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The famous detective Sherlock Holmes and his friend Dr. Watson examine a cane left in an apartment on Baker Street by a visitor who came in their absence. Soon the owner of the cane appears, the doctor James Mortimer, a tall young man with close-set gray eyes and a long protruding nose. Mortimer reads to Holmes and Watson an old manuscript - a legend about the terrible curse of the Baskerville family - entrusted to him not so long ago by his patient and friend Sir Charles Baskerville, who suddenly died. Powerful and intelligent, not at all prone to fantasies, Sir Charles took this legend seriously and was ready for the end that fate had in store for him.
IN old times one of Charles Baskerville's ancestors, the owner of the Hugo estate, was distinguished by his unbridled and cruel temper. Inflamed with an unholy passion for the daughter of a farmer, Hugo kidnapped her. Having locked the girl in the upper chambers, Hugo and his friends sat down to feast. The unfortunate woman decided on a desperate act: she climbed down the ivy from the castle window and ran home through the swamps. Hugo rushed after her, setting dogs on the trail, his comrades following him. On a wide lawn among the swamps, they saw the body of a fugitive who died of fear. Nearby lay the corpse of Hugo, and above him stood a vile monster, similar to a dog, but much larger. The monster tore at the throat of Hugo Baskerville and sparkled with burning eyes. And, although the one who wrote down the legend hoped that Providence would not punish the innocent, he still warned his descendants to beware of “going out into the swamps at night, when the forces of evil reign supreme,”
James Mortimer says that Sir Charles was found dead in a yew avenue, not far from the gate leading to the moors. And nearby the doctor noticed fresh and clear footprints... of a huge dog. Mortimer asks Holmes for advice, since the heir to the estate, Sir Henry Baskerville, arrives from America. The day after Henry's arrival, Baskerville, accompanied by Mortimer, visits Holmes. Sir Henry's adventures began immediately upon arrival: firstly, his shoe went missing in the hotel, and secondly, he received an anonymous message warning him to “stay away from the peat bogs.” Nevertheless, he is determined to go to Baskerville Hall, and Holmes sends Dr. Watson with him. Holmes himself remains on business in London. Dr. Watson sends Holmes detailed reports about life on the estate and tries not to leave Sir Henry alone, which soon becomes difficult, as Baskerville falls in love with Miss Stapleton, who lives nearby. Miss Stapleton lives in a house on the moors with her brother, an entomologist, and two servants, and her brother jealously protects her from the advances of Sir Henry. Having created a scandal about this, Stapleton then comes to Baskerville Hall with an apology and promises not to interfere with the love of Sir Henry and his sister if, within the next three months, he agrees to be content with her friendship.
At night in the castle, Watson hears a woman's sobs, and in the morning the butler Barrymore's wife is in tears. He and Sir Henry manage to catch Barrymore himself making signs out the window with a candle at night, and the swamps answer him in kind. It turns out that an escaped convict is hiding in the swamps - this is the younger brother of Barrymore's wife, who for her remained only a mischievous boy. One of these days he should leave for South America. Sir Henry promises not to betray Barrymore and even gives him some clothes. As if in gratitude, Barrymore says that a piece of a half-burnt letter to Sir Charles with a request to be “at the gate at ten o’clock in the evening” survived in the fireplace. The letter was signed “L. L." Next door, in Coombe Treacy, there lives a lady with those initials - Laura Lyons. Watson goes to her the next day. Laura Lyons admits that she wanted to ask Sir Charles for money to divorce her husband, but at the last moment she received help “from other hands.” She was going to explain everything to Sir Charles the next day, but learned from the newspapers about his death.
On the way back, Watson decides to go to the swamps: even earlier he noticed a man there (not a convict). Stealthily, he approaches the stranger's supposed home. Much to his surprise, he finds a note scrawled in pencil in an empty hut: “Dr. Watson has left for Coombe Trecy.” Watson decides to wait for the occupant of the hut. Finally he hears footsteps approaching and cocks his revolver. Suddenly a familiar voice is heard: “Today is such a wonderful evening, dear Watson. Why sit in the stuffiness? It’s much nicer outside.” The friends barely have time to exchange information (Holmes knows that the woman Stapleton is passing off as his sister is his wife, moreover, he is sure that it is Stapleton who is his opponent), when they hear a terrible scream. The scream is repeated, Holmes and Watson rush to the rescue and see the body... of an escaped convict dressed in Sir Henry's costume. Stapleton appears. Judging by his clothing, he also mistakes the deceased for Sir Henry, then with great effort will hides his disappointment.
