“Quite so. Well,UGG UK, Sir Henry, I am of one mind with you as to
the advisability of your going down to Devonshire without
delay. There is only one provision which I must make. You
certainly must not go alone.”
“Dr. Mortimer returns with me.”
“But Dr. Mortimer has his practice to attend to,ugg bailey boots, and his
house is miles away from yours. With all the good will in
the world, he may be unable to help you. No, Sir Henry, you
must take with you someone, a trusty man, who will be always
by your side.”
“Is it possible that you could come yourself, Mr. Holmes?”
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present in person,Ugg Boots Sale; but you can understand that, with my
extensive consulting practice and with the constant appeals
which reach me from many quarters, it is impossible for me
to be absent from London for an indefinite time. At the
present instant one of the most revered names in England is
being besmirched by a blackmailer, and only I can stop a
disastrous scandal. You will see how impossible it is for
me to go to Dartmoor.”
“Whom would you recommend, then?”
Holmes laid his hand upon my arm.
“If my friend would undertake it there is no man who is
better worth having at your side when you are in a tight
place. No one can say so more confidently than I.”
The proposition took me completely by surprise, but before I
had time to answer Baskerville seized me by the hand and
wrung it heartily.
“Well, now, that is real kind of you, Dr. Watson,” said he.
“You see how it is with me, and you know just as much about
the matter as I do. If you will come down to Baskerville
Hall and see me through I’ll never forget it.”
The promise of adventure had always a fascination for me,
and I was complimented by the words of Holmes and by the
eagerness with which the Baronet hailed me as a companion.
“I will come, with pleasure,” said I. “I do not know how I
could employ my time better.”
“And you will report very carefully to me,” said Holmes.
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