before. But as to my uncle's death--well, it all seems boiling
up in my head, and I can't get it clear yet. You don't seem
quite to have made up your mind whether it's a case for a
policeman or a clergyman."

"Precisely."

"And now there's this affair of the letter to me at the hotel.
I suppose that fits into its place."

"It seems to show that someone knows more than we do about what
goes on upon the moor," said Dr. Mortimer.

"And also," said Holmes, "that someone is not ill-disposed towards
you, since they warn you of danger."

"Or it may be that they wish, for their own purposes, to scare
me away."

"Well, of course, that is possible also. I am very much indebted
to you, Dr. Mortimer, for introducing me to a problem which
presents several interesting alternatives. But the practical
point which we now have to decide, Sir Henry, is whether it is
or is not advisable for you to go to Baskerville Hall."

"Why should I not go?"

"There seems to be danger."

"Do you mean danger from this family fiend or do you mean danger