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SHORT SUMMARY (Synopsis)
When Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead in he alley !y he
"oor# $r% Mori"er &oes o 'ondon o
&e Sherlok Hol"ess help in deidin& on he proper ourse of
aion for he ne* heir% He reads he"anusrip a!ou he fa"ily urse#
supposedly !e&un over Hu&o Baskervilles inappropriae
aions#
and a ne*spaper arile a!ou Sir Charless deah% Afer his# he door
reveals ha here is anoher
piee of infor"aion+here *ere fooprins of a hound a shor disane
fro" he fallen !ody% Hol"es,uesions hi" over he deails# *ishin&
ha he ould have !een alled in earlier o e-a"ine he sene#
!u his *as no possi!le# &iven he need for a enan in he Hall
and in he ineres of preservin& he
doors sienifi repuaion%
. is also old ha Sir Charles appeared o !e *aiin& for
so"eone# hou&h he *as an elderly "an/ ha
his fooprins sho*ed he had !een runnin& a*ay fro" he house
in his fri&h/ and ha his hear *as*eak# so ha he *as o leave for
'ondon he ne- day% Thou&h Hol"es does no !elieve in he urse
hi"self# he is inri&ued !y he ase and a&rees o "ee he
ne- day o disuss i%
Sir Henry (he heir) arrives fro" Canada and is already a lile
shaken% A noe *arnin& hi" o saya*ay fro" he "oor *as delivered
a his hoel# *here no one had kno*n he *ould !e sayin&%
Hol"es
reo&ni0es he u+ou leers fro" he previous days Ti"es/
!ein& pressed for i"e# he sender had no
!een a!le o find he *ord 1"oor2 and had hand*rien i% The poor
,ualiy of he pen sho*s ha i *as*rien fro" a hoel# and he sen of
perfu"e on he noe poins o a *o"an (his laer piee of
evidene Hol"es keeps o hi"self unil he end)% Sir Henry has also
had a ne* !oo solen%
One Sir Henry has !een filled in# hey "ake plans o "ee a&ain
a he hoel laer ha day one he has
had i"e o hink# !u i is lear ha he *ill insis on &oin& o
Baskerville Hall% Hol"es and Wason
rail Sir Henry and $r% Mori"er on heir *ay !ak o he hoel# and
disover ha a "an *ih a !lak
!eard (likely a fake) is follo*in& he pair in a a!% The a!
drives off *hen he "an disovers Hol"eshas spoed hi"# !u he deeive
is a!le o &e he a! nu"!er% Hol"es hen sops in a he
"essen&er
offie and e"ploys Car*ri&h o &o around o he hoels# !ri!e
he e"ployees# and look hrou&h he
*asepaper in searh of a u+up opy of he Ti"es%
By he i"e hey &o o he hoel# Sir Henry has had anoher !oo
solen# an old one no*% When he firs
"issin& !oo is disovered !efore he "eein& is over#
Hol"es !e&ins o privaely reali0e hey "us !edealin& *ih a
real hound (hene he e"phasis on he sen of he ie")% When onversaion
urns o he
"an in he a!# $r% Mori"er says ha Barry"ore# he servan a
Baskerville Hall# has a !eard# and a
ele&ra" is sen o hek on his *herea!ous% The inheriane is
also disussed+*hile i is a si0a!le
a"oun# he ne- in line is 3a"es $es"ond# an older "an *ih fe*
ineress in *ealh%
A he end of he "eein i is deided ha# Hol"es !ein& ied up in
'ondon *ih oher ases# Wason
*ill ao"pany Sir Henry o he Hall and repor !ak in deail% 'aer ha
evenin ele&ra"s fro"Car*ri&h (*ho *as una!le o find he
ne*spaper) and Baskerville Hall (*here Barry"ore apparenly
is) !rin& an end o hose leads% Also# a visi fro" 3ohn
Clayon# *ho *as drivin& he a! *ih he !lak+
!earded "an# is of lile help% He does say ha he "an old hi" ha
he *as he deeive Hol"es#"uh o he shok and a"use"en of he aual
Hol"es%
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$r% Mori"er# Wason# and Sir Henry se off for Baskerville Hall he
ne- day% The !arone is e-ied o
see i and his onneion *ih he land is lear# !u he "ood is soon
da"pened% Soldiers are a!ou he
area# on he lookou for he esaped onvi Selden# Barry"ore and his
*ife *an o depar fro" he
area as soon as onvenien# and he Hall is in &eneral a so"!er
plae% Wason has rou!le sleepin& hani&h# and hears a *o"an
ryin hou&h he ne- "ornin& Barry"ore denies ha his ould !e
so%
Wason heks *ih he pos"aser and learns ha he ele&ra" *as no
aually delivered ino hehands of Barry"ore# so i is no lon&er
erain ha he *as a he Hall# and no in 'ondon% On his *ay
!ak# Wason "ees Sapleon# a nauralis fa"iliar *ih he "oor even
hou&h he has only !een in he
area for *o years% They hear a "oan ha he peasans ari!ue o he
hound# !u Sapleon ari!ues io he ry of a !iern# or possi!ly he
!o& selin&% He hen runs off afer a spei"en# !u Wason is
no
alone for lon& !efore Miss Sapleon approahes hi"%
Misakin& hi" for Sir Henry# she ur&enly *arns
hi" o leave he area# !u drops he su!4e *hen her !roher reurns%
