The Hound of the Baskervilles Part 29 (2/2)
”He dictated it”
”I presuave was that you would receive help froal expenses connected with your divorce?”
”Exactly”
”And then after you had sent the letter he dissuaded you fro the appointment?”
”He told me that it would hurt his self-respect that any other h he was a poorthe obstacles which divided us”
”He appears to be a very consistent character And then you heard nothing until you read the reports of the death in the paper?”
”No”
”And heabout your appointment with Sir Charles?”
”He did He said that the death was a very mysterious one, and that I should certainly be suspected if the facts ca silent”
”Quite so But you had your suspicions?”
She hesitated and looked down
”I knew him,” she said ”But if he had kept faith with me I should always have done so with him”
”I think that on the whole you have had a fortunate escape,” said Sherlock Holmes ”You have had him in your power and he knew it, and yet you are alive You have been walking for soe of a precipice Wenow, Mrs Lyons, and it is probable that you will very shortly hear froain”
”Our case becomes rounded off, and difficulty after difficulty thins away in front of us,” said Hol for the arrival of the express fro able to put into a single connected narrative one of the ular and sensational criy will reous incidents in Godno, in Little Russia, in the year '66, and of course there are the Anderson murders in North Carolina, but this case possesses some features which are entirely its own Even noe have no clear case against this very wily man But I shall be very o to bed this night”
The London express ca of a e We all three shook hands, and I saw at once froazed at ood deal since the days when they had first worked together I could well remember the scorn which the theories of the reasoner used then to excite in the practicalfor years,” said Hol I think weso out of your throat by giving you a breath of the pure night air of Dartmoor Never been there? Ah, well, I don't suppose you will forget your first visit”
Chapter 14 The Hound of the Baskervilles
One of Sherlock Holmes's defects--if, indeed, one ly loath to communicate his full plans to any other person until the instant of their fulfilment Partly it came no doubt from his own masterful nature, which loved to dominate and surprise those ere around hied him never to take any chances The result, however, was very trying for those ere acting as his agents and assistants
I had often suffered under it, but never reat ordeal was in front of us; at last ere about to , and I could only surmise what his course of action would be My nerves thrilled with anticipation when at last the cold wind upon our faces and the dark, void spaces on either side of the narrow road told ain Every stride of the horses and every turn of the wheels was taking us nearer to our supreme adventure
Our conversation was haonette, so that ere forced to talk of trivial matters when our nerves were tense with emotion and anticipation It was a relief to me, after that unnatural restraint, e at last passed Frankland's house and knew that ere drawing near to the Hall and to the scene of action We did not drive up to the door but got down near the gate of the avenue The wagonette was paid off and ordered to return to Coombe Tracey forthwith, while we started to walk to Merripit House
”Are you ar as I haveas I havein it”
”Good! My friend and I are also ready for eencies”