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Mr. Jack Stapleton is a minor character in the Sherlock Holmes novel The Hound of the Baskervilles. He is the younger brother of Dr. Mortimer, and the two men are very close. When Mortimer comes to Holmes with the story of the curse of the Baskervilles, Jack is initially skeptical, but he eventually comes to believe in the curse as well. He is an adventurous spirit, and he accompanies his brother and Holmes on their investigation of the curse. He is also an accomplished singer, and he performs a song for Holmes and Watson at one point in the novel.