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HolmesHe examines a forgotten walking stick and challenges Watson’s deductions about its owner.First seen in chapter 1
WatsonHe studies a visitor’s walking stick and checks its owner’s medical record.First seen in chapter 1
MortimerHe is a country doctor who asks Holmes for help with a serious problem.First seen in chapter 1
Sir Charles BaskervilleHis death is attributed to natural causes, but Mortimer reports enormous hound tracks nearby.First seen in chapter 2
Hugo BaskervilleThe family legend describes him abducting a farmer’s daughter and dying beneath a monstrous hound.First seen in chapter 2
Sir Henry BaskervilleHe is the arriving heir whose safety Mortimer asks Holmes to consider.First seen in chapter 3
BarrymoreHe is a black-bearded man whose presence at Baskerville Hall Holmes tries to confirm.First seen in chapter 5
SeldenHe is an escaped murderer whose brutality Watson remembers.First seen in chapter 6
StapletonHe meets Watson on the moor, asks about Holmes, and introduces his sister.First seen in chapter 7
Miss StapletonIntroduced as Stapleton’s sister, she gives Watson an urgent warning about Sir Henry.First seen in chapter 7
Mrs. BarrymoreShe has swollen eyes, although her husband denies that she weeps at night.First seen in chapter 7
FranklandHe is a neighbor involved in lawsuits and searching for the escaped convict.First seen in chapter 8
Laura LyonsMortimer names her as a possible match for initials on a letter to Sir Charles.First seen in chapter 10
LestradeHe arrives to help Holmes and Watson gather decisive evidence.First seen in chapter 13

Chapter 1
Holmes and Watson examine a forgotten walking stick before its owner, Mortimer, arrives seeking help.
Chapter 2
Mortimer recounts the Baskerville legend and reveals enormous hound tracks near Sir Charles’s body.
Chapter 3
Holmes considers Sir Henry’s safety and suggests that Sir Charles waited for someone before running in terror.
Chapter 4
Sir Henry brings an anonymous warning, reports a missing boot, and insists on visiting Baskerville Hall.
Chapter 4
Holmes spots a man following Sir Henry, but the watcher escapes in a cab.
Chapter 5
Watson agrees to accompany Sir Henry while Holmes learns that the mysterious cab passenger used his name.
Chapter 6
Watson reaches Baskerville Hall with Sir Henry and hears about an escaped murderer.
Chapter 7
Watson meets the Stapletons, and Miss Stapleton gives him an urgent warning about Sir Henry.
Chapter 8
Watson sees Barrymore holding a candle against a window overlooking the moor.
Chapter 9
Watson and Sir Henry discover that the Barrymores secretly feed Mrs. Barrymore’s escaped brother, Selden.
Chapter 9
After pursuing Selden, Watson sees an unidentified man on a tor.
Chapter 10
Barrymore reveals a burned letter arranging a meeting with Sir Charles, and Mortimer suggests Laura Lyons wrote it.
Chapter 11
Laura Lyons admits requesting a meeting with Sir Charles but denies attending it.
Chapter 11
Frankland leads Watson toward the stranger’s hut, where a written report shows someone monitors his movements.
Chapter 12
Watson finds Holmes hiding on the moor and learns that Miss Stapleton is actually Stapleton’s wife.
Chapter 12
Holmes and Watson find Selden dead in Sir Henry’s clothes after hearing screams and a hound’s cry.
Chapter 13
A family portrait helps Holmes identify Stapleton’s Baskerville connection and inheritance motive.
Chapter 13
Laura Lyons confirms Stapleton’s control over her appointment, while Holmes arranges a false departure.
Chapter 14
Holmes kills the glowing hound attacking Sir Henry, and Watson identifies phosphorus on its muzzle.
Chapter 14
The investigators free Mrs. Stapleton, then find evidence suggesting her husband died while fleeing through Grimpen Mire.
Chapter 15
Holmes explains Stapleton’s ancestry, his use of the hound, and the stolen boot that supplied Sir Henry’s scent.
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