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A Retrospection

           "Perhapsyouwouldkindlygivemeasketchofthecourseofeventsfrommemory." 

           "Certainly,thoughIcannotguaranteethatIcarryallthefactsinmymind. Intensementalconcentrationhasacuriouswayofblottingoutwhathaspassed. Thebarristerwhohashiscaseathisfingers’ends,andisabletoarguewithanexpertuponhisownsubjectfindsthataweekortwoofthecourtswilldriveitalloutofhisheadoncemore. Soeachofmycasesdisplacesthelast,andMlle.CarerehasblurredmyrecollectionofBaskervilleHall. To-morrowsomeotherlittleproblemmaybesubmittedtomynoticewhichwillinturndispossessthefairFrenchladyandtheinfamousUpwood. SofarasthecaseoftheHoundgoes,however,IwillgiveyouthecourseofeventsasnearlyasIcan,andyouwillsuggestanythingwhichImayhaveforgotten. 

           "Myinquiriesshowbeyondallquestionthatthefamilyportraitdidnotlie,andthatthisfellowwasindeedaBaskerville. HewasasonofthatRodgerBaskerville,theyoungerbrotherofSirCharles,whofledwithasinisterreputationtoSouthAmerica,wherehewassaidtohavediedunmarried. Hedid,asamatteroffact,marry,andhadonechild,thisfellow,whoserealnameisthesameashisfather’s. HemarriedBerylGarcia,oneofthebeautiesofCostaRica,and,havingpurloinedaconsiderablesumofpublicmoney, hechangedhisnametoVandeleurandfledtoEngland,whereheestablishedaschoolintheeastofYorkshire. Hisreasonforattemptingthisspeciallineofbusinesswasthathehadstruckupanacquaintancewithaconsumptivetutoruponthevoyagehome,andthathehadusedthisman’sabilitytomaketheundertakingasuccess. Fraser,thetutor,diedhowever,andtheschoolwhichhadbegunwellsankfromdisreputeintoinfamy. 

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