Chapter 2: The Curse of the Baskervilles
The reading of the old manuscript: 'Know then that in the time of the Great Rebellion...' — establishes the gothic atmosphere and supernatural premise.
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From The Hound of the Baskervilles by Doyle, Arthur Conan
Dr. Mortimer reads the 1742 manuscript recounting wicked Hugo Baskerville's pursuit of a maiden across the moor and his death by a spectral hound — the gothic backstory framing the entire mystery.
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