“My nerves tingled with the sense of adventure. Throwing aside my cigarette, I closed my hand upon the butt of my revolver, and, walking swiftly up the door, I looked in.” MysteryPacingSherlock HolmesThe Hound Of The Baskervilles Book:The Hound of the Baskervilles Source: The Hound of the Baskervilles
“It came with the wind through the silence of the night, a long, deep mutter, then a rising howl, and then the sad moan in which it died away. Again and again it sounded, the whole air throbbing with it, strident, wild and menacing.” Sir Arthur Conan DoyleThe Hound Of The Baskervilles Book:The Hound of the Baskervilles Source: The Hound of the Baskervilles
“Well, Watson, what do you make of it?' Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and I had given him no sign of my occupation. 'How did you know what I was doing? I believe you have eyes in the back of your head.' 'I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-plated coffee-pot in front of me', said he.” StupidHumourCleverThe Hound Of The Baskervilles Author:Sir Arthur Conan Doyle