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Quotation from The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle

“A false step yonder means death to man or beast.”

Arthur Conan Doyle (spoken by Jack Stapleton)

The Hound of the Baskervilles, Chapter 7 (Project Gutenberg #2852)

Portrait of Arthur Conan Doyle

Stapleton points out the bright green patches of the great Grimpen Mire to Watson, just before a moor pony is sucked under.

Citation: "A false step yonder means death to man or beast." — Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Chapter 7 (Project Gutenberg #2852). (id the-hound-of-the-baskervilles-q6)

Portrait: Cover (Hound of Baskervilles, 1902), Alfred Garth Jones, Public domain.

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