Never in the delirious dream of a disordered brain could anything
more savage, more appalling, more hellish be conceived than that dark
form & savage face which broke upon us. With long bounds, the huge 
creature was leaping down the track, following hard upon the first 
figure. It had passed us before we recovered our nerve. Then Holmes & I
both fired together, and the creature gave a hideous howl. It did not 
pause, however, but bounded onward. We saw its victim looking back, 
face white in the moonlight, hands raised in horror, glaring helplessly 
at the frightful thing in pursuit.
Never have I seen a man run as Holmes ran that night. I am reckoned fleet
of foot, but he outpaced me as much as I outpaced the little professional.
In front of us we heard scream after scream & the deep roar of the hound.
I was in time to see the beast spring upon its victim, hurling the
