Elementary my dear Watson

Darren Hello again. I’m Darren. It’s time to continue our story of The Hound of the Baskervilles. Sherlock Holmes has been hired to protect Sir Henry Baskerville at his home on wild Dartmoor, where a gigantic hound roams.

Dr Watson has gone on ahead, and has encountered strange goings-on. It turns out that the Barrymores have been signalling to Selden, the escaped convict, who is Mrs Barrymore’s brother. Watson and Sir Henry set off in search of the mysterious figure on the moor, only to discover that it’s Holmes, gone undercover to gather clues more easily. Holmes knows that Beryl is in fact Stapleton’s wife, not sister, and believes Stapleton is responsible for Sir Charles’s death.

Suddenly there was a spine-chilling howl. Then dead silence .

They rush to find a man at the bottom of a cliff, stone dead . He ‘d clearly been running from someone or something and had fallen. It’s Seldon, in Henry’s clothes, supplied by his sister. But Henry had been the real target. The three men set a trap. Henry goes to dinner with Stapleton whilst Holmes and Watson watch from a distance.

Suddenly, out leaps an enormous hound and attacks Henry. Holmes shoots it dead. They search for Stapleton on the moor, but on finding his boot realise he’s drowned in a swamp.

“How did you know it was Stapleton?” asks Watson.

“Hugh Baskerville’s portrait’’, replied Holmes - ‘‘it was a dead giveaway. Stapleton was a dead ringer for Hugh so I knew they were related. He wanted to kill Henry to inherit the fortune. He unleashed his vicious hound to give Sir Charles a heart attack. He then trained it to track Henry. “

“The missing shoes!” exclaimed Watson. “Holmes, you’re a genius.” “Elementary, my dear Watson!” replied Holmes.

And that concludes his investigation and this story. I hope you enjoyed and I’ll see you next time. Bye for now.