The next day, Sir Henry goes alone to visit Stapleton, while Holmes, Watson and detective Lestrade, who has arrived from London, wait in hiding in the swamps not far from the house. Holmes's plans are almost thwarted by the fog creeping from the side of the bog. Sir Henry leaves Stapleton and heads home. Stapleton sets a dog in his wake: a huge, black one, with a burning mouth and eyes (they were smeared with a phosphorescent composition). Holmes manages to shoot the dog, although Sir Henry still suffered a nervous shock. Perhaps an even greater shock for him is the news that the woman he loves is Stapleton's wife. Holmes finds her tied up in the back room - she finally rebelled and refused to help her husband in the hunt for Sir Henry. She accompanies the detectives deep into the quagmire where Stapleton hid the dog, but no trace of him can be found. Obviously, the swamp swallowed the villain.
To improve their health, Sir Henry and Doctor Mortimer go to trip around the world, and before sailing they visit Holmes. After they leave, Holmes tells Watson the details of this case: Stapleton, a descendant of one of the branches of the Baskervilles (Holmes guessed this from his resemblance to the portrait of the wicked Hugo), was noticed more than once in fraud, but he managed to safely hide from justice. It was he who suggested that Laura Lyons first write to Sir Charles, and then forced her to refuse the date. Both she and Stapleton's wife were entirely at his mercy. But at the decisive moment, Stapleton's wife stopped obeying him.
Having finished the story, Holmes invites Watson to go to the opera - to see Les Huguenots.
Dr. James Mortimer asks Sherlock Holmes for advice following the death of his friend, Sir Charles Baskerville. Sir Charles was found dead on the grounds of his Devonshire estate, Baskerville Hall. Mortimer now fears for Sir Charles's nephew and sole heir, Sir Henry Baskerville, who is the new master of Baskerville Hall. The death was attributed to a heart attack, but Mortimer is suspicious, because Sir Charles died with an expression of horror on his face, and Mortimer noticed "the footprints of a gigantic hound" nearby. The Baskerville family has supposedly been under a curse since the era of the English Civil War when ancestor Hugo Baskerville allegedly offered his soul to the devil for help in abducting a woman and was reportedly killed by a giant spectral hound. Sir Charles believed in the curse and was apparently fleeing from something in fright when he died.
Intrigued, Holmes meets Sir Henry, newly arrived from Canada. Sir Henry has received an anonymous note, cut and pasted from newsprint, warning him away from the Baskerville moors, and one of his new boots is inexplicably missing from his London hotel room. The Baskerville family is discussed: Sir Charles was the eldest of three brothers; the youngest, black sheep. Rodger, is believed to have died childless in South America, while Sir Henry is the only child of the middle brother. Sir Henry plans to move into Baskerville Hall, despite the ominous warning message. Holmes and Dr Watson follow him from Holmes"s Baker Street apartment back to his hotel and notice a bearded man following him in a cab; they pursue the man, but he escapes. Mortimer tells them that Mr Barrymore, the butler at Baskerville Hall, has a beard like the one on the stranger. Sir Henry's boot reappears, but an older one vanishes.
Holmes sends for the cab driver who shuttled the bearded man after Sir Henry and is both astounded and amused to learn that the stranger had made a point of giving his name as "Sherlock Holmes" to the cabbie. Holmes, now even more interested in the Baskerville affair but held up with other cases, dispatches Watson to accompany Sir Henry to Baskerville Hall with instructions to send him frequent reports about the house, grounds, and neighbors. Upon arrival at the grand but austere Baskerville estate, Watson and Sir Henry learn that an escaped murderer named Selden is believed to be in the area.
Barrymore and his wife, who also works at Baskerville Hall, wish to leave the estate soon. Watson hears a woman crying in the night; it is obvious to him that it was Mrs Barrymore, but her husband denies it. Watson can find no proof that Barrymore was in Devon on the day of the chase in London. He meets a brother and sister who lives nearby: Mr Stapleton, a naturalist, and the beautiful Miss Stapleton. When an animal sound is heard, Stapleton is quick to dismiss it as unrelated to the legendary hound. When her brother is out of earshot, Miss Stapleton mistakes Watson for Sir Henry and warns him to leave. She and Sir Henry later meet and quickly fall in love, arousing Stapleton's anger; he later apologises and invites Sir Henry to dine with him a few days later.
