The Adventure of the Creeping Man

We were all assembled round him when the door opened, and a tall

My God!” he cried. “Someone has loosed the dog. It’s not been fed for two days. Quick, quick, or it’ll be too late!”

when we heard the baying of a hound, and then a scream of agony, with a horrible worrying sound which it was dreadful to listen to

Better close the front door,” cried Holmes

He’s gone for the dog!” cried Miss Hunter.
“I have my revolver,” said I.

You villain!” said he, “where’s your daughter?”

The words were hardly out of his mouth before a man appeared at the door of the room,

is a clever and dangerous man

But it is impossible,” said Miss Hunter; “the ladder was not there when the Rucastles went away.”

here’s the end of a long light ladder against the eaves.