
attire
so
that
,
in
case
he
was
driven
to
use
the
dog
,
he
might
always
have
the
means
of
setting
him
upon
his
track
.