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Answer from Yw4ty rat[newbie]
Dr. Mortimer comes to Holmes, tells the legend of the Hound of the Baskervilles, the story of the death of his friend Charles Baskerville and asks for advice on how to deal with Sir Charles's heir, Henry, who was removed from Canada in order to give him his uncle's inheritance. Holmes, becoming interested, gets involved in the investigation of the case about the Dog, but SUDDENLY sends Watson with Henry and Mortimer to the Baskerville family castle, while he himself remains in London. And he tells Watson to write reports. The butler Barrymore and his wife still live in the castle, and not far away, in the village of Grimpen, there is a family friend, the naturalist Stapleton, with his sister (actually his wife) and several other comrades like Laura Lyons and the crazy old man Franklin, her dad. And in the swamps there is a hellish Dog. This and that, getting drunk every day and trembling with horror, Henry and Watson hang out there back and forth until Watson finds out that Holmes has also settled in the swamps. It turns out he was working undercover.
In the end, it turns out that Stapleton set the hell-hound on, because, oddly enough, he is also a Baskerville and he also wants money, but he no longer has the strength to wait for the money and the castle to go to him in due time. First, he killed Sir Charles by luring him out into the street one night with the help of his friend Laura Lyons, and then intended to commit similar indecency with Sir Henry. But the Great Detective intervened in time, declassified everything, called Lestrade from London to help, and with the whole crowd they drove Stapleton into the swamps, where he accidentally drowned. And Lestrade shot the Dog. To make her look more like a devilish beast, Stapleton smeared her with some kind of phosphorus mixture so that she glowed like a ghost.
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Dr. Mortimer comes to Holmes, tells the legend of the Hound of the Baskervilles, the story of the death of his friend Charles Baskerville and asks for advice on how to deal with Sir Charles's heir, Henry, who was removed from Canada in order to give him his uncle's inheritance. Holmes, becoming interested, gets involved in the investigation of the case about the Dog, but SUDDENLY sends Watson with Henry and Mortimer to the Baskerville family castle, while he himself remains in London. And he tells Watson to write reports. The butler Barrymore and his wife still live in the castle, and not far away, in the village of Grimpen, there is a family friend, the naturalist Stapleton, with his sister (actually his wife) and several other comrades like Laura Lyons and the crazy old man Franklin, her dad. And in the swamps there is a hellish Dog. This and that, getting drunk every day and trembling with horror, Henry and Watson hang out there back and forth until Watson finds out that Holmes has also settled in the swamps. It turns out he was working undercover.
In the end, it turns out that Stapleton set the hell-hound on, because, oddly enough, he is also a Baskerville and he also wants money, but he no longer has the strength to wait for the money and the castle to go to him in due time. First, he killed Sir Charles by luring him out into the street one night with the help of his friend Laura Lyons, and then intended to commit similar indecency with Sir Henry. But the Great Detective intervened in time, declassified everything, called Lestrade from London to help, and with the whole crowd they drove Stapleton into the swamps, where he accidentally drowned. And Lestrade shot the Dog. To make her look more like a devilish beast, Stapleton smeared her with some kind of phosphorus mixture so that she glowed like a ghost.
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Dr. James Mortimer, a rural doctor, turns to Sherlock Holmes for help. His friend, Sir Charles Baskerville, died under mysterious circumstances at his family estate, located in the English county of Devonshire near the Grimpen Mire. Everything pointed to a natural death, if not for the expression of inhuman horror on the face of the dead man.
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson learn that the Baskerville family has a creepy family legend that they pass on from generation to generation. This legend tells of a ghost dog that haunts all the Baskervilles at night in the swamps of the Grimpensky bog. According to legend, the ghost first appeared to punish one of the Baskervilles - the dissolute rogue Hugo, who lived in the 17th century. Since then, the dog has occasionally reappeared to take the lives of Hugo's descendants. The devilish ghost is described in legend as a huge black dog, with glowing eyes and a huge mouth.
