Hound CH 11

Watson tells Sir Henry about Laura Lyons, the letter to Sir Charles and their planned meeting on the night of Sir Charles's death. At first, Sir Henry plans to go with Watson to see her, but then changes his mind. Why does Watson go alone?

• Sir Henry wants to go see Miss Stapleton.

• Sir Henry and Watson think Laura Lyons will be more likely to reveal more information if Watson goes alone.

• Watson thinks that Laura Lyons will be afraid Sir Henry will tell her father, Mr. Frankland, about her letter to Sir Charles.

• Barrymore told Watson that Laura Lyons believes in the legend of the hound and would be afraid of getting near Sir Henry.

Laura Lyons holds back at first, but finally admits to writing the letter and planning to meet Sir Charles on the night of his death to ask for his help with her divorce. But she tells Watson...

• ...she was chased by the hound on her way to Baskerville Hall and had to hide in a hut on the moor.

• ...she never went because she got help from someone else instead.

• ...she was too scared that her father would find out and be angry at her and Sir Charles.

• ...she decided to go to London instead.

At the end of his meeting with Laura Lyons, Watson leaves thinking...

• ...Laura Lyons told him everything she knows.

• ...Laura Lyons might have something to do with Sir Charles's death.

• ...Laura Lyons was holding something back from Watson.

• ...Laura Lyons would make a better wife for Sir Henry than Miss Stapleton.

Watson leaves Coombe Tracey and decides to go...

• ...back to Baskerville Hall to tell Sir Henry everything he learned from Laura Lyons.

• ...to the post office to send a telegram to Sherlock Homes.

• ...to the Stapletons' house

• ...to the moor to search for the man on the Tor.

While on his way, Watson runs into...

• Stapleton

• Sir Henry

• Mr. Frankland

• Dr. Mortimer

This person invites Watson in and during his visit, shows Watson that a boy is bringing food to Selden the convict, according to this person. Really, though, Watson knows the boy is bringing food to the man on the Tor. Seeing this through a telescope helps Watson because...

• ...he now has a better idea of where to look for the man on the Tor.

• ...he now has a better idea of whether the hound is real or fake.

• ...he now knows that Barrymore was not lying.

• ...he now knows what Laura Lyons was hiding from him.

Throughout Chapter 11, Watson shows the reader that he is determined to figure out who the man on the Tor is. All of the following are evidence to show Watson is determined EXCEPT:

• “From there I should explore every hut upon the moor until I lighted upon the right one. If this man were inside it I should find out from his own lips, at the point of my revolver if necessary, who he was and why he had dogged us so long.”

• “On the other hand, if I should find the hut and its tenant should not be within it I must remain there however long the vigil, until he returned.”

• “Possibly I had taken no step since I had been upon the moor which had not been observed and reported.”

• “Everything was working in my favour, and I swore that it should not be through lack of energy or perseverance that I should miss the chance which Fortune had thrown in my way.”

Check all that occur at the end of Chapter 11

• Watson finds the stone hut where the man has been living.

• Watson goes inside hut and finds that the man is not there.

• Watson hides in a dark corner of the hut and waits for the man to return.

• While in the hut, Watson finds a letter that states, “Dr. Watson has gone to Coombe Tracey.”

• The man returns and Watson knows who it is.