Dr Mortimer sat down. Sherlock Holmes and I listened to his story.
'I am a doctor and I work in the country,' said Dr Mortimer. 'I live and work on Dartmoor. And, as you know, Dartmoor is a large, wild place. There is only one big house on Dartmoor - Baskerville Hall. The owner of the house was Sir Charles Baskerville. I was his friend as well as his doctor.'
'I read of his death in The Times newspaper,' said Holmes.
'That was three months ago,' said Dr Mortimer. 'The newspaper reported his death, but it did not report all the facts.'