Собака Баскервіллів
Sir Henry Baskerville
"Therenow! "saidHolmesbitterlyasheemergedpantingandwhitewithvexationfromthetideofvehicles. "Waseversuchbadluckandsuchbadmanagement,too? Watson,Watson,ifyouareanhonestmanyouwillrecordthisalsoandsetitagainstmysuccesses!"
"Whowastheman?"
"Ihavenotanidea."
"Aspy?"
"Well,itwasevidentfromwhatwehaveheardthatBaskervillehasbeenverycloselyshadowedbysomeonesincehehasbeenintown. HowelsecoulditbeknownsoquicklythatitwastheNorthumberlandHotelwhichhehadchosen? IftheyhadfollowedhimthefirstdayIarguedthattheywouldfollowhimalsothesecond. YoumayhaveobservedthatItwicestrolledovertothewindowwhileDr.Mortimerwasreadinghislegend."
"Yes,Iremember."
"Iwaslookingoutforloiterersinthestreet,butIsawnone. Wearedealingwithacleverman,Watson. Thismattercutsverydeep,andthoughIhavenotfinallymadeupmymindwhetheritisabenevolentoramalevolentagencywhichisintouchwithus,Iamconsciousalwaysofpoweranddesign. WhenourfriendsleftIatoncefollowedtheminthehopesofmarkingdowntheirinvisibleattendant. Sowilywashethathehadnottrustedhimselfuponfoot,buthehadavailedhimselfofacabsothathecouldloiterbehindordashpastthemandsoescapetheirnotice.
