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The Hound of the Baskervilles, Chapter 8 summary

Chapter 8 of 15 · 11 min to read the chapter

In Chapter 8, Watson reports to Sherlock Holmes on Sir Henry Baskerville’s attraction to Miss Stapleton, the neighbors, and unresolved suspicions surrounding the Barrymores. After watching Barrymore hold a candle against a window overlooking the moor at night, Watson tells Sir Henry, and they agree on a plan whose details remain undisclosed.

What happens

  1. Watson reports that the escaped convict remains unseen and that local people believe he has left the moor.
  2. Sir Henry grows attracted to Miss Stapleton, while her brother appears to discourage their intimacy.
  3. Dr. Mortimer reconstructs the fatal night in the yew alley, and Watson describes Frankland’s lawsuits and search for the convict.
  4. Barrymore explains that his wife receives and answers the test telegram, leaving his whereabouts unproved.
  5. Watson follows Barrymore at night and sees him holding a candle against an unused room’s window.
  6. After Barrymore extinguishes the candle and returns, Watson hears a key turn; he and Sir Henry then make an undisclosed plan.

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WatsonHolmesSir Henry BaskervilleMortimerMiss StapletonStapleton

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