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The Hound of the Baskervilles

           AndnowIcomerapidlytotheconclusionofthissingularnarrative, inwhichIhavetriedtomakethereadersharethosedarkfearsandvaguesurmiseswhichcloudedourlivessolongandendedinsotragicamanner. OnthemorningafterthedeathofthehoundthefoghadliftedandwewereguidedbyMrs.Stapletontothepointwheretheyhadfoundapathwaythroughthebog. Ithelpedustorealizethehorrorofthiswoman’slifewhenwesawtheeagernessandjoywithwhichshelaidusonherhusband’strack. Weleftherstandinguponthethinpeninsulaoffirm,peatysoilwhichtaperedoutintothewidespreadbog. Fromtheendofitasmallwandplantedhereandthereshowedwherethepathzigzaggedfromtufttotuftofrushesamongthosegreen-scummedpitsandfoulquagmireswhichbarredthewaytothestranger. Rankreedsandlush,slimywater-plantssentanodourofdecayandaheavymiasmaticvapourontoourfaces, whileafalsestepplungedusmorethanoncethigh-deepintothedark,quiveringmire,whichshookforyardsinsoftundulationsaroundourfeet. Itstenaciousgrippluckedatourheelsaswewalked,andwhenwesankintoititwasasifsomemalignanthandwastuggingusdownintothoseobscenedepths,sogrimandpurposefulwastheclutchinwhichitheldus. Onceonlywesawatracethatsomeonehadpassedthatperilouswaybeforeus. Fromamidatuftofcottongrasswhichboreitupoutoftheslimesomedarkthingwasprojecting. Holmessanktohiswaistashesteppedfromthepathtoseizeit,andhadwenotbeentheretodraghimouthecouldneverhavesethisfootuponfirmlandagain. Heheldanoldblackbootintheair. "Meyers,Toronto,"wasprintedontheleatherinside. 

           "Itisworthamudbath,"saidhe. "ItisourfriendSirHenry’smissingboot." 

           "ThrowntherebyStapletoninhisflight." 

           "Exactly. Heretaineditinhishandafterusingittosetthehounduponthetrack. 

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