The Adventure of the Speckled Band

In "The Adventure of the Speckled Band," Sherlock Holmes resolves the mystery of Julia Stoner's death by discovering that her stepfather, Dr. Grimesby Roylott, used a trained swamp adder, referred to...

The line "I can not say this death will weigh very heavily upon my conscience" is spoken by Sherlock Holmes, who feels no guilt for Dr. Grimesby Roylott's death. Holmes had provoked the snake Roylott...

Holmes was not remorseful about Dr. Roylott's death because Roylott was a "thoroughly nasty" individual—a gold-digging murderer. Holmes inadvertently caused Roylott's death when he struck the snake,...