The Hound of Death

1. 1. Had Holmes corroborated enough clues to solve the mystery before it was too late?
   2. What did the post mortem examination of Sir Charles Baskerville's body reveal?
   3. Had Sir Charles died of chimerical hallucination, or was there something real that had literally scared him to death?
   4. Was the young baronet (Sir Henry) doomed to the same fate as his uncle, Sir Charles?
   5. If Sir Henry implicitly followed Holmes' instructions, would the mystery be solved?
   6. What was Holmes' plan when he left the rueful Sir Henry and supposedly went back to London?
   7. Why had Mr. Stapleton dissuaded Mrs. Laura Lyons from keeping her appointment with Sir Charles?
   8. What was the meaning of Mrs. Stapleton's merriment after she had been taken out of the binding put on her by husband?
2. One clue was the footsteps (footprints, rather) left by Sir Charles in the Yew Alley at Baskerville Hall. These indicated that he had been running from something.
   Another was the letter of warning to Sir Henry cut out of The Times. This led Holmes to believe that Mrs. Stapleton was against what her husband was doing.
   A third was the ashes left from Sir Charles' cigar at a gate. Dr. Mortimer (a friend of Sir Charles) deduced from these that he had been waiting at this spot for five to ten minutes for someone or something.
3. • What? - Sir Charles Baskerville died of a heart attack when he saw and ran from what appeared to be a supernatural hound.
   • Who? - Mr. Stapleton had set the hound out to kill Sir Charles.
   • Where? - Sir Charles died in the Yew Alley in Baskerville Hall.
   • When? - He died around midnight, June 4^th, in the early 1800s.
   • Why? - Mr. Stapleton, who was really a Baskerville, wanted to be the heir to everything.
4. If this mystery were to be made into a radio show, the following sound effects would be used:
   • The howling of a hound, heard a few times on the moor.
   • Sounds of running footsteps, when Sir Henry was chased by the hound.
   • Sounds of footsteps creeping on a wooden floor, when Barrymore was checking for the escaped convict, who was related to his wife.
   • Rattling of wheels of a horse-drawn carriage, when Watson came to Devonshire with Sir Henry.

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