How we cite our quotes: (Chapter. Paragraph)
Quote #7
For a moment or two I sat breathless, hardly able to believe my ears. Then my senses and my voice came back to me, while a crushing weight of responsibility seemed in an instant to be lifted from my soul. That cold, incisive, ironical voice could belong to but one man in all the world.
"Holmes!" I cried—"Holmes!"
"Come out," said he, "and please be careful with the revolver."
I stooped under the rude lintel, and there he sat upon a stone outside, his gray eyes dancing with amusement as they fell upon my astonished features. […]
"I never was more glad to see anyone in my life," said I as I wrung him by the hand. (12.1-5)
This reunion between Watson and Holmes is the real emotional climax of The Hound of the Baskervilles. The case is interesting, and we're glad that Stapleton doesn't get away with murder. But the friendship between Holmes and Watson is where all the positive feelingin the novel really comes from—it's nice to see the old team get back together.
Quote #8
"But why keep me in the dark?"
"For you to know could not have helped us and might possibly have led to my discovery. You would have wished to tell me something, or in your kindness you would have brought me out some comfort or other, and so an unnecessary risk would be run." (12.27-8)
Even with his best bud, Holmes can't turn off the part of him that plans and schemes, which leads him to manipulate Watson almost as much as he does the other characters in The Hound of the Baskervilles. This hurts Watson's feelings, but he eventually comes around to understanding and even agreeing with Holmes that the case comes first. Like we said, a challenging friendship.
Quote #9
But first I had the unpleasant duty of breaking the news to Barrymore and his wife. To him it may have been an unmitigated relief, but she wept bitterly in her apron. To all the world he was the man of violence, half animal and half demon; but to her he always remained the little wilful boy of her own girlhood, the child who had clung to her hand. Evil indeed is the man who has not one woman to mourn him. (13.21)
Mrs. Barrymore's grief over her baby brother's death, even though he was a murderer who ruined her family name, shows the connections that exist between people even under the most extreme circumstances. However, this little note at the end that, "Evil indeed is the man who has not one woman to mourn him" also appears to foreshadow Stapleton's death. By the end of the novel he's managed to alienate both his wife Beryl and his lover Laura Lyons. Even Selden has Mrs. Barrymore to mourn him. Stapleton has no one.