4 Read the next part of the text. Who do you think the stranger is? How do you think Watson feels when he finds out?
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E Outside the sun was getting low. In the west the sky was brilliant with red and gold, and these colours were
shining from pools of water on the moor. I could see the two towers of Baskerville Hall, and far away a curl of
smoke came from the village of Grimpen. All was quiet and lovely in the golden evening light. But I could not
enjoy this beauty. I was thinking only of my meeting with the stranger. Every minute was bringing it closer.
Cold and alone, I sat in the dark corner of the hut and waited for the man to come.
F And then finally I heard him. Far away came the clink of a boot hit a stone. Then another and yet
another, slowly coming nearer and nearer. I pushed myself back into the darkest corner and took out the gun
from my pocket. I knew I must not show myself until I could see this man. For a few moments there was no
sound and I knew he had stopped. Then once more the footsteps came towards me and a shadow fell across the
opening of the hut.
G It's a lovely evening, my dear Watson, said a well-known voice. 'I really think you will be more comfortable
out here than inside.
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Your turn
5 Read both parts of the text again. Then put
these sentences about Doctor Watson in the
correct order.
a) He saw a small building.
b) He sat down in a corner.
c) He walked down the hill.
d) He checked that no one was inside the hut.
e) He heard someone coming.
f) He climbed the hill. 1
g) He looked at the things inside the hut.
6 Work with a partner. Look at the photos,
Do they match the descriptions of the moor in
the text? What is the same in the text and the
photos? What is different? Think about:
• weather
colours
• animals
• buildings
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