He tied her up, therefore, that she might have no chance of warning Sir Henry, and he hoped, no doubt, that when the whole country-side put down the baronet's death to the curse of his family, as they certainly would do, he could win his wife back to accept an accomplished fact and to keep silent upon what she knew.
Senvuoksi sitoi hän vaimonsa estääkseen tätä varoittamasta sir Henryä, ja toivoi varmaankin saavansa hänet vaikenemaan, kun seudun koko väestö tulisi selittämään sir Henryn kuoleman sen kirouksen aiheuttamaksi, joka vainosi Baskerville-sukua.