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Chapter 8 of The Hound of the 
Baskervilles by Sir, Arthur 

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Conan Doyle. 
This LibriVox recording is in 

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the public domain. 
Chapter 8, first report of dr. 

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Watson From this point onward. 
I will follow the course of 

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events by transcribing. 
My own letters to mr. 

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Sherlock Holmes, which lie 
before me on the table, One page

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is missing but otherwise they 
are exactly as written. 

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And show my feelings and 
suspicions of the moment more 

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accurately than my memory clear,
as it is upon these tragic 

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events. 
Can possibly do Baskerville 

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Hall, October 13th, my dear 
Holmes, my previous letters and 

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telegrams have kept you pretty 
well, up to date as to all that 

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has occurred in this most 
godforsaken corner of the world.

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The longer one stays here, the 
more does this Spirit of the 

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more sink into one's Soul, its 
vastness. 

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And also its Grim charm. 
When you're once out upon its 

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bosom you have left all traces 
of modern England behind you, 

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but on the other hand, you are 
conscious everywhere of the 

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homes and the work of the 
prehistoric people. 

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On all sides of you as you walk,
are the houses of these 

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forgotten folk with their graves
and the huge monoliths, which 

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are supposed to have mark, their
temples as you look at their 

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gray, stone. 
Hut's against the scarred 

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hillsides. 
You leave your own age behind 

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you. 
And if you were to see a skin 

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plaid hairy man, crawl out from 
the load or fitting, a flint tit

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Arrow, onto the string of his 
bow. 

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You would feel that his presence
there was more natural than your

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own. 
The strange thing is that they 

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should have lived so thickly on 
what must have always have been 

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most unfruitful soil. 
I am no antiquarian but I could 

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imagine that they were some 
unwarlike and harried race who 

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were forced to accept that which
none other would occupy All this

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however, is foreign to the 
mission on which you sent me and

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will probably be very 
uninteresting to your severely. 

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Practical mind, I can still 
remember your complete 

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indifference as to whether the 
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the Earth around the Sun. 
Let me therefore return to the 

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facts, concerning Sir, Henry 
Baskerville. 

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If you have not had any report 
within the last few days it is 

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because up to today, there was 
nothing of importance to relate.

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Then a very surprising 
circumstance occurred which I 

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shall tell you in due course. 
But first of all, I must keep 

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you in touch with some of the 
other factors in the situation. 

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One of these concerning which I 
have said little is the escaped 

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convict upon the Moor. 
There is strong reason now to 

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believe that he's got right away
which is a considerable relief 

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to the lonely. 
House holders of this District, 

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a fortnight has passed since his
flight during which he he has 

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not been seen and nothing has 
been heard of him. 

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It is surely inconceivable that 
he could have held out upon the 

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Moor during all that time. 
Of course, so far as his 

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concealment goes, there is no 
difficulty at all. 

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Any one of these Stone, Hut's 
would give him a hiding place 

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but there's nothing to eat. 
Unless he were to catch and 

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Slaughter. 
One of the more sheep we think 

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therefore that he's gone and the
outlying farmers sleep, the 

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better in consequence. 
We For able-bodied men in this 

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household so that we could take 
good care of ourselves. 

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But I confess that I have had 
uneasy moments when I have 

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thought of the stapleton's. 
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There are one made an old 
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brother the latter not a very 
strong man they would be 

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helpless in the hands of a 
desperate fellow like this 

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Notting Hill criminal. 
If he could once effect an 

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entrance both Sir, Henry and I 
were concerned that their 

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situation Relation and it was 
suggested that Perkins, the 

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groom should go over to sleep 
there. 

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But Stapleton would not hear of 
it. 

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The fact is that how friend the 
baronet begins to display a 

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considerable interest? 
In our Fair neighbor, it is not 

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to be wondered at for time, 
hangs heavily in this. 

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Lonely spot to an active man 
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And she is a very fascinating 
and beautiful woman. 

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There is something tropical and 
exotic about her, which forms. 

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singular contrast to her cool 
and unemotional brother yet, he 

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also gives the idea of hidden 
fires He has certainly a very 

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marked influence over her for 
I've seen her continually 

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glanced at him as she talked as 
if seeking a probation for what 

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she said, I trust that he is 
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There is a dry glitter in his 
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thin lips which goes with a 
positive and possibly a harsh 

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nature. 
You would find him an 

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interesting study. 
He came over to call upon 

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Baskerville on that first day 
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He took us both to show us the 
spot where the legend of the 

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wicked Hugo is supposed to have 
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It was an Excursion of some 
miles across the Moor to a 

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place, which is so dismal that 
it might have suggested the 

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story. 
We found a short valley between 

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rugged tours which led to an 
open grassy space, flecked over 

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with the white cotton grass in 
the middle of it Rose to great. 

