Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles (Baskerville'lerin Kopegi) romanini 25 Eylul 1888 tarihinde yazmaya basladi. (İlk yayin: The Strand Magazine, Agustos 1901 - Niisan 1902. Ilk Ingiltere baskisi : George Newnes Ltd. Londra, 1902)
"Ay isigi o kadar parlakmis ki duzlugu butun ayrintilariyla aydinlatiyormus. Adamlar yaklastiklarinda gordukleri manzara karsisinda ne yapacaklarini bilememisler. Duzlugun tam ortasinda korkudan ve yorgunluktan olen zavalli kiz yatiyormus. Ama, bu uc zamparanin aklini basindan alan sey, ne kizin cesedi, ne de kizin cesedinin yaninda yatan Hugo Baskerville'in cesediymis; Hugo'nun ustunde, bogazina sarilmis, igrenc bir yaratik varmis, buyuk, kara bir hayvan, ama olumlu gozlerin gordugu, gorecegi herhangi bir kopekten daha buyukmus. Onlar bakarken o saskinlik verecek kadar ucube olan sey Hugo Baskerville'in girtlagini isirip koparmis. Sonra alev sacan gozlerini ve kan damlayan cene kemiklerini onlara cevirerek acip kapamaya baslayinca ucu de korkudan kanlari donmus ve tatli canlarini kurtarmak icin ciglik cigliga bozkirda kacmaya baslamislar. Soylendigine gore aralarindan biri, o gordugu yaratik yuzunden cok kisa bir sure sonra olmus."
"The moon was shining bright upon the clearing, and there in the centre lay the unhappy maid where she had fallen, dead of fear and of fatigue. But it was not the sight of her body, nor yet was it that of the body of Hugo Baskerville lying near her, which raised the hair upon the heads of these three daredevil roysterers, but it was that, standing over Hugo, and plucking at his throat, there stood a foul thing, a great, black beast, shaped like a hound, yet larger than any hound that ever mortal eye has rested upon. And even as they looked the thing tore the throat out of Hugo Baskerville, on which, as it turned its blazing eyes and dripping jaws upon them, the three shrieked with fear and rode for dear life, still screaming, across the moor. One, it is said, died that very night of what he had seen, and the other twain were but broken men for the rest of their days."
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