48870 'And this Cavalier opposite to me - the one with the black velvet and the lace?'
48871 'Ah, you have a right to know about him.
48872 That is the cause of all the mischief, the wicked Hugo, who started the Hound of the Baskervilles.
48873 We're not likely to forget him.'
48874 I gazed with interest and some surprise upon the portrait.
48875 'Dear me!' said Holmes, 'he seems a quiet, meek-mannered man enough, but I dare say that there was a lurking devil in his eyes.
48876 I had pictured him as a more robust and ruffianly person.'
48877 'There's no doubt about the authenticity, for the name and the date, 1647, are on the back of the canvas.'
48878 Holmes said little more, but the picture of the old roysterer seemed to have a fascination for him, and his eyes were continually fixed upon it during supper.
48879 It was not until later, when Sir Henry had gone to his room, that I was able to follow the trend of his thoughts.
48880 He led me back into the banqueting-hall, his bedroom candle in his hand, and he held it up against the time-stained portrait on the wall.
48881 'Do you see anything there?'
48882 I looked at the broad plumed hat, the curling love-locks, the white lace collar, and the straight severe face which was framed between them.
48883 It was not a brutal countenance, but it was prim, hard, and stern, with a firm-set, thin-lipped mouth, and a coldly intolerant eye.