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Stones worn and sharpened at the
upper end until they looked like

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the huge corroding fangs of some
monstrous beast in every way it 

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corresponded with the scene of 
the old tragedy. 

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So Henry was much interested and
our Stapleton more than once 

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whether he did really believe in
the possibility of the 

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interference of the supernatural
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He spoke lightly, but it was 
evident that he was very much in

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Earnest. 
Stapleton was guarded in his 

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replies, but it was easy to see 
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might. 
And that he would not express 

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his whole opinion out of 
consideration for the feelings 

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of the baronet. 
He told us of similar cases 

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where families had suffered from
some evil influence and he left 

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us with the impression that he 
shared the popular view upon the

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matter. 
On our way back, we stayed for 

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lunch at merripit house and it 
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the acquaintance of Miss 
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From the first moment that he 
saw her, he appeared to be 

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strongly attracted by her, and I
am much mistaken. 

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If the feeling was not mutual, 
he referred to her again and 

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again on our walk home and since
then hardly a day has passed 

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that we have not seen something 
of the brother and sister they 

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dine here tonight when there is 
some talk of Are going to them 

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next week. 
One would. 

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Imagine that such a match will 
be very welcome to Stapleton. 

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And yet I have more than once 
caught a look of the strongest 

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disapprobation in his face. 
When Sir Henry has been paying 

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some attention to his sister, he
has much attached her, no doubt 

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and would lead a lonely life 
without her. 

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But it would seem the height of 
selfishness if he were to stand 

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in the way of her making. 
So, brilliant a marriage Yes, 

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I'm certain that he does not 
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into love and I have several 
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pains to prevent them from being
tete-a-tete. 

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By the way your instructions to 
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Henry to go out alone will 
become very much more onerous. 

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If a love affair were to be 
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my popularity would soon suffer.
If I were to carry out your 

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orders to the letter, The other 
day, Thursday, to be more exact.

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Dr. Mortimer. 
Lunched, with us, he has been 

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Excavating a barrow at long down
and has got a prehistoric skull,

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which fills him with great joy. 
Never was there, such a 

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single-minded enthusiasts as he,
the stapleton's came in 

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afterwards and the good doctor 
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I'd say Henry's request to show 
us exactly how everything 

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occurred upon that fatal night. 
It is a long, Dismal walk the 

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yew Alley between two high walls
of clipped hedge with a narrow 

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band of grass upon EI. 
Either side at the far end is an

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old tumbledown summerhouse. 
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where the old gentleman left his
cigar Ash, it is a white wooden 

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gate with a latch Beyond it 
lies, the wide more. 

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I remembered your theory of the 
affair and try to picture all 

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that it occurred as the old man 
stood there he saw something 

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coming across the Moor something
which terrified him so that he 

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lost his wits and ran and ran 
until he died of sheer horror 

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and exhaustion. 
There was a long gloomy tunnel 

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down which he fled and from what
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spectral hound black silent and 
monstrous was there a human 

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agency in the matter did the 
pale watchful Barrymore. 

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No more than he cared to say. 
It was all dim and vague, but 

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always, there is a dark shadow 
of crime behind it. 

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One other neighbor I've met 
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This is mr. 
Frankland of lafter Hall who 

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lived some four miles to the 
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He is an elderly man. 
Red-faced white-haired and 

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choleric his passion is for the 
British law and he spent a large

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fortune in litigation, he fights
for the mere pleasure of 

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fighting and is equally ready to
take up either side of a 

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question so that it is no wonder
that he has founded to cost. 

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Amusement, sometimes he will 
shut up a right of way, and if I

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the parish to make him open it, 
At others. 

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He will with his own hands tear 
down some other man's gate and 

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declare that a path existed 
there from time. 

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Immemorial defying the owner to 
prosecute him for trespass. 

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He is learned in old manorial 
and communal rights and he 

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applies his knowledge, sometimes
in favor of the villagers of 

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fern worthy and sometimes 
against them. 

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So that he is periodically, 
either carried in Triumph, Down 

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The Village Street or else 
burned in effigy. 

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According to his latest exploit,
he is said to have about seven 

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lawsuits upon his hands at 
present, which will probably 

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swallow up the remainder of his 
fortune. 

