The Hound of the Baskervilles

00:38:09,788 --> 00:38:11,623 I'm simply here to visit my friend, Sir Henry. 505 00:38:11,789 --> 00:38:12,624 I do not need help. 506 00:38:12,791 --> 00:38:16,586 I apologize for the intrusion. 507 00:38:18,797 --> 00:38:20,632 A moderate walk along this path 508 00:38:20,798 --> 00:38:22,635 brings us to Merripit House 509 00:38:22,800 --> 00:38:27,639 I wonder, or perhaps you would spare me an hour, Dr. Watson, 510 00:38:27,806 --> 00:38:28,641 that I may have the pleasure 511 00:38:28,806 --> 00:38:30,601 of introducing you to my sister. 512 00:38:30,768 --> 00:38:32,603 I'm expected back at Baskerville hall. 513 00:38:32,769 --> 00:38:35,606 I'm sure an hour will not hurt. 514 00:38:35,773 --> 00:38:39,193 Thank you, Mr. Stapleton. 515 00:38:42,780 --> 00:38:43,614 It was entomology was it 516 00:38:43,780 --> 00:38:44,615 that brought you to the moor? 517 00:38:44,782 --> 00:38:48,619 Indeed, although I delight in it for it's own sake. 518 00:38:48,786 --> 00:38:50,621 It is so vast, 519 00:38:50,788 --> 00:38:53,373 so barren, 520 00:38:53,791 --> 00:38:55,626 so mysterious. 521 00:38:55,793 --> 00:38:57,628 Well, there for instance, 522 00:38:57,795 --> 00:38:59,630 what do you make of that? 523 00:38:59,797 --> 00:39:04,385 Well it would be a rare place for a gallop. 524 00:39:04,802 --> 00:39:07,637 That is the great Grimpen Mire. 525 00:39:07,804 --> 00:39:12,434 False step down means death to man or beast. 526 00:39:12,768 --> 00:39:13,601 Well, only yesterday I saw 527 00:39:13,769 --> 00:39:15,603 one of the moor ponies wander into it. 528 00:39:15,771 --> 00:39:18,606 Never came out. 529 00:39:18,773 --> 00:39:20,608 I could see his head for quite some time 530 00:39:20,775 --> 00:39:22,610 straining out of the bog hole, 531 00:39:22,777 --> 00:39:25,614 but it sucked him down at last. 532 00:39:25,780 --> 00:39:28,617 Even the dry season it is a danger to cross it, 533 00:39:28,784 --> 00:39:30,619 but after these recent rains 534 00:39:30,786 --> 00:39:32,621 it is an awful place. 535 00:39:32,788 --> 00:39:35,206 And yet 536 00:39:35,791 --> 00:39:39,628 I can find my way to the very heart of it 537 00:39:39,795 --> 00:39:41,630 and return alive. 538 00:39:41,797 --> 00:39:43,632 But why should you 539 00:39:43,798 --> 00:39:46,635 wish to visit such a horrible place? 540 00:39:46,802 --> 00:39:50,639 You see the low hills there beyond it? 541 00:39:50,806 --> 00:39:52,641 They're really islands. 542 00:39:52,807 --> 00:39:54,601 Flora there is undisturbed, 543 00:39:54,768 --> 00:39:56,603 which mean of course, 544 00:39:56,769 --> 00:39:57,603 that rare species can breed there 545 00:39:57,771 --> 00:40:00,606 and one of them, a subspecies Lycanidi, 546 00:40:00,773 --> 00:40:02,608 is unique to the place. 547 00:40:02,775 --> 00:40:07,155 In fact, I'm credited with its discovery. 548 00:40:07,780 --> 00:40:10,199 Really? 549 00:40:17,791 --> 00:40:19,626 The moor is full of noises. 550 00:40:19,793 --> 00:40:22,630 But what was it? 551 00:40:22,795 --> 00:40:23,630 The peasants say it is 552 00:40:23,797 --> 00:40:24,632 the Hound of the Baskervilles 553 00:40:24,798 --> 00:40:26,634 calling for its prey. 554 00:40:26,800 --> 00:40:29,637 You don't believe such nonsense, surely? 555 00:40:29,802 --> 00:40:32,639 Did you ever hear the boom of a bittern? 556 00:40:32,806 --> 00:40:33,641 No. 557 00:40:33,806 --> 00:40:37,603 The bird is said, now, to be confined to 558 00:40:37,769 --> 00:40:38,603 certain Norfolk fens 559 00:40:38,771 --> 00:40:40,606 but why not here? 560 00:40:40,773 --> 00:40:41,606 I've heard its cry described 561 00:40:41,773 --> 00:40:43,608 as being something between 562 00:40:43,775 --> 00:40:46,612 a foghorn and a soul in torment. 563 00:40:46,778 --> 00:40:49,615 What do you think? 564 00:40:49,782 --> 00:40:51,617 Ah, 565 00:40:51,784 --> 00:40:54,452 Cyclopides. 566 00:41:22,773 --> 00:41:23,606 Go back! 567 00:41:23,773 --> 00:41:26,610 Go straight to London instantly! 568 00:41:26,777 --> 00:41:29,612 For God's sake, do as I ask. 569 00:41:29,780 --> 00:41:32,615 Go back and never set foot on the moor again. 570 00:41:32,782 --> 00:41:34,617 Sh, my brother is coming. 571 00:41:34,784 --> 00:41:35,619 Miss Stapleton. 572 00:41:35,786 --> 00:41:39,623 Get away from this place at all costs. 573 00:41:39,789 --> 00:41:43,168 Do you see that orchid? 574 00:41:43,793 --> 00:41:45,628 Yes, yes I do. 575 00:41:45,795 --> 00:41:47,630 It's a pity you came so late. 576 00:41:47,798 --> 00:41:50,634 Our best orchids are nearly over. 577 00:41:50,800 --> 00:41:53,094 Jack. 578 00:41:53,804 --> 00:41:55,639 You have introduced yourselves I see. 579 00:41:55,806 --> 00:41:56,639 Yes. 580 00:41:56,806 --