"Driving back in the evening from Coombe Tracey he was in time to get his hound, to treat it with his infernal paint, and to bring the beast round to the gate at which he had reason to expect that he would find the old gentleman waiting.
Usłyszawszy, że sir Karol, z porady doktora Mortimer, zamierza opuścić Baskerville-Hall, postanowił działać bezwłocznie, w obawie, aby ofiara nie wysunęła się z jego szponów.