巴斯克维尔猎犬-福尔摩斯探案故事-纯英文版

　　《床头灯英语·3000词读物（纯英文）：福尔摩斯探案故事·巴斯克维尔猎犬》：　　The facts of this death are simple. Every evening， Sir Charles went for a walk in the gardens of Baskerville Hall. His favorite place to walk was down a path， between two rows of trees. This path is the famous "Yew Alley" of Baskerville Hall. On the night of June 4， he went out to walk and to smoke his cigar， as he often did. Sir Charles was going to London the next morning， and Barrymore， his head servant， was inside the house packing his suitcases. But by midnight， Barrymore realized that Sir Charles had not returned. So he went to look for him. He saw that the door of the house was open. That day had been rainy and wet， so Barrymore could see the footprints left by Sir Charles' shoes as he had walked down the path of trees. Half way down this path is a gate， which leads to the moor. There were signs that Sir Charles had stood at this gate for some time， before continuing his walk. Barrymore followed the footprints to the end of the path and there he found Sir Charles' body.　　Barrymore told the police an interesting detail about these footprints. He said that they changed between the gate leading to the moor and the end of the path of trees. As far as the moor gate， all the footprints were normal. But Barrymore saw only toe prints in the ground after Sir Charles passed this gate. Barrymore thought that Sir Charles had walked on his toes.　　A man called Murphy， who buys and sells horses， was close to Baskerville Hall when Sir Charles died. This man is known in the town for his drunkenness， and that night he had been drinking a lot of beer as usual. However， he swore that he heard someone shouting， as if they were calling for help . The shouts came from the direction of Baskerville Hall.　　……