Chapter 17

The Ambush on the Moor and the Hound's Death

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  1. Tiny wagonette lamps creep across the black moor toward the fog over the Grimpen Mire

    1 Tiny wagonette lamps creep across the black moor toward the fog over the Grimpen Mire

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  2. Behind the orchard wall, Watson watches Stapleton unlock the out-house

    2 Behind the orchard wall, Watson watches Stapleton unlock the out-house

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  3. Behind the granite screen, Holmes stares at the moonlit fog rolling in from the Grimpen Mire and says, "It's moving towards us."

    3 Behind the granite screen, Holmes stares at the moonlit fog rolling in from the Grimpen Mire and says, "It's moving towards us."

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  4. For the first time, the man who is never surprised is struck with amazement: Holmes's pale face freezes in a fixed stare and his lips part.

    4 For the first time, the man who is never surprised is struck with amazement: Holmes's pale face freezes in a fixed stare and his lips part.

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  5. Out of the moonlit wall of fog, the coal-black hound leaps with fire at its jaws.

    5 Out of the moonlit wall of fog, the coal-black hound leaps with fire at its jaws.

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  6. Holmes has outrun the others up the moonlit track and fires his revolver point-blank into the flank of the burning hound as it pins Sir Henry to the stones.

    6 Holmes has outrun the others up the moonlit track and fires his revolver point-blank into the flank of the burning hound as it pins Sir Henry to the stones.

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  7. Watson's fingertips smoulder with cold blue flame from the dead hound's muzzle

    7 Watson's fingertips smoulder with cold blue flame from the dead hound's muzzle

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  8. Two dark eyes above a white towel gag look out of the shadowed museum room

    8 Two dark eyes above a white towel gag look out of the shadowed museum room

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  9. Beryl Stapleton, freed and bruised, claps her hands and laughs fiercely at the fogged window.

    9 Beryl Stapleton, freed and bruised, claps her hands and laughs fiercely at the fogged window.

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  10. Holmes has sunk to his waist in the Grimpen Mire.

    10 Holmes has sunk to his waist in the Grimpen Mire.

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  11. On the firmer ground past the morass, Holmes, Watson and Lestrade bend over the smooth black mud looking for Stapleton's footprints.

    11 On the firmer ground past the morass, Holmes, Watson and Lestrade bend over the smooth black mud looking for Stapleton's footprints.

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  12. Standing on the rim of the old tin-mine island, Holmes sweeps his long arm over the endless green-splotched Grimpen Mire and names Stapleton the most dangerous man they have ever hunted.

    12 Standing on the rim of the old tin-mine island, Holmes sweeps his long arm over the endless green-splotched Grimpen Mire and names Stapleton the most dangerous man they have ever hunted.

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