? ? ? ? "There are many sheep-dogs on the moor?"
? ? ? ? "No doubt, but this was no sheep-dog."
? ? ? ? "You say it was large?"
? ? ? ? "Enormous. "
? ? ? ? "But it had not approached the body?"
? ? ? ? "No."
? ? ? ? "What sort of night was it?'
? ? ? ? "Damp and raw."
? ? ? ? "But not actually raining?"
? ? ? ? "No."
? ? ? ? "What is the alley like?"
? ? ? ? "There are two lines of old yew hedge, twelve feet high and
? ? ? ? impenetrable. The walk in the centre is about eight feet across."
? ? ? ? "Is there anything between the hedges and the walk?"
? ? ? ? "Yes, there is a strip of grass about six feet broad on either side."
? ? ? ? "I understand that the yew hedge is penetrated at one point by a gate?"
? ? ? ? "Yes, the wicket-gate which leads on to the moor."
? ? ? ? "Is there any other opening?"
? ? ? ? "None."
? ? ? ? "So that to reach the yew alley one either has to come down it from the house or else to enter it by the moor-gate?"
? ? ? ? "There is an exit through a summer-house at the far end.
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