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1  It was the night before he made his departure for London.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 3. The Problem
2  I put them both outside my door last night, and there was only one in the morning.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 4. Sir Henry Baskerville
3  It was she, then, who wept in the night, and if she did so her husband must know it.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 7. The Stapletons of Merripit House
4  Last night they took one of my brown ones, and today they have sneaked one of the black.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 5. Three Broken Threads
5  I fancy that he really did see something of the kind upon that last night in the yew alley.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 7. The Stapletons of Merripit House
6  We can understand his taking an evening stroll, but the ground was damp and the night inclement.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 3. The Problem
7  I stood upon the hearth-rug and picked up the stick which our visitor had left behind him the night before.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 1. Mr. Sherlock Holmes
8  And then suddenly, in the very dead of the night, there came a sound to my ears, clear, resonant, and unmistakable.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 6. Baskerville Hall
9  That night he went out as usual for his nocturnal walk, in the course of which he was in the habit of smoking a cigar.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 2. The Curse of the Baskervilles
10  One, it is said, died that very night of what he had seen, and the other twain were but broken men for the rest of their days.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 2. The Curse of the Baskervilles
11  Sir Charles Baskerville was in the habit every night before going to bed of walking down the famous yew alley of Baskerville Hall.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 2. The Curse of the Baskervilles
12  They had gone a mile or two when they passed one of the night shepherds upon the moorlands, and they cried to him to know if he had seen the hunt.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 2. The Curse of the Baskervilles
13  Mr. Sherlock Holmes, who was usually very late in the mornings, save upon those not infrequent occasions when he was up all night, was seated at the breakfast table.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 1. Mr. Sherlock Holmes
14  The idea of some ghastly presence constantly haunted him, and on more than one occasion he has asked me whether I had on my medical journeys at night ever seen any strange creature or heard the baying of a hound.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 2. The Curse of the Baskervilles
15  On the night of Sir Charles's death Barrymore the butler, who made the discovery, sent Perkins the groom on horseback to me, and as I was sitting up late I was able to reach Baskerville Hall within an hour of the event.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 2. The Curse of the Baskervilles
16  And now, having brought you up to date in the escaped convict, the Stapletons, Dr. Mortimer, and Frankland, of Lafter Hall, let me end on that which is most important and tell you more about the Barrymores, and especially about the surprising development of last night.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 8. First Report of Dr. Watson
17  Then, as it would seem, he became as one that hath a devil, for, rushing down the stairs into the dining-hall, he sprang upon the great table, flagons and trenchers flying before him, and he cried aloud before all the company that he would that very night render his body and soul to the Powers of Evil if he might but overtake the wench.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 2. The Curse of the Baskervilles
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