On seeing him lying still the creature had probably approached to sniff at him, but finding him dead had turned away again.

It was then that it left the print which was actually observed by Dr.Mortimer.The hound was called off and hurried away to its lair in the Grimpen Mire, and a mystery was left which puzzled the authorities, alarmed the country-side, and finally brought the case within the scope of our observation.
"So much for the death of Sir Charles Baskerville.

You perceive the devilish cunning of it, for really it would be almost impossible to make a case against the real murderer.

His only accomplice was one who could never give him away, and the grotesque, inconceivable nature of the device only served to make it more effective.

Both of the women concerned in the case, Mrs.
Stapleton and Mrs.Laura Lyons, were left with a strong suspicion against Stapleton.