Chapter 7: The Stapletons of Merripit House
Watson's first meeting with Stapleton chasing a butterfly across the Grimpen Mire — the deceptive innocence of the villain.
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Stapleton appears as the mild-mannered lepidopterist neighbor, his outward harmlessness masking the mastermind behind the hound.
Chapter 15: A Retrospection
Holmes's full exposure of Stapleton as Rodger Baskerville's son and the engineer of the entire plot.
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