Dr. Mortimer asks the detective for help, because the last descendant of the Baskerville family, Baronet Henry Baskerville, arrives from America to the family “nest”, and he is also in danger. Holmes decides to instruct Watson to accompany Sir Henry to his estate and remain there with young Baskerville until further notice.
In the end, the killer turns out to be one of Baskerville's neighbors - Jack Stapleton, who was actually Sir Charles's nephew and Sir Henry's cousin. Having heard a translation of the terrible legend from Charles Baskerville himself, Stapleton decided to use it for his own purposes. Knowing that Sir Charles was ill and might die from severe fright, he purchased huge dog, whom he hid in the swamp. At the right moment, Stapleton painted the animal with phosphorus, which was odorless and glowed in the dark, and set it on Sir Charles. He, frightened, ran and died from heart attack. The second time Stapleton decided to repeat this story with Henry Baskerville. But at the last moment, when the dog rushed at the baronet, Holmes shot it. Stapleton, trying to escape justice, drowns in a swamp.
Answer from Yorok Yurok[master]
Dr. Mortimer comes to Holmes, tells the legend of the Hound of the Baskervilles, the story of the death of his friend Charles Baskerville and asks for advice on how to deal with Sir Charles's heir, Henry, who was removed from Canada in order to give him his uncle's inheritance. Holmes, becoming interested, gets involved in the investigation of the case about the Dog, but SUDDENLY sends Watson with Henry and Mortimer to the Baskerville family castle, while he himself remains in London. And he tells Watson to write reports. The butler Barrymore and his wife still live in the castle, and not far away, in the village of Grimpen, there is a family friend, the naturalist Stapleton, with his sister (actually his wife) and several other comrades like Laura Lyons and the crazy old man Franklin, her dad. And in the swamps there is a hellish Dog. This and that, getting drunk every day and trembling with horror, Henry and Watson hang out there back and forth until Watson finds out that Holmes has also settled in the swamps. It turns out he was working undercover.
In the end, it turns out that Stapleton set the hell-hound on, because, oddly enough, he is also a Baskerville and he also wants money, but he no longer has the strength to wait for the money and the castle to go to him in due time. First, he killed Sir Charles by luring him out into the street one night with the help of his friend Laura Lyons, and then intended to commit similar indecency with Sir Henry. But the Great Detective intervened in time, declassified everything, called Lestrade from London to help, and with the whole crowd they drove Stapleton into the swamps, where he accidentally drowned. And Lestrade shot the Dog. To make her look more like a devilish beast, Stapleton smeared her with some kind of phosphorus mixture so that she glowed like a ghost.
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The story begins with Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson examining a cane left behind by a man who came to the Baker Street apartment during their absence. After some time the visitor returns. It turns out to be James Mortimer, a young doctor. He reads to the detectives an old legend telling about the curse of the Baskerville family. The manuscript on which it is written was given to James by his friend Charles Baskerville (he died unexpectedly soon after).
According to legend, many years ago, Hugh Baskerville kidnapped the daughter of a farmer, for whom he had a strong passion. He locked the girl in the upper floors of the house and left to have fun with friends. But the frightened beauty got out of the castle through the window and ran home. Soon Hugo went after her, setting dogs on the trail. Baskerville's friends, who arrived some time later, discovered the girl's corpse in a swampy area; not far from him lay the dead Hugo, whose throat was tormented by a huge dog with bright sparkling eyes. The one who wrote down this story asked the descendants of the Baskerville family not to go to the swamps at night.
Mortimer says Charles's dead body was found near the gate that leads to the moors. Not far from the corpse, large and clear dog tracks were clearly visible. Soon the heir, Sir Henry Baskerville, should arrive at the family estate; Concerned about his fate and the fate of his late friend, Mortimer asks for help from the famous detective.
Immediately upon his arrival from America, Henry and Mortimer come to the apartment on Baker Street. Strange things began to happen to the heir from the first minute of his stay in England: his shoe disappeared from the hotel, after which he received an anonymous warning to “stay away from the peat bogs.” However, Henry is not afraid to go to his estate; Sherlock Holmes decides that Watson should accompany the young Baskerville.
