Sir Charles Baskerville died. His sudden death (死亡) made everybody s because he was a nice man and made many friends when he was at Baskerville Hall.
Mr. Barrymore, the butler (男管家), said that Sir Charles was sad and worried these days. He told Barrymore that he was pto go back to London the next day. Then, he went for his evening walk as u. He did not come b, and at midnight, Barrymore went to look for him. He fSir Charles's footprints (脚印) until he found his master's body on the moor.
A man called Murphy was on the moor at the time and said that he hshouting, but he was drunk(喝醉的)at the time and no one would bwhat he said.
The report said that Sir Charles had a wheart and died of a heart attack(心脏病). And this made it clear that the stories of a huge hound should not be believed.
"Do you know anything more?" said Holmes when Dr. Mortimer had finished.
"Yes. Sir Charles would never go out onto the moor at night bhe was afraid of being hurt. He asked me a few times if I heard a hound barking at night, but I never had. I was there within an hour when he died. Barrymore said that he saw nelse, but I did. I saw the footprints of a hound, Mr. Holmes."
—Taken from The Hound of the Baskervilles