Chapter 12

The Convict's Candle and the Man on the Tor

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  1. Baskerville Hall sits low and dark in its hollow with a single candle in its west wing.

    1 Baskerville Hall sits low and dark in its hollow with a single candle in its west wing.

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  2. Sir Henry stands rigid on the rain-swept moor, chalk-white, gripping Watson's sleeve

    3 Sir Henry stands rigid on the rain-swept moor, chalk-white, gripping Watson's sleeve

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  3. Sir Henry is still pale from the hound's cry, but he plants his feet on the rain-swept moor path.

    4 Sir Henry is still pale from the hound's cry, but he plants his feet on the rain-swept moor path.

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  4. A single guttering candle burns in a crevice of wet granite on the night moor.

    5 A single guttering candle burns in a crevice of wet granite on the night moor.

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  5. Selden's mire-smeared face rises over the rocks, lit from below by a hidden candle

    6 Selden's mire-smeared face rises over the rocks, lit from below by a hidden candle

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  6. The ambush breaks on the dark, rainy moor.

    7 The ambush breaks on the dark, rainy moor.

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  7. A tall black figure stands still on a granite tor against the low silver moon

    8 A tall black figure stands still on a granite tor against the low silver moon

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  8. Watson points at the granite tor against the moon, but the man there is already gone

    9 Watson points at the granite tor against the moon, but the man there is already gone

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