that one of the cards that we held in our hands must guide us to the
truth.
Sir Henry calmed down, and we had a pleasant lunch, Holmes commended
his decision to go down to Baskerville Hall at the end of the week,
saying that amid the millions of the city it was difficult to protect the
baronet or to find out what were the intentions of his pursuers. When Holmes
described the bearded man in the cab, Mortimer told us about Sir Charles's
butler, Barrymore, who himself had a full, black beard.
Holmes immediately despatched two telegrams - one to Barrymore & one to
the postmaster at Grimpen, the nearest telegraph office to the Hall - to
discover if Barrymore was at his post in Devonshire or not.  According to
Mortimer, this man is the son of the old caretaker, who is dead, and
Barrymores have looked after the Hall for four generations.
