All 17 Uses of
therefore
in
The Hound of the Baskervilles
- I therefore spent the day at my club and did not return to Baker Street until evening.†
Chpt 3 *therefore = for that reason
- He has been a fixture therefore all day.†
Chpt 3
- We may take it, therefore, that the letter was composed by an educated man who wished to pose as an uneducated one, and his effort to conceal his own writing suggests that that writing might be known, or come to be known, by you.†
Chpt 4
- I was distressed therefore when another member of the family came down to live here, and I felt that he should be warned of the danger which he will run.†
Chpt 7
- Let me, therefore, return to the facts concerning Sir Henry Baskerville.†
Chpt 8
- We think, therefore, that he has gone, and the outlying farmers sleep the better in consequence.†
Chpt 8
- It follows, therefore, that Barrymore, since only this window would serve the purpose, must have been looking out for something or somebody upon the moor.†
Chpt 9
- I ran down the hill therefore and met the baronet at the bottom.†
Chpt 9
- I sprang forward therefore, and Sir Henry did the same.†
Chpt 9
- I left Sir Henry behind, therefore, not without some prickings of conscience, and drove off upon my new quest.†
Chpt 11
- The probability was, therefore, that she was telling the truth, or, at least, a part of the truth.†
Chpt 11
- He therefore put pressure upon Mrs. Lyons to write this letter, imploring the old man to give her an interview on the evening before his departure for London.†
Chpt 15
- By chance, however, the first boot which was procured for him was a new one and, therefore, useless for his purpose.†
Chpt 15
- From that moment he understood that I had taken over the case in London, and that therefore there was no chance for him there.†
Chpt 15
- It is very probable, therefore, that in the absence of his master it was he who cared for the hound, though he may never have known the purpose for which the beast was used.†
Chpt 15
- I deceived everybody, therefore, yourself included, and I came down secretly when I was supposed to be in London.†
Chpt 15
- 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.†
Chpt 15
Definition:
for that reason (what follows is so because of what was just said)