Chapter 3
Holmes Takes the Case of the Spectral Hound
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1 Holmes points at Dr. Mortimer from his armchair, blaming him for the lost clue
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2 Dr. Mortimer quietly admits there is a realm where even the best detective is helpless
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3 Dr. Mortimer holds his gold watch: Sir Henry reaches Waterloo in an hour and a quarter
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4 Fingertips together, Holmes gives Dr. Mortimer his answer: twenty-four hours
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5 On the stair, Dr. Mortimer says the apparition hasn't been seen since Sir Charles died
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6 Watson opens the door on a sitting-room so thick with smoke he thinks it is on fire
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7 Amid tobacco smoke, Holmes tells Watson with a faint smile he has been to Devonshire
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8 Holmes's forefinger traces the yew alley on the Ordnance map spread over his knee
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9 Raising his pipe, Holmes asks Watson if the devil's agents might be flesh and blood
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10 Holmes stares through the smoke, picturing a dead man's desperate run down the yew alley
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11 Late at night in the smoky sitting-room, Holmes rolls up the Ordnance map by firelight
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