'Sir Charles died of a heart attack,' said Dr. Mortimer. 'He was running away from something when he died.'

'What was the running away from?' asked Holmes.

'I looked at the ground where Sir Charles had walked.' said Dr. Mortimer. 'There were not footprints of a man. They were the footprints of a gigantic hound!'

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