46252 Might I ask you to hand me my violin, and we will postpone all further thought upon this business until we have had the advantage of meeting Dr Mortimer and Sir Henry Baskerville in the morning.'
46253 CHAPTER 4 : Sir Henry Baskerville
46254 Our breakfast-table was cleared early, and Holmes waited in his dressing-gown for the promised interview.
46255 Our clients were punctual to their appointment, for the clock had just struck ten when Dr Mortimer was shown up, followed by the young Baronet.
46256 The latter was a small, alert, dark-eyed man about thirty years of age, very sturdily built, with thick black eyebrows and a strong, pugnacious face.
46257 He wore a ruddy-tinted tweed suit, and had the weather-beaten appearance of one who has spent most of his time in the open air, and yet there was something in his steady eye and the quiet assurance of his bearing which indicated the gentleman.
46258 'This is Sir Henry Baskerville,' said Dr Mortimer.
46259 'Why, yes,' said he, 'and the strange thing is, Mr Sherlock Holmes, that if my friend here had not proposed coming round to you this morning I should have come on my own.
46260 I understand that you think out little puzzles, and I've had one this morning which wants more thinking out than I am able to give it.'
46261 'Pray take a seat, Sir Henry.
46262 Do I understand you to say that you have yourself had some remarkable experience since you arrived in London?'