The Adventure Of The Speckled Band By Arthur Conon Doyle
Another amazing solved case by Sherlock Holmes, but how did he solve the crime? The “Adventure of the Speckled Band”, a suspenseful mystery, is written by Arthur Conon Doyle. There are many ways as how Holmes suspects Dr. Grimsby Roylott as the perpetrator of the crime. As Holmes and John Watson are investigating the house they come across that the bed is clamped to the ground and there is a little passage way that Dr. Roylott cigar smoke ventilates through the air. Have you ever seen a bed that has been fastened to the floor? As Holmes and Watson are investigating the house, Holmes concludes that there is something very peculiar about the bed. Holmes and Watson find that in Julia’s room, there is a bed clamped to the floor. As Sherlock Holmes
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“No”. It was clamped down to the floor. Did you ever see a bed fastened like that before” (126). From the quote above, Holmes found that the bed in Julia’s room was clamped to the floor and she could not move it. Also Holmes pleads this to be one of many clues towards Roylott being the perpetrator of the crime. As the search continues, Sherlock Holmes finds a vent leading towards Julia’s room.At night, not only was air going through the ventilator, but Roylott’s cigar smoke was also passing through it. At night, while Julia was sleeping, she heard a low-lying whistle at exactly three in the morning. So Holmes suspected that there must have been some communication through the two rooms. While Helen told her story, after, ‟oh, yes, I did. You remember in her statement she said ‟ that her sister could smell Dr. Roylott’s cigar smoke.” Now of course that suggested at once that there must be a communication between the two rooms. It could only be a small, or it would have been remarked upon at the Coroner’s Inquiry” (127). Assessing from what happened; Julia could smell the cigar smoke from Roylott’s room through the cigar smoke. Therefore, it must have been a communication between the two
“No”. It was clamped down to the floor. Did you ever see a bed fastened like that before” (126). From the quote above, Holmes found that the bed in Julia’s room was clamped to the floor and she could not move it. Also Holmes pleads this to be one of many clues towards Roylott being the perpetrator of the crime. As the search continues, Sherlock Holmes finds a vent leading towards Julia’s room.At night, not only was air going through the ventilator, but Roylott’s cigar smoke was also passing through it. At night, while Julia was sleeping, she heard a low-lying whistle at exactly three in the morning. So Holmes suspected that there must have been some communication through the two rooms. While Helen told her story, after, ‟oh, yes, I did. You remember in her statement she said ‟ that her sister could smell Dr. Roylott’s cigar smoke.” Now of course that suggested at once that there must be a communication between the two rooms. It could only be a small, or it would have been remarked upon at the Coroner’s Inquiry” (127). Assessing from what happened; Julia could smell the cigar smoke from Roylott’s room through the cigar smoke. Therefore, it must have been a communication between the two