Собака Баскервіллів
The Curse of the Baskervilles
Themoonshoneclearabovethem,andtheyrodeswiftlyabreast,takingthatcoursewhichthemaidmustneedshavetakenifsheweretoreachherownhome.
"Theyhadgoneamileortwowhentheypassedoneofthenightshepherdsuponthemoorlands,andtheycriedtohimtoknowifhehadseenthehunt. Andtheman,asthestorygoes,wassocrazedwithfearthathecouldscarcespeak,butatlasthesaidthathehadindeedseentheunhappymaiden,withthehoundsuponhertrack. ‘ButIhaveseenmorethanthat,’saidhe,‘forHugoBaskervillepassedmeuponhisblackmare,andthereranmutebehindhimsuchahoundofhellasGodforbidshouldeverbeatmyheels.’ Sothedrunkensquirescursedtheshepherdandrodeonward. Butsoontheirskinsturnedcold,fortherecameagallopingacrossthemoor,andtheblackmare,dabbledwithwhitefroth,wentpastwithtrailingbridleandemptysaddle. Thentherevellersrodeclosetogether,foragreatfearwasonthem,buttheystillfollowedoverthemoor,thougheach,hadhebeenalone,wouldhavebeenrightgladtohaveturnedhishorse’shead. Ridingslowlyinthisfashiontheycameatlastuponthehounds. These,thoughknownfortheirvalourandtheirbreed,werewhimperinginaclusterattheheadofadeepdiporgoyal,aswecallit,uponthemoor, someslinkingawayandsome,withstartinghacklesandstaringeyes,gazingdownthenarrowvalleybeforethem.
"Thecompanyhadcometoahalt,moresobermen,asyoumayguess,thanwhentheystarted. Themostofthemwouldbynomeansadvance,butthreeofthem,theboldest,oritmaybethemostdrunken,rodeforwarddownthegoyal.