Sherlock Holmes gets detailed letters about everything that happens in Baskerville Hall. Dr. Watson reports that he is trying to the best of his ability not to leave the heir alone, but this is becoming increasingly difficult: he falls in love with his neighbor, Miss Stapleton. She and her entomologist brother live in a house in the swamps; her brother is dissatisfied with the young Baskerville's attention to her. There is a scandal between Stapleton and Henry. After some time, the ethnologist comes to Sir Henry, apologizes to him and says that he will not interfere with the love between him and his sister if for the next three months he agrees to be only a friend for her.
At night, Dr. Watson hears a woman crying, and the next morning he sees that the wife of the butler Barrymore has a tear-stained face. The Doctor, together with Sir Henry, learns that at night Barrymore sends strange signs through the window with the help of a candle, receiving a response from the swamps. Subsequently, it turns out that the brother of the butler’s wife is hiding in the swamps, who escaped from hard labor and will soon leave for South America. The owner of the estate promises not to tell anyone about the escaped convict and even gives him some clothes. Barrymore says he found the remains of a burnt letter addressed to Charles Baskerville in the fireplace. In it, someone signed L.L. asks Charles to come to the gate at ten o'clock in the evening. There lives a lady nearby whose initials match those on the letter; her name is Laura Lyons. The next day, Dr. Watson visits her, and the woman reveals that she made an appointment with Charles to ask for some money to arrange a divorce from her husband, but at the last moment she received it from another person. Laura wanted to explain everything to Sir Baskerville later, but she read about his death in the newspaper.
On the way to Baskerville Hall, Watson visits the moors; he is convinced that he saw someone there other than the butler's wife's brother. He quietly approaches the hut standing there. The house turns out to be empty, but inside there is a note: “Doctor Watson has left for Coombe Trecy.” Watson waits for the hut's occupant to return; when the sounds of footsteps are heard, he cocks the hammer of his revolver. Suddenly he hears a familiar voice: “Today is such a wonderful evening, dear Watson.” Of course, the owner of the voice turns out to be Sherlock Holmes. He tells the doctor that in fact Miss and Mr. Stapleton are not brother and sister, but spouses. Then the men hear a scream; when it repeats itself, they run to the rescue and discover the dead body of an escaped convict dressed in one of Sir Henry's costumes. Stapleton immediately approaches, who, because of the suit, mistook the deceased for the owner of Baskerville Hall; disappointment is clearly visible on his face.
The next day, young Baskerville goes to see Stapleton. He is secretly followed by Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson and Inspector Lestrade, who arrived from London. A few hours later, Sir Henry leaves the Stapleton house and goes to his estate. Stapleton sets a colossal dog on his trail, whose mouth and eyes sparkle brightly due to the fact that they are smeared with a phosphorescent composition. Holmes shoots the dog, but young Baskerville is still greatly frightened. He was also shocked by the news that his beloved turned out to be Stapleton’s wife. The girl was found tied up - at the last minute she refused to assist her husband in the hunt for Baskerville. She helps the men go deep into the swamps where Stapleton kept the dog, but no trace of her husband could be found. Most likely, he was swallowed up by the quagmire.
In order to restore his health, Sir Henry and Mortimer go on a circumnavigation of the world, but before leaving they go to an apartment on Baker Street. After they leave, Sherlock Holmes reveals details of the investigation to Watson. It turns out that Stapleton also belongs to the Baskerville family, which is confirmed by his external resemblance to Hugo depicted in the portrait. He was repeatedly caught in fraud, but he always managed to escape justice. It was Stapleton who advised Laura Lyons to ask Charles for money, and then forced her to abandon this idea. He had a very strong influence both on this woman and on his wife; but at the decisive moment his wife rebelled and stopped helping him.
After this story, the famous detective invites Dr. Watson to go to the opera.
Arthur Conan Doyle
"The Hound of the Baskervilles"
The famous detective Sherlock Holmes and his friend Dr. Watson examine a cane left in an apartment on Baker Street by a visitor who came in their absence. Soon the owner of the cane appears, the doctor James Mortimer, a tall young man with close-set gray eyes and a long protruding nose. Mortimer reads to Holmes and Watson an old manuscript - a legend about the terrible curse of the Baskerville family - entrusted to him not so long ago by his patient and friend Sir Charles Baskerville, who suddenly died. Powerful and intelligent, not at all given to fantasy, Sir Charles took this legend seriously and was ready for the end that fate had in store for him.
