Calico Classics Illustrated: Sherlock Holmes and the Hound of Baskervilles

Calico Classics Illustrated: Sherlock Holmes and the Hound of Baskervilles — page 5
I nodded tentatively Thus your elderly country doctor transforms into a young man under thirty He is absent minded and has a beloved dog that is larger than a terrier but smaller than a mastiff At this Holmes leaned back and gazed at the ceiling Since the doctor had left his card I pulled out a medical directory and looked up his name It showed that he was all the things Holmes said though I still could see no reason to deduce that he had a dog and mentioned as much The dog has carried the stick Holmes said The marks are clear on the wood Thus the dog must be large enough to bear a heavy stick and we can see by the bite width that it could not be a beast as large as a mastiff In fact it is a curly-haired spaniel Now how could you possibly know that I asked I see him on our doorstep with his owner Now let us see what Dr James Mortimer the 8