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Hound of the Baskervilles
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Mr. Sherlock Holmes, who was usually very late in the mornings, save upon those not infrequent occasions when he was up all night, was seated at the breakfast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and picked up the stick which our visitor had left behind him the night before. It was a fine, thick piece of wood, bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a “Penang lawyer.” Just under the head was a broad silver band nearly an inch across. “To James Mortimer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,” was engraved upon it, with the date “1884.” It was just such a stick as the old-fashioned family practitioner used to carry—dignified, solid, and reassuring.

“Well, Watson, what do you make of it?”

Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and I had given him no sign of my occupation.

“How did you know what I was doing? I believe you have eyes in the back of your head.”

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Use the passage to answer the question.

How does the opening scene move the plot forward?

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The scene has Holmes and Watson encounter a possible problem with the arrival of Dr. Mortimer.
The scene has Holmes and Watson encounter a possible problem with the arrival of Dr. Mortimer.

The scene provides a resolution when Holmes deduces accurate details about Dr. Mortimer.
The scene provides a resolution when Holmes deduces accurate details about Dr. Mortimer.

The scene introduces the main characters, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, as detectives.
The scene introduces the main characters, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, as detectives.

The scene creates an atmosphere of tension in London during a different time period.