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The Adventure of the Speckled Band

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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Dr. Roylott attempted to murder Helen Stoner by using a deadly snake, the swamp adder, to bite her in her sleep. He facilitated this by creating a ventilation shaft between their rooms and using a...

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Helen Stoner heard the whistle because she had moved into the room where her sister Julia died, due to repairs in her own room. The whistle, used by Dr. Roylott to train a snake, was originally heard...

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Helen Stoner approaches Sherlock Holmes because

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Holmes and Watson stayed at the Crown Inn to keep watch over Helen Stoner's room at Stoke Moran Manor House. From their vantage point, they could see the windows of the manor and wait for a signal...

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