The Hound of the BaskervillesDoyle, Arthur Conan
The Hound of the Baskervilles
A family legend about a deadly hound brings Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson to Dartmoor, where an heir has returned to the estate after a mysterious death.
From the English edition
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 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, 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,…
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Project Gutenberg eBook 2852 · English
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