Everyone in

together as they rode on.They were

suddenly afraid.Over the moor they

went until,at last,they caught up

with the hounds.the county knew that

the Baskerville hounds were brave and

strong.But now they were stand ing

at the head of a deep valley in the

moor with their ears and tails down.

They were very frightened.Hugo's friends

stopped.Most of them would not go on,

but three were brave enough to go

down into the valley.The valley had

a wide flat floor.In the middle of

the flat ground stood two great stones.

They had stood there for thousands of

years.The moon was shining brightly

on the great stones,and between them,

on the flat ground,lay the girl.She

had fallen there,dead of fear and

exhaus tion.Sir Hugo's body was lying

near her.But it was not the sight of

Sir Hugo or the girl that filled the

men with fear.It was the sight of

the huge animal that was standing over

Sir Hugo.