# Mrs. Laura Lyons — The Hound of the Baskervilles character guide

> Mrs. Laura Lyons in The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Laura, Lyons, Mrs. Lyons, Mrs. Laura Lyons, Coombe Tracey

**First appearance:** 0009-viii-first-report-of-dr-watson

## Snapshot

A proud, struggling woman in Coombe Tracey whose uncancelled appointment with Sir Charles Baskerville sits at the centre of the night he died.

## Who they are

Ambitious and unhappily married, she once sought Sir Charles's help to escape her situation, and her name surfaces the moment Watson and Holmes trace the letter found near the dead baronet. She insists she never kept the appointment, and her distress at the death is genuine, yet she is bound by an influence she will not name. Her silence and her fear make her the pivotal witness Watson must reach before the truth of that night can be told.

## In the story

### [X: Extract from the Diary of Dr. Watson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hound_of_the_baskervilles/chapters/x-extract-from-the-diary-of-dr-watson)

Identified by Mortimer as Frankland's daughter with initials L. L., living in Coombe Tracey, and the subject of Watson's planned inquiry.

### [XI: The Man on the Tor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hound_of_the_baskervilles/chapters/xi-the-man-on-the-tor)

Questioned by Watson about her correspondence with Sir Charles Baskerville; initially evasive but admits to writing letters.

### [XIII: Fixing the Nets](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hound_of_the_baskervilles/chapters/xiii-fixing-the-nets)

Confronted by Holmes, she learns Stapleton is married and agrees to reveal the truth about the letter.

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