Topics on Chapter 9
Q1. :Describe the significance of the light upon
the moor and how the mystery of the light is solved.
Ans. The Chapter ‘The Light Upon the Moor’
is very much important because it throws light on several issues of the story.
The subplot
of the novel related to Seldon becomes clear to Dr. Watson, Sir Henry and also
to the readers. Both Mr. and Mrs. Barrymore were in the list of the suspects
given to Dr. Watson by Sherlock Holmes. Barrymore was constantly being
suspected for having his link with the person who was spying Sir Henry in
London.
Dr. Watson and Sir Henry were curious to know
as to whom Barrymore was showing the candle light the previous night. So the
next night, Dr. Watson followed him to know about it. He noticed that Barrymore
waved the burning candle from the open window of an empty room. He seemed to
give a signal to somebody at a distance. Dr. Watson told all that to Sir Henry
and both of them decided to follow Barrymore at night.
It becomes
clear that Mr. Barrymore and his wife were protecting and helping Seldon, who was Mrs. Barrymore’s brother.
Barrymore was caught red handed while giving signals with the help of candle
light to provide him food.
Now this
also becomes clear that Barrymore had no love relationship with any country
girl.
Q2. Why does Sir Henry go without
Watson to meet Miss Stapleton? Describe their meeting.
Ans. Dr.
Watson knew that Sir Henry was fascinated by the charms of Miss Stapleton. But
he never knew that he could risk his life by deciding to meet her alone on the
moor. Dr. Watson performed his duty to warn Sir Henry about his rash decision,
but he did not follow Watson’s advice and went to meet his lady love.
But still,
Dr. Watson followed both of them at a distance to provide Sir Henry a security
cover.
Both the
lovers met at the fixed place at fixed time. They walked side by side slowly
talking happily. It seemed as if they were in deep discussion. Then Sir Henry
tried to express his love to Miss Stapleton, but it seemed that she was trying
to resist it. She also tried to press upon him to go away from the Baskerville
Hall as there was danger to his life.
After that
Sir Henry presented a marriage proposal to her, but at that very moment
Stapleton reached venting his anger on Sir Henry out of jealousy. Thus their
meeting came to an abrupt end.
Q3. Stapleton was rude to Sir Henry
when he interrupted them and vented his anger on him. But later on, he gives an
explanation to Sir Henry about his bad behavior and feels sorry for it. Are you
satisfied with his explanation?
When Sir Henry and Miss Stapleton were busy in
their conversation, Stapleton came running to them and started abusing Sir Henry. It was very rude of him.
Later on,
Stapleton tried to defend his rough behaviour with him. He apologized to him
for his bad behavior. He told him that he was very possessive of his only
sister. He could not bear the thought of losing his sister to anyone. Moreover
he had no idea of their being so close in a relationship. That was why; he
could not control his anger at that time. He also told him that it would be a
good thing if his sister got married to a neighbor like him. But he would have
to wait for three months for that.
But we do
not agree with the explanation Stapleton forwarded to assuage the hurt feeling
of Sir Henry. We know that he is the mastermind who has made a plan to kill Sir
Henry and be the owner of the whole Baskerville estate. So, how could a villain
like Stapleton be the well wisher of Sir Henry?
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