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Extract from the Diary of Dr. Watson

           IntheeveningIputonmywaterproofandIwalkedfaruponthesoddenmoor,fullofdarkimaginings,therainbeatinguponmyfaceandthewindwhistlingaboutmyears. Godhelpthosewhowanderintothegreatmirenow,foreventhefirmuplandsarebecomingamorass. IfoundtheblacktoruponwhichIhadseenthesolitarywatcher,andfromitscraggysummitIlookedoutmyselfacrossthemelancholydowns. Rainsquallsdriftedacrosstheirrussetface,andtheheavy,slate-colouredcloudshunglowoverthelandscape,trailingingraywreathsdownthesidesofthefantastichills. Inthedistanthollowontheleft,halfhiddenbythemist,thetwothintowersofBaskervilleHallroseabovethetrees. TheyweretheonlysignsofhumanlifewhichIcouldsee,saveonlythoseprehistorichutswhichlaythicklyupontheslopesofthehills. NowherewasthereanytraceofthatlonelymanwhomIhadseenonthesamespottwonightsbefore. 

           AsIwalkedbackIwasovertakenbyDr.Mortimerdrivinginhisdog-cartoveraroughmoorlandtrackwhichledfromtheoutlyingfarmhouseofFoulmire. Hehasbeenveryattentivetous,andhardlyadayhaspassedthathehasnotcalledattheHalltoseehowweweregettingon. Heinsisteduponmyclimbingintohisdog-cart,andhegavemealifthomeward. Ifoundhimmuchtroubledoverthedisappearanceofhislittlespaniel. Ithadwanderedontothemoorandhadnevercomeback. IgavehimsuchconsolationasImight,butIthoughtoftheponyontheGrimpenMire,andIdonotfancythathewillseehislittledogagain. 

           "Bytheway,Mortimer,"saidIaswejoltedalongtheroughroad,"Isupposetherearefewpeoplelivingwithindrivingdistanceofthiswhomyoudonotknow?" 

           "Hardlyany,Ithink." 

           "Canyou,then,tellmethenameofanywomanwhoseinitialsareL.L.?" 

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