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And so draw his sting, and leave
him harmless for the future. 

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Apart from the law, he seems a 
kindly good-natured person and I

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only mention him because you 
were particular that I should 

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send some description of the 
people who surround us, he is 

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curiously. 
Employed at present for being an

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amateur astronomer. 
He has an excellent telescope 

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with which he lies upon the roof
of his own house. 

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And sweeps them wore all day in 
the hope of catching, a glimpse 

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of the escaped convict if he 
would confine his energies to 

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this all. 
Be well, but there are rumors 

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that he intends to prosecute dr.
Mortimer for opening a grave 

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without the consent of the next 
of kin because he dug up the 

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Neolithic skull in the barrel on
Long down. 

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He helps to keep our lives from 
being monotonous and gives a 

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little comic relief where it is 
badly needed. 

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And now having brought you up to
date in the escaped convict the 

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stapleton's. 
Dr. Mortimer, and Frankland of 

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lafter Hall. 
Let me end on that which is most

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important and tell you more 
about the Barrymore's and 

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especially about the surprising 
development of last night. 

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First of all, about the test 
telegram, which you sent from 

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London in order to make sure 
that Barrymore was really here. 

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I have already explained that 
the testimony of the postmaster 

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shows that the test was 
worthless and that we have no 

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proof one way or the other, I 
told Sir Henry how the matter 

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stood. 
And he at once, in his 

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downright, fashion had Barrymore
up and asked him whether he had 

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received a telegram himself. 
Barrymore said that he had did, 

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the boy deliver it into your own
hands asked Sir Henry Barrymore,

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looked surprised and considered 
for a little time now, said he, 

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or he was in the Box room with 
the time and my wife brought it 

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up to me. 
Did you answer it yourself? 

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No, I told my wife what to 
answer and she went down to 

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write it in the evening here. 
Occurred to the subject of his 

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own accord. 
I could not quite understand the

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object of your questions. 
This morning, Sir. 

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Henry said he I trust that they 
do not mean that I've done 

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anything to forfeit your 
confidence so Henry had to 

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assure him that it was not so 
and pacify him by giving him a 

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considerable part of his old 
wardrobe. 

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The London outfit having now, 
now all arrived mrs. 

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Barrymore is of interest to me. 
She's a heavy solid person, very

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limited intensely respectable 
and inclined to be puritanical, 

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you could hardly conceive, a 
less emotional subject. 

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It, I've told you how on the 
first night here, I heard a 

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sobbing bitterly, and since 
then, I have more than once 

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observed traces of Tears upon 
her face. 

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Some deep sorrow nor is ever at 
her heart. 

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Sometimes I wonder if she has a 
guilty memory which haunts her 

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and sometimes I suspect 
Barrymore of being a domestic 

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Tyrant. 
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something singular and 
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character. 
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night, brings all my suspicions 
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And yet it may seem a small 
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You are aware that I'm not very 
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been on guard in this Was my 
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ever last night about 2:00 in 
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I was aroused by a stealthy step
passing my room. 

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I Rose opened my door and peeped
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trailing down the corridor. 
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walked softly down the passage 
with a candle held in his hand. 

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He was in shirt and trousers 
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I could merely See the outline. 
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was Barrymore. 
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circumspectly, there was 
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and furtive in his whole 
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the corridor is broken by the 
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hall, but that it is resumed 
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I waited until he had passed out
of sight and then I followed him

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when I came around the balcony, 
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Father Corridor and I could see 
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through an open door that he had
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Now, all these rooms are 
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that his expedition became more 
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The light Shone steadily as if 
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I crept down the passage as 
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peeped round the corner of the 
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Barrymore was crouching at the 
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against the glass. 
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towards me and his face seemed 
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he stared out into the Blackness
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He stood watching intently and 
he gave a deep groan and with an

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impatient gesture, he put out 
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I made my way back to my room 
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Came the stealthy steps passing 
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More upon their return Journey. 
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When I had fallen into a light 
sleep, I heard a key turn 

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somewhere in a lock, but I could
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what it all means. 
I cannot guess, but there is 

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some secret business going on in
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Which sooner or later we shall 
get to the bottom of. 

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I do not trouble you with my 
theories. 

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For you asked me to furnish, you
only with facts. 

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I've had a long talk with Sir, 
Henry this morning and we have 

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made a plan of campaign found 
it. 

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On my observations of last 
night, I will not speak about it

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just now, but it should make my 
next report. 

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Interesting reading. 
End of chapter 8. 

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End of chapter 8.