Person
Mr. Barrymore
Also known as Barrymore.
The butler of Baskerville Hall, son of the old caretaker and one of a family that has served the Hall for four generations. With his wife, the housekeeper, he made up the only resident staff under the retiring Sir Charles, and it was he who discovered the body on the night of the death.
Chapter V. Three Broken Threads
His full black beard draws Holmes's suspicion that he may be the watcher in the London hansom, and a test telegram is sent to learn whether he is really at the Hall.
Chapter VI. Baskerville Hall
He welcomes Sir Henry to the Hall, tall and black-bearded, and offers with evident emotion to give up his place now that the old master is gone.
Chapter VII. The Stapletons of Merripit House
He lies in denying that the woman heard sobbing in the night was his wife.
Chapter VIII. First Report of Dr. Watson
Watson catches him on a stealthy midnight errand, holding a candle to a moor-facing window in an empty room.
Chapter IX. The Light upon the Moor [Second Report of Dr. Watson]
Cornered at the window, his secret comes out: the candle is a signal feeding a man hiding on the moor, the escaped convict Selden, who is his wife's younger brother.
Chapter X. Extract from the Diary of Dr. Watson
In gratitude for the baronet's mercy he reveals the burned letter signed L. L. that drew Sir Charles to the gate, and warns that a second, unknown man is also hiding on the moor.
Chapter XII. Death on the Moor
It emerges that the old wardrobe he passed on to Selden is what set the hound upon the wrong victim.
Chapter XIII. Fixing the Nets
He has been coaching Sir Henry in the names of the family portraits in the gallery.
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