[The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle]@TWC D-Link bookThe Hound of the Baskervilles CHAPTER 9 4/44
He was less surprised than I had expected. "I knew that Barrymore walked about nights, and I had a mind to speak to him about it," said he.
"Two or three times I have heard his steps in the passage, coming and going, just about the hour you name." "Perhaps then he pays a visit every night to that particular window," I suggested. "Perhaps he does.
If so, we should be able to shadow him, and see what it is that he is after.
I wonder what your friend Holmes would do, if he were here." "I believe that he would do exactly what you now suggest," said I."He would follow Barrymore and see what he did." "Then we shall do it together." "But surely he would hear us." "The man is rather deaf, and in any case we must take our chance of that.
We'll sit up in my room to-night and wait until he passes." Sir Henry rubbed his hands with pleasure, and it was evident that he hailed the adventure as a relief to his somewhat quiet life upon the moor. The baronet has been in communication with the architect who prepared the plans for Sir Charles, and with a contractor from London, so that we may expect great changes to begin here soon. There have been decorators and furnishers up from Plymouth, and it is evident that our friend has large ideas, and means to spare no pains or expense to restore the grandeur of his family.
<<Back Index Next>> D-Link book Top TWC mobile books
|