‘Thank you for informing me about this interesting case，’Holmes said．‘I read about it at the time，but I heard none of the details．The newspaper gives the facts that everybody knows．Now I want you to tell me all the other facts that you know．What do you know about the strange stories？’
‘I haven't told anyone these other facts，’said Dr Mortimer．‘I am a man of science，as you know．I have always believed that there are sensible explanations for everything．I didn't want to say anything that could stop Sir Henry from coming to live at the Hall．But I will tell you tile details that were not in the report．’
‘In the months before his death，’Dr Mortimer went on，‘Sir Charles was a very worried man．He was near to breaking down．He believed the story of the Hound of the Baskervilles．He refused to go out at night．He often asked me whether I had seen any strange animal or heard the cry of a hound on the moor at night．He always got very excited when he asked this question．
‘I remember driving up to the Hall one evening about three weeks before he died．He was standing at the door．I went up to him，and saw him staring at something behind me．There was a look of horror on his face．I turned quickly and saw something moving between the trees．It looked like a small black cow．He was so frightened that I went to look for the animal．It had disappeared but Sir Charles was very worried．I
Hydraulic power pack stayed with him all the evening．It was then he gave me the old papers I have read to you．What I saw that evening may be im- portant when you consider what happened on the night of his death．
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