Chapter 4
The warning letter and the man in the cab
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1 On a clear morning, Baker Street wakes as a lone black hansom waits at one door
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2 At ten o'clock, Dr. Mortimer shows the young baronet into the Baker Street sitting-room
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3 The pasted-newsprint warning lies on the breakfast cloth, ending in one handwritten word
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4 Holmes pins down the Times leader and the warning letter and looks at Watson in triumph
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5 Holmes holds the pasted warning letter an inch from his eyes.
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6 Sir Henry Baskerville stands at the breakfast table, fist on the cloth, face flushed red
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7 From a hansom on Regent Street, a black-bearded man stares at Holmes and Watson
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8 On Regent Street the black hansom breaks away through the morning traffic.
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9 On sunlit Regent Street, Holmes recovers his spirit after the lost chase.
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10 Fourteen-year-old messenger boy Cartwright stands to attention by the office counter
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