In ancient times, one of Charles Baskerville's ancestors, the owner of the Hugo estate, was distinguished by his unbridled and cruel temper. Inflamed with an unholy passion for the daughter of a farmer, Hugo kidnapped her. Having locked the girl in the upper chambers, Hugo and his friends sat down to feast. The unfortunate woman decided on a desperate act: she climbed down the ivy from the castle window and ran home through the swamps. Hugo rushed after her, setting dogs on the trail, his comrades following him. On a wide lawn among the swamps, they saw the body of a fugitive who died of fear. Nearby lay the corpse of Hugo, and above him stood a vile monster, similar to a dog, but much larger. The monster tore at the throat of Hugo Baskerville and sparkled with burning eyes. And, although the one who wrote down the legend hoped that Providence would not punish the innocent, he still warned his descendants to beware of “going out into the swamps at night, when the forces of evil reign supreme,”
James Mortimer says that Sir Charles was found dead in a yew avenue, not far from the gate leading to the moors. And nearby the doctor noticed fresh and clear footprints... of a huge dog. Mortimer asks Holmes for advice, since the heir to the estate, Sir Henry Baskerville, arrives from America. The day after Henry's arrival, Baskerville, accompanied by Mortimer, visits Holmes. Sir Henry's adventures began immediately upon arrival: firstly, his shoe went missing in the hotel, and secondly, he received an anonymous message warning him to “stay away from the peat bogs.” Nevertheless, he is determined to go to Baskerville Hall, and Holmes sends Dr. Watson with him. Holmes himself remains in London on business. Dr. Watson sends Holmes detailed reports about life on the estate and tries not to leave Sir Henry alone, which soon becomes difficult, as Baskerville falls in love with Miss Stapleton, who lives nearby. Miss Stapleton lives in a house on the moors with her entomologist brother and two servants, and her brother jealously protects her from the advances of Sir Henry. Having created a scandal about this, Stapleton then comes to Baskerville Hall with an apology and promises not to interfere with the love of Sir Henry and his sister, if within the next few days three months he agrees to be content with her friendship.
At night in the castle, Watson hears a woman's sobs, and in the morning he finds the wife of the butler Barrymore in tears. He and Sir Henry manage to catch Barrymore himself making signs out the window with a candle at night, and the swamps answer him in the same way. It turns out that an escaped convict is hiding in the swamps - this is the younger brother of Barrymore’s wife, who for her remained only a mischievous boy. One of these days he should leave for South America. Sir Henry promises not to betray Barrymore and even gives him some clothes. As if in gratitude, Barrymore says that a piece of a half-burnt letter to Sir Charles with a request to be “at the gate at ten o’clock in the evening” survived in the fireplace. The letter was signed “L. L." Next door, in Coombe Treacy, there lives a lady with those initials - Laura Lyons. Watson goes to her the next day. Laura Lyons admits that she wanted to ask Sir Charles for money to divorce her husband, but at the last moment she received help “from other hands.” She was going to explain everything to Sir Charles the next day, but learned from the newspapers about his death.
On the way back, Watson decides to go to the swamps: even earlier he noticed a man there (not a convict). Stealthily, he approaches the stranger's supposed home. Much to his surprise, he finds a note scrawled in pencil in an empty hut: “Dr. Watson has left for Coombe Trecy.” Watson decides to wait for the occupant of the hut. Finally he hears footsteps approaching and cocks his revolver. Suddenly a familiar voice is heard: “Today is such a wonderful evening, dear Watson. Why sit in the stuffiness? It’s much nicer outside.” The friends barely have time to exchange information (Holmes knows that the woman whom Stapleton is passing off as his sister is his wife, moreover, he is sure that it is Stapleton who is his opponent), when they hear a terrible scream. The scream is repeated, Holmes and Watson rush to the rescue and see the body... of an escaped convict dressed in Sir Henry's costume. Stapleton appears. Judging by his clothes, he also mistakes the deceased for Sir Henry, then with a huge effort of will he hides his disappointment.
