The Hound of the Baskervilles Page #4
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our neighbors. - Oh, yes, sir.
How is Sir Henry?
He's very well, thank you.
We were a bit worried he might
decide not to come here.
After the rumors that followed
the sad death of Sir Charles,
has Mr. Sherlock Holmes
come to any conclusion yet?
I really can't say.
with a visit?
I haven't the slightest idea.
But if I can be of any help,
I do hope you'll call upon me.
I know this place pretty well.
Thank you, but I don't think
Wonderful place, this moor.
From a scientist point of view,
there's nothing like it.
Vast, barren, mysterious.
You see those
bright green spots over there?
Seems a little more fertile
than the rest.
"Fertile."
That's the Great Grimpen Mire.
Only yesterday one of the
It turned me sick with horror
to see it struggling.
And the sound of its screams-
What's that?
Oh, that.
say it's the hound.
Surely you don't
believe such rut.
Bogs make queer noises, or
perhaps it's a bittern booming.
A bittern?
Yes, it's a very rare bird,
practically extinct,
if anything is extinct
on the moor.
Stop, stop!
Look out, stop!
That was a voice.
A woman's voice!
Thank heavens, you heard me!
Another few yards
you'd have been into that mire.
Looks innocent, doesn't it?
But only yesterday
a little moor pony got into it,
and that was the end of it.
Well, thank you
for shouting at me.
- Your Sir Henry?
- Yes.
I suppose I should say welcome,
Sir Henry,
but I'm afraid
it wouldn't be sincere.
Oh, that's understandable.
A stranger coming here and taking
the place of someone you were fond of.
Oh, it's not that, I..
No, Tell me what is it?
Sounds silly, I know, but..
Oh, it's not that
ridiculous hound legend?
things till I came to live down here.
But you do now.
You're rich.
You can go anywhere you want to.
There are so many other places
to live in the world,
interesting places.
Just now, I find this place
very interesting.
- Why hello, Beryl.
- Hello.
- Oh, Dr. Watson, my stepsister
Miss Stapleton. - How do you do?
How do you do?
Hello, Doctor.
- And this, I'm sure must be..
- Oh, Sir Henry, my brother.
- How are you?
- I was just telling Dr. Watson
how delighted we are
you decided to come here.
I'm here, and to stay.
Oh, that's splendid.
You know, it's been quite dull
around here since the Hall's been closed.
It's wide open now, especially
to friends of my uncle.
You must both come
and dine with me.
You must come to us first.
Yes, what about tomorrow night,
you and Dr. Watson?
We'll invite the neighbors
over to meet you.
Of course, you already know
Dr. Mortimer.
The only other one's
old Mr. Frankland.
Who's he?
Wait till you meet him,
Sir Henry
I warn you.
- What on earth for?
- He'll find something.
Suing people
is a passion with him.
I'll look forward
to meeting him.
- All right, tomorrow night then.
- Thank you.
And thank you again for rescuing me.
- Good-bye.
- Good-bye.
And were it not a personal
insult to Sir Henry.
come here this evening.
Oh, but why, Mr. Frankland?
As a stickler for convention.
I'm not in the habit of
breaking bread with my host
on the eve of prosecuting him.
Great heavens, what crime
have I committed now?
A most gruesome one,
Mr. Stapleton,
that of body snatching.
What?
You're a body snatcher, sir,
a ghoul, a despoiler of graves!
Oh, come, come, Mr. Frankland,
that's a very serious charge.
Oh, Beryl, refill Mr. Frankland's
glass, will you.
Thank you, my dear.
And an excellent
vintage it is too.
- But if you're implying that I'm
tipsy, sir! - Oh, of course he's not.
Tell us more, Mr. Frankland.
Whose body has Mr. Stapleton
been snatching?
According to my evidence, sir,
Mr. Stapleton was seen digging among
the old stone huts in the moor,
and removed from there a skull.
Oh, that!
A most interesting relic,
Sir Henry, of Neolithic man.
I'll show it to you after dinner.
Nonetheless, sir,
you removed it from the grave
without the consent
of the next of kin,
that constitutes body snatching.
Deny that if you can.
But what good will it do you
to prosecute Mr. Stapleton?
None sir, I have no interest
in the matter.
I act entirely from
If you care to drop by my house someday
and take a tippler of wine with me,
I'll be glad to tell you a thing
About him, prowling the
Grimpen Mire at night,
and why he takes her with him.
Oh, there's no secret about us.
As you know,
I dabble a bit in the occult.
Mrs. Mortimer has very strong
mediumistic qualities.
She finds the old caves
in the moor
particularly conducive
to psychic phenomena.
Very interesting.
Have you ever tried to communicate
with my uncle since his death?
Oh yes, on several occasions,
but with no success.
But if my wife would consent
to a sance tonight
while you, Sir Henry,
are present, we might..
No, no, James,
not tonight, please.
Perhaps some other time.
Shall we have coffee
in the drawing room?
If you and Dr. Watson would care
to see my little collection.
- Oh, yes, the skulls.
- Yes, they're in here.
Yes, I would like to very much.
Quite a museum.
Oh, a very modest little collection.
But this one really is
quite a treasure.
You'll observe its
unusual cranial index.
Gentleman, gentleman,
my wife has consented!
She's agreed to a sance!
- Splendid.
- Oh, fine.
Please come at once!
Now, then, if you'll all get chairs
and arrange yourselves naturally,
comfortably here by the fire
As Shakespeare says,
"You can call spirits
from the vastly deep,
but will they answer?"
They won't answer
scoffers are skeptics!
If that's your attitude,
Mr. Frankland,
perhaps you wouldn't
mind leaving us.
I'm sure Mr. Frankland
didn't mean to doubt.
Of course I doubt,
and I ask you to keep a civil
tongue in your head, Dr. Mortimer.
Ordering me out
from under the roof of my host
is grounds for a
Oh, come now, Mr. Frankland,
sit down by me.
Now, tonight we may communicate
with Sir Charles,
find out what he
feared so greatly,
what he was running away from.
Now, Jennifer,
you sit here, please.
Sir Henry, here.
those lights? - Certainly.
Stapleton, that light please.
Dr. Watson.
Now, would you all keep quiet,
and sit quite naturally.
Sir Henry, your hand, please?
Sir Charles,
can you speak to us?
Let us know if you're present.
There are things
that only you can explain.
Speak to us, Sir Charles,
if you're here.
There are things that
only you can tell us.
Sir Charles,
can you speak to us?
Let us know if you're present.
There are things
that only you can tell us.
Speak to us, Sir Charles,
if you're here.
There are things
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