46138    'I will do so, Mr Holmes.'

46139    He scribbled the appointment on his shirt-cuff and hurried off in his strange, peering, absent-minded fashion.

46140    Holmes stopped him at the head of the stair.

46141    'Only one more question, Dr Mortimer.

46142    You say that before Sir Charles Baskerville's death several people saw this apparition upon the moor?'

46143    'Three people did.'

46144    'Did any see it after?'

46145    'I have not heard of any.'

46146    'Thank you.

46147    Good morning.'

46148    Holmes returned to his seat with that quiet look of inward satisfaction which meant that he had a congenial task before him.

46149    'Going out, Watson?'

46150    'Unless I can help you.'

46151    'No, my dear fellow, it is at the hour of action that I turn to you for aid.

46152    But this is splendid, really unique from some points of view.