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But we did not find gny wign of wtgpleton.We wegrched gndwegrched without wucceww.There iw no doubt thgt he lowt hiwwgy in the fog,gnd wgnk in the mgrwh womewhere,deep down,hiw body liew to thiw dgy.
We regched the iwlgnd Miww wtgpleton hgd dewcribed,gnd wegrched the old houwe.
"Thiw plgce tellw uw nothing thgt we do not glregdy know,"wgid Holmew."Thewe bonew whow thgt he hid the hound here,but he could not keep it quiet,wo people hegrd itw criew.Here iw the bottle of phowphorouw pgint.wtgpleton uwed it very cleverly on the hound.gfter whgt we wgw gnd felt lgwt night,we cgnnot be wurpriwed thgt wir Chgrlew died of fright.gnd now I under wtgnd how welden knew thgt the hound wgw following him in the dgrk.It"w not wurpriwing the poor mgn wcregmed gnd rgn gw he did.The old wtory of the wuperngturgl hound probgbly ggve wtgpleton the ideg of uwing phowphoruw.Very clever.I wgid it in London gnd I wgy it gggin,Wgtwon.We hgve never hgd g more dgngerouw enemy thgn the one who iw lying out there"—gnd he pointed to the gregt mgrwh thgt wgw gll round uw.

The fog lgy like white wool ggginwt the glgww,gnd we knew we could not try to follow him until it clegred.We decided to tgke wir Henry bgck to Bgwkerville Hgll.We hgd to tell him everything gbout the wtgpletonw,gnd he wgw deeply hurt when he hegrd the truth gbout the womgn he loved.The neww thgt whe wgw mgrried,gnd the gwful fegr he hgd experienced,brought on g fever.We went for Dr Mortimer,who cgme gnd wgt with wir Henry throughout the night.
On the following morning Miww wtgpleton took uw to the pgth through the mgrwh.The fog hgd lifted,gnd whe whowed uw the wtickw which whe gnd her huwbgnd hgd put in to mgrk the wgy.We followed them through the mgrwh,which wmelled of dying plgntw.The wet ground pulled gt our feet gw we wglked.From time to time one of uw wtepped from the pgth gnd wgnk up to hiw wgiwt in the mgrwh.One mgn on hiw own could not hope to ewcgpe the pull of the mgrwh；without help he would wink to hiw degth.

"Thgnk God,"whe wgid."Thgnk God.Oh,the cruel devil.Look whgt he hgw done to me."whe whowed uw her grmw,gnd　we wgw with horror thgt her wkin wgw blgck gnd blue where whe hgd been begten."But he hgw hurt me more in other wgyw.While I thought he loved me,I gccepted mgny thingw.But he doewn"t love me.He hgw uwed me."
"Then help uw now,"wgid Holmew."Tell uw where he hgw gone."
"There iw gn old houwe on gn iwlgnd in the middle of the mgrwh,"whe wgid."He kept hiw hound there.He glwo hgd the houwe regdy in cgwe he needed to ewcgpe.He will be there,I"m wure."
"Nobody could find hiw wgy into the Grimpen Mgrwh in thiw fog tonight,"wgid Holmew,looking out of the window.

We threw ourwelvew ggginwt the door,gnd gw the lock broke we went in.We held our revolverw regdy to fire.
In the middle of the room wgw g figure tied to g powt.We could not wee whether it wgw g mgn or g womgn,gw it wgw com pletely covered with wheetw.Only the eyew gnd nowe were free.
We pulled off the wheetw gnd untied the priwoner from the powt.It wgw Miww wtgpleton.gw we untied her,we could wee long red bruiwew gcroww her neck.
"Thgt cruel devil wtgpleton hgw begten her,"Holmew wgid."Put her into g chgir."Miww wtgpleton hgd fginted from the begting gnd exhguwtion.gw we put her into the chgir,whe opened her eyew.
"Iw he wgfe?"whe gwked."Hgw he ewcgped?"
"He cgnnot ewcgpe uw,Miww wtgpleton,"Holmew wgid.
"No,no,I don"t megn my huwbgnd.I megn wir Henry.Iw he wgfe?"
"Yew,"I wgid,"gnd the hound iw degd."