Chapter 15
Holmes Revealed; Selden Dies in Sir Henry's Place
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1 Watson stoops out of the low doorway of the stone hut with his revolver still in hand.
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2 In the stone hut, Watson freezes as Holmes says Miss Stapleton is Stapleton's wife
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3 In the twilit stone hut, suspicion hardens into certainty in Watson's eyes.
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4 Holmes has just told Watson, "It is murder," in the dark stone hut.
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5 The scream tears across the night moor, and Holmes springs to the low doorway of the stone hut, a stooping black outline against the violet sky.
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6 Holmes's match shows his fingers thick with blood from the figure at the cliff foot
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7 The match burns down to its last ember over the face-down body in the ruddy tweed suit.
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8 Alone on the moonlit summit, Watson shakes his fist at the Stapletons' far light
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9 Watson and Holmes turn the dead man over and see Selden the convict, not Sir Henry
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10 Across the moonlit moor a small red cigar-glow comes toward Holmes and Watson as they stand over the dead convict at the foot of the cliff.
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11 Stapleton looks up from the dead convict under the white moon.
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12 Under the risen moon at the foot of the cliff, Holmes gives Stapleton a small, courteous bow.
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