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1、TheHoundoftheBaskervillesByArthurConanDoyleDownloadfreeeBooksofclassicliterature,booksandnovelsatPlaneteBook.SubscribetoourfreeeBooksblogandemailnewsletter.Chapter1Mr.SherlockHolmesMr.SherlockHolmes,whowasusuallyverylateinthemornings,saveuponthosenotinfrequentoccasionswhenhewasupallnight,wasseateda

2、tthebreakfasttable.Istooduponthehearth-rugandpickedupthestickwhichourvisitorhadleftbehindhimthenightbefore.Itwasafine,thickpieceofwood,bulbous-headed,ofthesortwhichisknownasa‘Penanglawyer.’Justundertheheadwasabroadsilverbandnearlyaninchacross.‘ToJamesMortim-er,M.R.C.S.,fromhisfriendsoftheC.C.H.,’wa

3、sengraveduponit,withthedate‘1884.’Itwasjustsuchastickastheold-fashionedfamilypractitionerusedtocarry—dignified,solid,andreassuring.‘Well,Watson,whatdoyoumakeofit?’Holmeswassittingwithhisbacktome,andIhadgivenhimnosignofmyoccupation.‘HowdidyouknowwhatIwasdoing?Ibelieveyouhaveeyesinthebackofyourhead.’

4、‘Ihave,atleast,awell-polished,silver-platedcoffee-potinfrontofme,’saidhe.‘But,tellme,Watson,whatdoyoumakeofourvisitor’sstick?Sincewehavebeensounfortu-TheHoundoftheBaskervillesnateastomisshimandhavenonotionofhiserrand,thisaccidentalsouvenirbecomesofimportance.Letmehearyoureconstructthemanbyanexamin

5、ationofit.’‘Ithink,’saidI,followingasfarasIcouldthemethodsofmycompanion,‘thatDr.Mortimerisasuccessful,elder-lymedicalman,well-esteemedsincethosewhoknowhimgivehimthismarkoftheirappreciation.’‘Good!’saidHolmes.‘Excellent!’‘Ithinkalsothattheprobabilityisinfavourofhisbeingacountrypractitionerwhodoesagr

6、eatdealofhisvisitingonfoot.’‘Whyso?’‘Becausethisstick,thoughoriginallyaveryhandsomeonehasbeensoknockedaboutthatIcanhardlyimagineatownpractitionercarryingit.Thethick-ironferruleisworndown,soitisevidentthathehasdoneagreatamountofwalkingwithit.’‘Perfectlysound!’saidHolmes.‘Andthenagain,thereisthe‘frie

7、ndsoftheC.C.H.’IshouldguessthattobetheSomethingHunt,thelocalhunttowhosemembershehaspossiblygivensomesurgicalas-sistance,andwhichhasmadehimasmallpresentationinreturn.’‘Really,Watson,youexcelyourself,’saidHol