A Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Analysis
While Holmes was eating breakfast, a letter arrived from Dr Mortimer, who needed his help. After a while he arrives at his house and Holmes asks him to let his friend, Dr John Watson, be in the conversation and he accepts. Dr Mortimer reads a letter of help given to him by Mr Charles, who had a very sudden death. He was a sensitive person and believed what this letter said. The story was about the Baskerville family and the feeling that something bad would happen, so he began to tell the strange story of him while Holmes paid attention to him. Holmes, a bit bored and disinterested, says that he had no case, until Dr Mortimer took out a newspaper and began to read about the death of Mr Charles, to which he gave his full attention. What he was saying was that Mr. Charles was very loved by all the people. Mr. Charles had a person who did everything for him, such as his luggage, since he was going to travel the next day but Dr. Mortimer finds him dead but does not recognize the face of his friend. Holmes was so interested that he started asking questions about how they found Mr. Charles, what the fingerprints were like, how long it took them, where they found him, and more questions about Mr. Charles's murder.
The purpose of Dr Mortimer was to find the case of Mr Charles, but also to find supernatural things like the ones he saw in the story. Holmes, somewhat surprised at his request, tells him that he could not help him since finding ghosts was not his job, but that he recommended talking to the last Baskerville. He thought about it so much that Holmes decided to play the violin because he had already done all he could. Dr Mortimer and Sir Henry arrived at the time Holmes requested, 10:00 am. Sir Henry reads a letter where they threaten him if he goes to the moor, to which Holmes helps him and after a while they leave. At that moment Watson and Holmes come out after them and realize that a man in a taxi was chasing them, but they did not recognize him. Holmes goes to Sir Henry and realizes that he was missing another shoe from an old collection and realizes that the bearded man who was following them is called Barrymore. Berrymore gave a lot of money to the community and hospitals, since his land was expensive and he had to support it. After an interrogation, the man with the long beard arrived and Holmes wanted to give him money to answer an interrogation, but he realized that there was a lot of danger in that case. Watson and Sir Henry were on their way to Baskerville and saw a man with a pistol who had escaped from prison. It had been a terrifying crime, but he managed to escape. They arrived at Baskerville Hall and Barrymore and his wife were waiting for them. He showed them their rooms and after a while they toured the building.
The day was bright and Holmes told Sir Henry that he had heard a cry last night, but no one had heard anything. Holmes searches the house and meets a stranger who tells him that people think that this cry belonged to his hound of the Baskerville, who calls to eat or kill. Miss Stapleton visits Sir Henry in the Hall and he sees her as a very beautiful woman. Later, Watson meets Mr Frankland, a man who lived far south of the Hall and what he wanted was to find the prison fugitive. Days later, Barrymore was glued to a window looking at the moor and the next morning he tells Sir Henry what he saw. They ask Barrymore and he tells them that he had seen nights ago that every time he pointed the light, someone would answer him. They heard the cry of the Hound and saw a terrifying face, which was more than one animal, he looked at them behind the rock, the prisoner looked at them, screamed and ran away. What they saw was not a light, it was the moon and the man ran away. The urge to chase him was too great, but they were so tired that they did not and they returned to Baskerville Hall.
Chapters 1-4 Find answers to these questions in the text.
When was the Hound of the Baskervilles first seen?
Was first seen in 1640.
What was interesting about Sir Charles' footprints in Yew Alley?
He was found dead of an apparent heart attack while walking in Yew Alley on his estate. Though Sir Charles walked Yew Alley every night before bedtime, Dr. Mortimer doubts that Sir Charles died of natural causes because he discovered the footprints of a giant hound near the body and there was a change of shoe on foot and it seemed that it had gone on tiptoe.
Who saw the footprints of a huge hound in Yew Alley?
Dr. Mortimer
How did Dr Mortimer know that Sir Charles had stood for five or ten minutes by the moor gate?
Because the ash had dropped twice from his cigar.
Chapters 5-9 Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)?
The man with the large black beard in the taxi was Barrymore. (F)
Roger Baskerville was Sir Henry's uncle. (T)
Holmes stayed in London while Dr Watson and Sir Henry went to
Baskerville Hall. (T)
Miss Stapleton thought that Dr Watson was in danger . (F)
Sel4en, the escaped prisoner, was Mrs Barrymore's brother. (T)
