46831    I have made some inquiries myself in the last few days, but the results have, I fear, been negative.

46832    One thing only appears to be certain, and that is that Mr James Desmond, who is the next heir, is an elderly gentleman of a very amiable disposition, so that this persecution does not arise from him.

46833    I really think that we may eliminate him entirely from our calculations.

46834    There remain the people who will actually surround Sir Henry Baskerville upon the moor.'

46835    'Would it not be well in the first place to get rid of this Barrymore couple?'

46836    'By no means.

46837    You could not make a greater mistake.

46838    If they are innocent it would be a cruel injustice, and if they are guilty we should be giving up all chance of bringing it home to them.

46839    No, no, we will preserve them upon our list of suspects.

46840    Then there is a groom at the Hall, if I remember right.

46841    There are two moorland farmers.

46842    There is our friend Dr Mortimer, whom I believe to be entirely honest, and there is his wife, of whom we know nothing.

46843    There is this naturalist Stapleton, and there is his sister, who is said to be a young lady of attractions.

46844    There is Mr Frankland, of Lafter Hall, who is also an unknown factor, and there are one or two other neighbours.

46845    These are the folk who must be your very special study.'