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The Adventure of the Speckled Band

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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The Adventure of the Speckled Band

Holmes finds several suspicious details in Helen's story, including her account of a whistling sound and a metallic clang before her sister's death, which she cannot confirm due to the stormy night....

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The Adventure of the Speckled Band

The speckled band from "The Adventure of the Speckled Band" refers to a fictional snake, but in the context of the story, it is a swamp adder, described by Holmes as the deadliest snake in India.

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The Adventure of the Speckled Band

The "speckled band" is a deadly swamp adder snake used by Dr. Grimesby Roylott to murder Julia Stoner. Holmes discovers the snake's role in the mystery and indirectly causes Roylott's death by...

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The Adventure of the Speckled Band

The speckled band, a poisonous snake, enters Julia's room through a ventilator connecting her room to her stepfather Dr. Roylott's. He trained the snake to crawl down a dummy bell-rope onto Julia's...

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The Adventure of the Speckled Band

In "The Adventure of the Speckled Band," the "speckled band" refers to a poisonous snake, a swamp adder, used by Dr. Grimesby Roylott to murder his stepdaughter Julia and attempt to kill Helen...

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