The hree *alk o Merripi House(he Sapleons ho"e)# and durin& he
disussion# Wason learns ha Sapleon used o run a shool%
Thou&h he is offered lunh and a look a Sapleons olleions#
Wason depars for he Hall% Before he
&es far alon& he pah# Miss Sapleon overakes hi" and
plays off her *arnin&%
Sir Henry soon "ees her and !eo"es ro"anially ineresed# despie
her !rohers inrusions% Wason
"ees anoher nei&h!or# Mr% 5rankland# a har"less "an *hose
pri"ary fous is on la*suis% Barry"ore
dra*s inreasin& suspiion# as Wason sees hi" *alk *ih a andle
ino an e"py roo"# hold i up ohe *indo*# and hen leave%
Reali0in& ha he roo"s only advana&e is is vie* ou on he
"oor#
Wason and Sir Henry are deer"ined o fi&ure ou *ha is
&oin& on%
Mean*hile# durin& he day# Sir Henry oninues o pursue Miss
Sapleon unil her !roher runs up on
he" and yells an&rily% He laer e-plains o he disappoined
!arone ha i *as no personal# he *as
4us afraid of losin& his only o"panion so ,uikly% To sho*
here are no hard feelin&s# he invies Sir
Henry o dine *ih hi" and his siser on 5riday%
Sir Henry hen !eo"es he person doin& he surprisin *hen he
*alks in *ih Wason on Barry"ore#
ahin& hi" a ni&h in he roo" *ih he andle% He refuses o
ans*er heir ,uesions# sine i is nohis sere o ell# !u Mrs%
Barry"ores% She ells he" ha Selden is her !roher and he andle is
a
si&nal o allo* hi" o &e food% When he ouple reurns o
heir roo"# Sir Henry and Wason &o off o
find he onvi# despie he poor *eaher and fri&henin& sound
of he hound% They see Selden !yanoher andle# !u are una!le o ah
hi"% Wason noies he fi&ure of anoher "an# !u he like*ise
&es a*ay%
Barry"ore is upse *hen he finds ou ha hey ried o apure Selden#
!u *hen an a&ree"en is
reahed o allo* Selden o esape ou of he ounry# he is *illin&
o repay he favor% He ells he"
a!ou a "osly+!urned leer askin& Sir Charles o !e a he
&ae a he i"e of his deah% . *as si&ned
*ih he iniials '%'% $r% Mori"er ells Wason he ne- day ha i ould
!e 'aura 'yons# 5ranklandsdau&her *ho lives in Coo"!e Traey%
When Wason &oes o alk o her# she ad"is o *riin& he
leer afer Sapleon old her Sir Charles *ould !e *illin& o
help her# !u says she never kep he
appoin"en%
5rankland has 4us *on *o ases and invies Wason in# as his
arria&e passes !y# o help hi"
ele!rae% Barry"ore had previously old Wason ha anoher "an lived
ou on he "oor !esidesSelden# and 5rankland un*iin&ly onfir"s
his# *hen he sho*s Wason hrou&h his elesope he
fi&ure of a !oy arryin& food off% Wason depars he house
and &oes off in ha direion% He finds he
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d*ellin& *here he unkno*n "an has !een sayin &oes in#
sees a "essa&e reporin& on his o*n
aiviies# and *ais%
Hol"es urns ou o !e he unkno*n "an# keepin& his loaion a
sere so ha Wason *ould no !ee"ped o o"e ou and so he *ould !e a!le
o appear on he sene of aion a he riial "o"en%
Wasons repors have !een of "uh help o hi"# and he hen ells his
friend so"e of he infor"aion
hes unovered+Sapleon is aually "arried o he *o"an passin& as
Miss Sapleon# and *as alsopro"isin& "arria&e o 'aura 'yons
o &e her ooperaion% As hey !rin& heir onversaion o an
end#
hey hear a srea"# he sounds of a "an !ein& pursued !y he
hound%
They ake off runnin& and *hen hey see he fi&ure# hey
"isake i for Sir Henry% As heir "isery and
re&re &ro*# hey reali0e i is aually Selden# dressed in
he !arones old lohes (*hih had !een
&iven o Barry"ore !y *ay of furher apolo&y for
disrusin& hi")% Then Sapleon appears# and *hilehe "akes e-uses
for his presene# Hol"es preends o !e reurnin& o 'ondon%
Hol"es and Wason reurn o Baskerville Hall# *here over dinner# he
deeive reali0es he si"ilariy
!e*een Hu&o Baskervilles porrai and Sapleon% This provides
he "oive in he ri"e+*ih SirHenry &one# Sapleon# he son of
Rod&er# ould lai" he Baskerville forune% When hey reurn o
Mrs% 'yonss plae# hey &e her o ad"i o Sapleons role in he
leer seup# and hen hey &o o
"ee 'esrade%
Under he hrea of advanin& fo Wason# Hol"es# and 'esrade lie
in *ai ouside he Merripi
House# *here Sir Henry has !een dinin&% When he !arone
leaves and ses off aross he "oor# hehound is soon le loose% .
really is a erri!le !eas# !u Hol"es and Wason "ana&e o shoo i
!efore i
an hur Sir Henry% They disover Mrs% Sapleon i"prisoned in he
!edroo"# and *hen she is freed#
she ells he" of Sapleons hideou deep in 6ri"pen Mire% When hey
head ou he ne- day o look
for hi"# hey are no a!le o find hi"# and he is presu"ed
dead%