The next day, Sir Henry goes alone to visit Stapleton, while Holmes, Watson and detective Lestrade, who has arrived from London, wait in hiding in the swamps not far from the house. Holmes's plans are almost thwarted by the fog creeping from the side of the bog. Sir Henry leaves Stapleton and heads home. Stapleton sets a dog in his tracks: a huge, black one, with a burning mouth and eyes (they were smeared with a phosphorescent composition). Holmes manages to shoot the dog, although Sir Henry still suffered a nervous shock. Perhaps an even greater shock for him was the news that the woman he loved was Stapleton’s wife. Holmes finds her tied up in the back room - she finally rebelled and refused to help her husband in the hunt for Sir Henry. She accompanies the detectives deep into the quagmire where Stapleton hid the dog, but no trace of him can be found. Obviously, the swamp swallowed the villain.
To improve their health, Sir Henry and Doctor Mortimer go on a trip around the world, and before sailing they visit Holmes. After they leave, Holmes tells Watson the details of this case: Stapleton, a descendant of one of the branches of the Baskervilles (Holmes guessed this from his resemblance to the portrait of the wicked Hugo), was noticed more than once in fraud, but he managed to safely hide from justice. It was he who suggested that Laura Lyons first write to Sir Charles, and then forced her to refuse the date. Both she and Stapleton's wife were entirely at his mercy. But at the decisive moment, Stapleton's wife stopped obeying him.
Having finished the story, Holmes invites Watson to go to the opera - to see Les Huguenots.
Doctor James Mortimer turns to the famous Sherlock Holmes for help. He tells the detective and his assistant Dr. Watson about strange death his friend and Sir Charles Baskerville and reads an ancient manuscript describing the legend of a terrible curse affecting the family of a comrade.
One of Charles Baskerville's ancestors, Hugo was famous for his tough temper. A noble descendant of an ancient family was inflamed with passion for the daughter of a simple farmer, stole the girl from her father’s house and locked her in the upper chambers of his castle. The girl was not taken aback and ran away, going down the ivy while Gugoping with his friends. The girl headed home through the swamps, and young Baskerville and his comrades began to pursue the fugitive and set dogs on her trail. Hugo rushed forward, leaving his friends far behind. They found his torn body on a large lawn in the middle of a swamp, along with a beauty who had died of fear. A terrible monster resembling a dog continued to tear apart Baskerville's corpse, sparkling with burning eyes. After this tragic incident, a warning was written down in legend “not to go out into the swamps at night, when the forces of evil reign supreme.”
It seemed that the curse of the Baskerville family really existed. James Mortimer reported that Sir Charles was found dead not far from the gate to the moors, and next to him the tracks of a very large dog were clearly visible.
The heir to the estate, Sir Henry Baskerville, arrives from America. Immediately after his arrival, strange things begin to happen: first, Henry’s shoe goes missing at the hotel, then he receives a mysterious letter warning him to “stay away from the peat bogs.” Despite everything, the heir to the estate is going to inspect his possessions and wants to go to Baskerville Hall. Sherlock Holmes sends Dr. Watson with him, while he himself remains in London.
Despite the constant guardianship of Dr. Watson, Henry Baskerville manages to meet Miss Stapleton, who lives with her brother in a house on the swamps, and falls in love with her. Mr. Stapleton tries to protect his sister from Sir Henry's advances, first causing a scandal about it, then apologizing to Baskerville.
Meanwhile, Watson studies the life of the inhabitants of the estate and learns that an escaped convict is hiding in the swamps, who is the younger brother of the butler Barrymore's wife. Dr. Watson promises to keep this a secret, and the grateful butler reports a half-burnt letter he found in the fireplace addressed to Sir Charles. The message contained a request to come to the gate in the evening and was signed “L.L.” A lady with the same initials, Laura Lyons, lives next door. The next day, Watson pays her a visit. Laura tells the doctor that she wanted to borrow money, but received help from other hands and did not come. On the way back to the estate, Watson finds an empty hut in the swamps, the occupant of which Holmes later turns out to be. The detective learned that Mr. Stapleton's sister was actually his wife. While friends are sharing information, a desperate cry is suddenly heard. They rush to the rescue and find the body of an escaped convict wearing Sir Henry's old clothes. Mr. Stapleton immediately appears, mistaking the tramp for Baskerville and trying to hide his disappointment.
The next day, the secret becomes clear when Stapleton tries to set a huge scary dog with glowing (thanks to the phosphorescent composition) eyes and mouth. Holmes manages to shoot the animal, and Baskerville experiences a huge shock upon learning that the woman he loves is Stapleton’s wife.
