In the beginning Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are having breakfast at their office in London. Dr. Watson examines a walking stick that was left behind by an unknown visitor. After examining the stick Watson tells Holmes the man who owned the stick was an old family doctor that belonged to a hunting party. This chapter shows that Holmes and Watson are good friends because Holmes declares Watson wrong and makes fun of him a bit. Holmes says the stick was a gift from hospital colleagues to a young man. Holmes also notice the young man also owns a dog. At this point Mortimer, the owner of the stick, arrives. Watson sees that Mortimer is a tall thin young man Holmes is slightly disappointed to find out the stick was a marriage gift not a …show more content…
Sir Hugo, an ancestor of the baskervilles, Hugo had fallen in love with a farmer's daughter. His desire for her was so great that she kidnaped her where she escaped by climbing the ivy covered wall. Hugo was so angry to find that she left that he let loose his hounds to catch her and made a deal with the devil to promise his souls if he caught her. Hugos friends followed their drunken companion as he searched for the girl. His friends found the girl and hugo lying dead in a deep pit, with a huge dog tearing Hugo's throat. Mortimer then reports that a hound recently killed Sir Charles baskerville. Holmes dismisses the tail of the supernatural hound as unimportant and is only interested in the facts of Sir Charles death. Mortimer tells holmes that Sir Charles, a widower, had come to live in baskerville and employed the barrymores to care for the mansion. Sir Charles had only lived in baskerville hall for 2 years but had many friends due to his generous nature. Sir Charles had remained his family fortune in south african colonies. Mortimer was both a friend and a physician to Sir Charles. Sir Charles was very interested in the baskerville curse story. Inspite of this, he took nightly walks down Yew Alley which borders the hound haunted more