Her father’s farm was about four miles away. It was night,
but she was able to follow the path in the moonlight. She
started to run across the dark moor.
Sir Hugo went to the girl’s room. It was empty and Sir
Hugo was terribly angry. He ran to his men and jumped onto
the table where they were drinking. He kicked the plates and
glasses off the table. ‘Fetch the horses!’ he shouted. ‘Get
the girl!’
They all ran outside and jumped onto their horses. Sir
Hugo kept a pack of wild dogs for hunting. ‘Let the dogs
find her!’ he shouted. ‘The Devil can take me if I do not
catch her!’
The dogs ran out across the dark moor. Sir Hugo and
his men rode after them. The dogs barked and Sir Hugo
shouted.
Then they heard another noise. It was louder than the
noise of barking and shouting. The dogs stopped and
listened. They were afraid.
The men heard the noise too. It was a loud and deep
howling sound – the sound of a huge dog howling at the
moon. The men stopped their horses, but Sir Hugo rode
on. He wanted to catch the girl.
Sir Hugo did not catch the girl. Suddenly his horse
stopped and threw him to the ground. The horse ran away
in terror.
In the moonlight, the men saw a strange, black
animal. It looked liked a dog with huge, fiery eyes.
But it was as big as a horse. All the men became very
frightened.
The huge black dog jumped on Sir Hugo Baskerville and
killed him. The other men ran away into the night and Sir
Hugo was never seen again.
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