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.