[00:00.533]7  Baskerville Hall
[00:04.154]Holmes came to Waterloo Station to say goodbye to us．
[00:08.673]Our friends told him that they were sure nobody had followed them since our last meeting．
[00:14.305]Sir Henry's other shoe had not reappeared．
[00:18.346]Holmes repeated his warning that Sir Henry should not go on the moor at night，
[00:24.080]and should not go anywhere alone．
[00:26.277]Then Holmes checked with me that I had my gun，an army revolver．
[00:31.845]The journey was fast and enjoyable．
[00:35.928]We were met at London Station and driven to Baskerville Hall．
[00:41.003]The countryside we drove through was beautiful，
[00:44.775]but behind it we could see the long，dark，frightening hills of the moor．
[00:49.442]As we turned a corner，
[00:52.922]we were surprised to see a soldier on horseback．
[00:56.067]He was carrying a gun．
[00:58.302]Dr Mortimer asked our driver why the soldier was there．
[01:03.851]‘A dangerous criminal has escaped from the prison，sir，’he told us．
[01:10.359]‘He's been free for three days now，
[01:13.275]and people are frightened．His name is Selden．
[01:17.408]He's the man who did that murder in London．’
[01:21.037]I remembered the case well．
[01:25.355]It had been a very cruel murder．
[01:28.392]I thought of this killer out on the empty，wild moor，
[01:33.495]and I felt more and more uncomfortable about my surroundings．
[01:37.487]The beautiful green fields with their thick hedges were behind us，
[01:42.525]and we were now on the cold，open moor．
[01:45.965]Everything was grey，hard and wild Huge rough stones stood on the hard ground．
[01:53.933]The tops of the hills stood sharply like cruel teeth against the sky．
[01:59.673]A cold wind was blowing，
[02:02.778]and night was falling．
[02:04.495]I saw Sir Henry pull his coat closer round him．
[02:08.284]At last we reached the gates of Baskerville Hall．
[02:13.134]From the gates a long，dark road led up to the house，
[02:17.941]with the black shapes of old trees on each side of it．
[02:21.578]At the end of this road we could see the great house standing with a pale light round it like a ghost．
[02:28.801]‘I can understand why my uncle felt that trouble was coming to him here．   “
[02:34.586]It's not a welcoming place，’said Sir Henry，and his voice shook as he spoke．
[02:40.967]As we got closer，
[02:44.024]we could see that the Hall was a heavy，dark building with a large main entrance．
[02:49.058]Most of the building was old and was covered in dark green ivy，
[02:54.053]but some of it had been built more recently and was of grim，black stone．
[02:59.838]A dull light shone through the heavy windows．
[03:04.291]Black smoke was coming from one of the high chimneys of the main building．
[03:09.041]‘Welcome，Sir Henry！Welcome to Baskerville Hall．’
[03:15.986]Barrymore，the butler，and his wife were waiting on the steps at the main entrance
[03:22.381]They came down and took our suitcases into the house
[03:27.499]Dr Mortimer left us to go home，
[03:30.375]and we went into the hall，where a fire was burning．
[03:33.284]It was a fine room，large and high．
[03:36.837]‘It's exactly as I imagined an old family home，’
[03:41.477]Sir Henry said．
[03:43.505]Barrymore showed us to our rooms .
[03:47.427]He was a tall，handsome man，
[03:50.652]with a full black beard．
[03:52.584]After we had washed and changed our clothes，
[03:56.565]he brought us to dinner．
[03:58.286]The dining-room was not very welcoming．
[04:01.225]It needed more lights to make it brighter．
[04:04.102]On the walls were the pictures of the Baskervilles of the past．
[04:08.572]They looked down on us silently，
[04:11.774]and did nothing to make us feel happier．
[04:14.189]After dinner we went to our rooms．
[04:18.170]Before I got into bed，I looked out of my window .
[04:22.347]A strong wind sang sadly as it bent the trees in front of the Hall．
[04:28.561]A half moon shone through the dark，flying clouds onto the wild and empty moor．
[04:34.489]I could not sleep．
[04:37.589]Then，suddenly，
[04:40.089]in the middle of the night I heard very clearly the sound of a woman crying．
[04:44.825]It was the crying of a person who was hurt by some deep sadness．
[04:50.830]The sound was not far away，and was certainly in the house．