? ? ? ? "I will do so, Mr. Holmes." He scribbled the appointment on his shirt-cuff and hurried off in his strange, peering, absentminded fashion. Holmes stopped him at the head of the stair.
? ? ? ? "Only one more question, Dr. Mortimer. You say that before Sir Charles Baskerville's death several people saw this apparition upon the moor?"
? ? ? ? "Three people did."
? ? ? ? "Did any see it after?"
? ? ? ? "I have not heard of any."
? ? ? ? "Thank you. Good-morning."
? ? ? ? Holmes returned to his seat with that quiet look of inward satisfaction which meant that he had a congenial task before him.
? ? ? ? "Going out, Watson?"
? ? ? ? "Unless I can help you."
? ? ? ? "No, my dear fellow, it is at the hour of action that I turn to you for aid. But this is splendid, really unique from some points of view. When you pass Bradley's, would you ask him to send up a pound of the strongest shag tobacco? Thank you.
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