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Arthur Conan Doyle. The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes Books)
Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1: Mr. Sherlock Holmes
CHAPTER 2: The Curse of the Baskervilles
CHAPTER 3: The Problem
CHAPTER 4: Sir Henry Baskerville
CHAPTER 5: Three Broken Threads
CHAPTER 6: Baskerville Hall
CHAPTER 7: The Stapletons of Merripit House
CHAPTER 8: First Report of Dr. Watson
CHAPTER 9: The Light upon the Moor [Second Report of Dr. Watson]
CHAPTER 10: Extract from the Diary of Dr. Watson
CHAPTER 11: The Man on the Tor
CHAPTER 12: Death on the Moor
CHAPTER 13: Fixing the Nets
CHAPTER 14: The Hound of the Baskervilles
CHAPTER 15: A Retrospection
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CHAPTER 1: Mr. Sherlock Holmes
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“There is no other claimant, I presume?”
“None. The only other kinsman whom we have been able to trace was Rodger Baskerville, the youngest of three brothers of whom poor Sir Charles was the elder. The second brother, who died young, is the father of this lad Henry. The third, Rodger, was the black sheep of the family. He came of the old masterful Baskerville strain and was the very image, they tell me, of the family picture of old Hugo. He made England too hot to hold him, fled to Central America, and died there in 1876 of yellow fever. Henry is the last of the Baskervilles. In one hour and five minutes I meet him at Waterloo Station. I have had a wire that he arrived at Southampton this morning. Now, Mr. Holmes, what would you advise me to do with him?”
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