«It seems a singularly useless thing to steal,» said Sherlock Holmes. «I confess that I share Dr. Mortimer's belief that it will not be long before the missing boot is found.»
«And, now, gentlemen,» said the baronet with decision, «it seems to me that I have spoken quite enough about the little that I know. It is time that you kept your promise and gave me a full account of what we are all driving at.»
«Your request is a very reasonable one,» Holmes answered.
«Dr. Mortimer, I think you could not do better than to tell your story as you told it to us.»
Thus encouraged, our scientific friend drew his papers from his pocket and presented the whole case as he had done upon the morning before. Sir Henry Baskerville listened with the deepest attention and with an occasional exclamation of su
