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1 The nets are all in place, and the drag is about to begin.
The Hound of the BaskervillesBy Arthur Conan Doyle ContextHighlight In Chapter 13. Fixing the Nets
2 He was running wildly towards them, his absurd net dangling behind him.
The Hound of the BaskervillesBy Arthur Conan Doyle ContextHighlight In Chapter 9. The Light upon the Moor [Second Report of Dr. ...
3 Already I seemed to see our nets drawing closer around that leanjawed pike.
The Hound of the BaskervillesBy Arthur Conan Doyle ContextHighlight In Chapter 13. Fixing the Nets
4 Your net and box would have told me as much," said I, "for I knew that Mr. Stapleton was a naturalist.
The Hound of the BaskervillesBy Arthur Conan Doyle ContextHighlight In Chapter 7. The Stapletons of Merripit House
5 My nets are closing upon him, even as his are upon Sir Henry, and with your help he is already almost at my mercy.
The Hound of the BaskervillesBy Arthur Conan Doyle ContextHighlight In Chapter 12. Death on the Moor
6 We have him, Watson, we have him, and I dare swear that before tomorrow night he will be fluttering in our net as helpless as one of his own butterflies.
The Hound of the BaskervillesBy Arthur Conan Doyle ContextHighlight In Chapter 13. Fixing the Nets
7 But surely such an explanation as that would be quite inadequate to account for the deep and subtle scheming which seemed to be weaving an invisible net round the young baronet.
The Hound of the BaskervillesBy Arthur Conan Doyle ContextHighlight In Chapter 7. The Stapletons of Merripit House
8 To my dismay the creature flew straight for the great mire, and my acquaintance never paused for an instant, bounding from tuft to tuft behind it, his green net waving in the air.
The Hound of the BaskervillesBy Arthur Conan Doyle ContextHighlight In Chapter 7. The Stapletons of Merripit House
9 As I approached the hut, walking as warily as Stapleton would do when with poised net he drew near the settled butterfly, I satisfied myself that the place had indeed been used as a habitation.
The Hound of the BaskervillesBy Arthur Conan Doyle ContextHighlight In Chapter 11. The Man on the Tor
10 Always there was this feeling of an unseen force, a fine net drawn round us with infinite skill and delicacy, holding us so lightly that it was only at some supreme moment that one realized that one was indeed entangled in its meshes.
The Hound of the BaskervillesBy Arthur Conan Doyle ContextHighlight In Chapter 11. The Man on the Tor