The address, “Sir Henry Baskerville, Northumberland Hotel,” was printed in rough characters; the post-mark “Charing Cross,” and the date of posting the preceding evening.
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To his eyes all seemed beautiful, but to me a tinge of melancholy lay upon the countryside, which bore so clearly the mark of the waning year.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
“I think,” said I, following as far as I could the methods of my companion, “that Dr. Mortimer is a successful, elderly medical man, well-esteemed since those who know him give him this mark of their appreciation.”
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
There was no mark on any of them, as far as I know.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
Baskerville sat for a long time, his eyes fixed upon it, and I read upon his eager face how much it meant to him, this first sight of that strange spot where the men of his blood had held sway so long and left their mark so deep.
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We planted them together, he and I, to mark the pathway through the mire.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
I can take a joke with the best, Mr. Holmes, but they’ve got a bit over the mark this time.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
Found dead without a mark upon him.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
It is a blank half-sheet of paper, without even a water-mark upon it.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
It may possibly recur to your memory that when I examined the paper upon which the printed words were fastened I made a close inspection for the water-mark.
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That is his mark.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
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Merriam-Webster
— a boundary land
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Macmillan
— an area of an unpleasant substance such as dirt or oil on the surface of something that is different in colour from the rest
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11 uses of ‘mark’ in The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle