[The Hound of the Baskervilles by A. Conan Doyle]@TWC D-Link bookThe Hound of the Baskervilles CHAPTER 10 15/27
But I expect if we could lay our hands upon that lady we should know more about Sir Charles's death." "I cannot understand, Barrymore, how you came to conceal this important information." "Well, sir, it was immediately after that our own trouble came to us. And then again, sir, we were both of us very fond of Sir Charles, as we well might be considering all that he has done for us.
To rake this up couldn't help our poor master, and it's well to go carefully when there's a lady in the case.
Even the best of us--" "You thought it might injure his reputation ?" "Well, sir, I thought no good could come of it.
But now you have been kind to us, and I feel as if it would be treating you unfairly not to tell you all that I know about the matter." "Very good, Barrymore; you can go." When the butler had left us Sir Henry turned to me.
"Well, Watson, what do you think of this new light ?" "It seems to leave the darkness rather blacker than before." "So I think.
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