"Of course, I've heard of the hound ever since I was in the nursery.

It's the pet story of the family, though I never thought of taking it seriously before.

But as to my uncle's death--well, it all seems boiling up in my head, and I can't get it clear yet.

You don't seem quite to have made up your mind whether it's a case for a policeman or a clergyman." "Precisely." "And now there's this affair of the letter to me at the hotel.

I suppose that fits into its place." "It seems to show that someone knows more than we do about what goes on upon the moor," said Dr.Mortimer.
"And also," said Holmes, "that someone is not ill-disposed towards you, since they warn you of danger." "Or it may be that they wish, for their own purposes, to scare me away." "Well, of course, that is possible also.