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"The hunting dog!" cried Holmes. "Come, Watson! Come!"
We ran quickly over the moor (荒野). We heard one last cry then a dull, heavy sound. We stopped and listened. but no other sounds broke the silence. Holmes put his hands to his forehead and hit his feet on the ground.
"We are too late, Watson."
"No, no, surely not! Can you see anything?"
"Nothing"
"But, listen, what is that?"
Suddenly we heard a low sound of pain. A man was lying on the ground. As we came near, we saw the dead body of Sir Henry Baskerville! He was wearing his brown tweed suit.
"Oh, no!" said Holmes and his face was white with shock in the darkness. Holmes moved closer over the body. Suddenly he began laughing."A beard(胡须)!" He said."This man has a beard!"
"A beard?""It is not Sir Henry--why, it is the prisoner who got away, Selden!"
It was indeed the face of Selden, the bad man.
Then, suddenly, it was all clear to me. I remembered that Sir Henry had given his old suit to Barrymore, and Barrymore had probably given it to Selden.
"Then Selden is dead because of this suit, said Holmes, "Think, Watson! Someone gave the dog some of Sir Henry's clothes-probably the boot from the hotel in London. The dog picked up Sir Henry's smell and ran after this poor man."
Suddenly we saw someone walking towards us. It was Stapleton. Holmes spoke very quietly: " Ssshhhh! Dontsay a word to show your doubt!"
"Hello, Dr Watson. What are you doing on the moor?" asked Stapleton. Then he saw the dead body and added:"Oh no! What's this? Is our dear friend Sir Henry dead?"
Then he looked at the dead man. "Who ... who is this?" he asked.
"It's Selden, the prisoner. He's dead."
Stapleton looked at the body. "That's terrible," he said, "There was a strange noise. I was worried about Sir Henry. I wanted to check he was alright."
"Really?"asked Holmes.