[The Hound of the Baskervilles by A. Conan Doyle]@TWC D-Link bookThe Hound of the Baskervilles CHAPTER 7 24/34
Would you mind getting that orchid for me among the mare's-tails yonder? We are very rich in orchids on the moor, though, of course, you are rather late to see the beauties of the place." Stapleton had abandoned the chase and came back to us breathing hard and flushed with his exertions. "Halloa, Beryl!" said he, and it seemed to me that the tone of his greeting was not altogether a cordial one. "Well, Jack, you are very hot." "Yes, I was chasing a Cyclopides.
He is very rare and seldom found in the late autumn.
What a pity that I should have missed him!" He spoke unconcernedly, but his small light eyes glanced incessantly from the girl to me. "You have introduced yourselves, I can see." "Yes.
I was telling Sir Henry that it was rather late for him to see the true beauties of the moor." "Why, who do you think this is ?" "I imagine that it must be Sir Henry Baskerville." "No, no," said I."Only a humble commoner, but his friend.
My name is Dr.Watson." A flush of vexation passed over her expressive face.
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