Собака Баскервиллей
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Thispasteinthetinisnodoubttheluminousmixturewithwhichthecreaturewasdaubed. Itwassuggested,ofcourse,bythestoryofthefamilyhell-hound,andbythedesiretofrightenoldSirCharlestodeath. Nowonderthepoordevilofaconvictranandscreamed,evenasourfrienddid,andasweourselvesmighthavedone,whenhesawsuchacreatureboundingthroughthedarknessofthemooruponhistrack. Itwasacunningdevice,for,apartfromthechanceofdrivingyourvictimtohisdeath,whatpeasantwouldventuretoinquiretoocloselyintosuchacreatureshouldhegetsightofit,asmanyhavedone,uponthemoor? IsaiditinLondon,Watson,andIsayitagainnow, thatneveryethavewehelpedtohuntdownamoredangerousmanthanhewhoislyingyonder" —heswepthislongarmtowardsthehugemottledexpanseofgreen-splotchedbogwhichstretchedawayuntilitmergedintotherussetslopesofthemoor.
