Holmes gave the man a pound

Holmes gave the man a pound I have never seen my friend look more surprised Then he laughed loudly．‘Tell me where through be got into your taxi and everything that happened．’

We already knew most of what the taxi driver told us．But we learned that after we had lost sight of the taxi，it had gone to Waterloo Station，where the man had caught his train．The taxi driver said that the man was well-dressed and had a black beard and pale face．He was about forty and not very tall．The driver did not know the colour of the man's eyes．

Holmes gave the man a pound，and sent him away．Then he said：‘We have a very clever enemy，Watson．He is winning the game at the moment．We have no answers at all to the strange things that have happened in through London．I hope you are more suc- cessful at Baskerville Hall，but I am not happy about sending you there．There is too much danger in this case．’