47392    We think, therefore, that he has gone, and the outlying farmers sleep the better in consequence.

47393    We are four able-bodied men in this household, so that we could take good care of ourselves, but I confess that I have had uneasy moments when I have thought of the Stapletons.

47394    They live miles from any help.

47395    There are one maid, an old manservant, the sister, and the brother, the latter not a very strong man.

47396    They would be helpless in the hands of a desperate fellow like this Notting Hill criminal, if he could once effect an entrance.

47397    Both Sir Henry and I were concerned at their situation, and it was suggested that Perkins the groom should go over to sleep there, but Stapleton would not hear of it.

47398    The fact is that our friend the baronet begins to display a considerable interest in our fair neighbour.

47399    It is not to be wondered at, for time hangs heavily in this lonely spot to an active man like him, and she is a very fascinating and beautiful woman.

47400    There is something tropical and exotic about her which forms a singular contrast to her cool and unemotional brother.

47401    Yet he also gives the idea of hidden fires.

47402    He has certainly a very marked influence over her, for I have seen her continually glance at him as she talked as if seeking approbation for what she said.

47403    I trust that he is kind to her.

47404    There is a dry glitter in his eyes, and a firm set of his thin lips, which go with a positive and possibly a harsh nature.

47405    You would find him an interesting study.

47406    He came over to call upon Baskerville on that first day, and the very next morning he took us both to show us the spot where the legend of the wicked Hugo is supposed to have had its origin.