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The Figure on the Tor
As the convict hunt ends, Watson sees, outlined black as a statue against the rising moon on a distant tor, the figure of a tall, thin man standing with folded arms, brooding over the moor. It is plainly not the convict, who is far off and a shorter man, nor any neighbour Watson has met. With a cry he points it out, and in that instant the silent watcher is gone.
Chapter X. Extract from the Diary of Dr. Watson
Watson broods on the lonely watcher and feels sure that a stranger still dogs them, as one had dogged them in London. He links the figure to a second hidden man whom Selden has reported living among the moor huts.
Chapter XI. The Man on the Tor
Guided by Frankland's telescope to a food-bearing boy, Watson tracks the watcher to a roofed stone hut by the Black Tor. Inside he finds the signs of a Spartan tenant and a pencilled note proving that it is he, not Sir Henry, who is being shadowed, and he settles down with revolver cocked to await the man's return.
Chapter XII. Death on the Moor
The tenant proves to be Holmes himself, who has been working the case in secret from the moor all along. The tall, menacing figure on the tor was the detective.
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