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Doyle, Arthur Conan

"The Hound Of The Baskervilles"

I don't suppose I should have done so had I not known this legend."


? ? ? ? "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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