Again, there was no direct connection between the hound and the man’s death. But we have to prove all this, and we are not in a position to do it.” You and I know that he died of sheer fright, and we know also what frightened him but how are we to get twelve stolid jurymen to know it? What signs are there of a hound? Where are the marks of its fangs? Of course we know that a hound does not bite a dead body and that Sir Charles was dead before ever the brute overtook him. We should be laughed out of court if we came with such a story and such evidence.” “Not a shadow of one-only surmise and conjecture. There’s the devilish cunning of it! If he were acting through a human agent we could get some evidence, but if we were to drag this great dog to the light of day it would not help us in putting a rope round the neck of its master.” But supposing, for argument’s sake, that we had him arrested to-night, what on earth the better off should we be for that? We could prove nothing against him. Your instinct is always to do something energetic. “My dear Watson, you were born to be a man of action. Like most clever criminals, he may be too confident in his own cleverness and imagine that he has completely deceived us.” “It may cause him to be more cautious, or it may drive him to desperate measures at once. “What effect do you think it will have upon his plans now that he knows you are here?” I told you in London, Watson, and I tell you now again, that we have never had a foeman more worthy of our steel.”
“What a nerve the fellow has! How he pulled himself together in the face of what must have been a paralysing shock when he found that the wrong man had fallen a victim to his plot. “WE’RE at close grips at last,” said Holmes as we walked together across the moor.
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The Hound of the Baskervilles Chapter 13 Full Text He even convinced Laura to be quiet, threatening that she might get in trouble. Stapleton wrote Laura’s letter to Charles and then insisted she miss the appointment, because he insisted her that he would pay the expenses. Laura confesses that Stapleton had offered to marry her if she got a divorce, which would require Charles’ assistance. A shocked and upset Laura demands proof, and Holmes produces a photograph of husband and wife. In the meantime, Watson and Holmes head to Laura Lyon’s apartment, where Holmes tells her of Stapleton’s secret marriage. He also hears from another man called Lestrade whose help he intends to enlist.
The same day, at the train station, Holmes sends word with Cartwright to send a wire from London, in Holmes’ name, to Henry. He also insists that Henry walk home alone across the moor after dinner.
Holmes reassures Henry, and tells him to tell Stapleton the same. Watson and Holmes excuse themselves from the dinner, and Holmes tells an alarmed Henry that he and Watson are returning to London. The next day, Holmes arranges the removal of Selden’s body and tells Sir Henry to attend his dinner appointment with Stapleton. Holmes tells Watson that he thinks Hugo’s resemblance to Stapleton is very marked, suggesting that Stapleton is a Baskerville relative, and could be eligible for inheritance. Barrymore, Holmes sees a portrait on the wall and leans that it is Hugo Baskerville. Holmes has a plan: he tells Watson not to tell Henry of Selden’s death, and insists that he excuse himself from the dinner that he and Henry were meant to attend at the Stapleton’s the following day.Īfter talking to Henry and the sad announcement of Selden’s death to Mrs. They worry that Stapleton having seen Holmes will mean that he is more unpredictable. On their way home, Holmes and Watson remark at Stapleton’s self-control at staying quiet, even when he realised he’d killed the wrong man.
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