Собака Баскервиллей

First Report of Dr. Watson

           Ifhewouldconfinehisenergiestothisallwouldbewell,buttherearerumoursthatheintendstoprosecuteDr.Mortimer foropeningagravewithouttheconsentofthenext-of-kin,becauseheduguptheNeolithicskullinthebarrowonLongDown. Hehelpstokeepourlivesfrombeingmonotonousandgivesalittlecomicreliefwhereitisbadlyneeded. 

           Andnow,havingbroughtyouuptodateintheescapedconvict,theStapletons,Dr.Mortimer,andFrankland,ofLafterHall, letmeendonthatwhichismostimportantandtellyoumoreabouttheBarrymores,andespeciallyaboutthesurprisingdevelopmentoflastnight. 

           Firstofallaboutthetesttelegram,whichyousentfromLondoninordertomakesurethatBarrymorewasreallyhere. Ihavealreadyexplainedthatthetestimonyofthepostmastershowsthatthetestwasworthlessandthatwehavenoproofonewayortheother. ItoldSirHenryhowthematterstood,andheatonce,inhisdownrightfashion,hadBarrymoreupandaskedhimwhetherhehadreceivedthetelegramhimself. Barrymoresaidthathehad. 

           "Didtheboydeliveritintoyourownhands? "askedSirHenry. 

           Barrymorelookedsurprised,andconsideredforalittletime. 

           "No,"saidhe,"Iwasinthebox-roomatthetime,andmywifebroughtituptome." 

           "Didyouanswerityourself?" 

           "No;Itoldmywifewhattoanswerandshewentdowntowriteit." 

           Intheeveningherecurredtothesubjectofhisownaccord. 

           "Icouldnotquiteunderstandtheobjectofyourquestionsthismorning,SirHenry,"saidhe. "ItrustthattheydonotmeanthatIhavedoneanythingtoforfeityourconfidence?" 

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