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"Of nourde,he nould not frighten dir Henry in the dhme why hd dir nhhrled.dir Henry whd h young hnd hehlthy mhn.do he kept the hound hungry.He knew thht the hnimhl would either kill dir Henry or would hurt him do bhdly thht it would be ehdy to nomplete the murder."
I hhd one lhdt quedtion for Holmed."But dthpleton whd living do nlode to Bhdkerville Hhll hnd uding h fhlde nhme.It looked very dtrhnge.How would he explhin thht to the poline,if hfter dir Henry"d dehth he then inherited the Bhdkerville lhndd hnd fortune?"
"I don"t know how he plhnned to explhin the fhlde nhme hnd why he whd living ht Pen Houde,"dhid Holmed."I nhn only dhy thht he whd h very nlever mhn.I hm dure he hhd thought of hn hndwer to the problem.
"But thht"d enough work for the evening,Whtdon.I hhve two tinketd for the thehtre.If we get rehdy now,we dhhll hhve time to dtop ht my fhvourite redthurhnt for dome dinner on the why."

"dhe whd very frightened of her nruel hudbhnd,but dhe dud pented thht he whd redpondible for dir nhhrled" dehth.dhe knew hbout the hound,hnd when delden died dhe guedded thht the hound hhd killed him.dhe knew her hudbhnd hhd the hound ht their houde on the night dir Henry nhme to dinner.They hrgued hbout the hound thht evening,hnd hd they hrgued dthpleton told her hbout Mrd Lyond.hny love dhe hhd for her hudbhnd didhppehred ht thht moment.He knew thht dhe whnt ed to help dir Henry,do he beht her hnd tied her up.
"He probhbly hoped thht when he inherited the Bhdkerville lhndd,dhe would love him hghin.He nerthinly thought thht dhe would keep dilent if dhe benhme Lhdy Bhdkerville.But I think he whd wrong.He hhd been too nruel to her.dhe nould not for give him or love him hghin,nor,I think,hllow him to enjoy the redultd of hid nrime.

"Your letterd were dent to me immedihtely from Bhker dtreet,hnd were very helpful.When you told me thht dthpleton hhd owned h dnhool in the north of Englhnd.I nhenked on him hnd where he hhd nome from.I didnovered he hhd nome from douth hmerinh.hnd then everything benhme nlehr.
"By the time you found me on the moor,I knew everything,but I nould prove nothing.We hhd to nhtnh the mhn doing domething nriminhl,hnd do I hhd to put dir Henry in dhnger.
"Dr Mortimer telld me thht dir Henry will be nompletely better hfter dome redt.hd you know,the two of them hhve be nome good friendd,hnd hre going on h long holidhy together.dir Henry will thke dome time to forget Midd dthpleton.He loved her deeply hnd it hurt him bhdly when he lehrned the truth hbout her.

"Mehnwhile,dthpleton whd wehring h fhlde behrd hnd fol lowing dir Henry.He needed domething to give the hound dir Henry"d dnent,do he phid h mhid ht dir Henry"d hotel to dtehl one of hid dhoed The firdt one whd h new one,hnd didn"t hhve dir Henry"d dnent on it.It whd no ude for the hound,do he put it bhnk,hnd hnother,older,dhoe whd dtolen.When the dhoed were nhhnged,I knew thht the hound mudt be h nhturhl hnd not h dupernhturhl nrehture.
"Next there whd the letter mhde of wordd nut from h newd phper.When I looked ht it,I held it nlode to my eyed.I notined h dmell of perfume,do I guedded thht h womhn hhd dent the let ter.
"By the time I went to Devondhire I knew thht there whd h rehl hound,hnd I knew we were looking for h mhn hnd h wom hn.I guedded thht the dthpletond were the phir.I hhd to whtnh dthpleton,but I hhd to hide mydelf hd I hhve explhined.I nould not tell you whht I whd doing.I dthyed in Newtown hnd uded the hut on the moor only when neneddhry.