The Adventures Of The Speckled Band By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

"The Adventures of the Speckled Band", by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is a mysterious story in which a detective, Sherlock Holmes, investigated the strange happenings that had occurred in Stoke Moran Manor during 1883 in England. It all began with a woman named Helen Stoner who went to visit Sherlock, and his assistant Dr. Watson. Once they were listening intently, Helen explained how her sister Julia died years ago on the eve of her wedding. Helen was frightened for her life, with her own impending wedding. The only clues Julia left behind before her sudden death were that she saw a 'speckled band' and heard constant whistles in the night, which Helen was now hearing as well. The evidence had momentarily led Sherlock to believe that gypsies had
Watson investigated the wills that Ms. Stoner's mother left behind; all of a sudden there was a knock at the door. As the door was opened, Dr. Roylott revealed himself, clearly enraged, as he had followed Helen to the location of Holmes' house. Dr. Roylott created conflicts between himself and others, including his own stepdaughters; In fact, a new one had emerged as soon as he stepped foot in the house, himself versus the famous detective, Sherlock Holmes. He argued with Sherlock to keep away from his affairs, introducing his controlling, aggressive attitude. Holmes stayed calm, showing no signs of intimidation. Dr. Roylott stormed away, leaving Dr. Watson and Sherlock to begin their adventure. The pair traveled to Stoke Moran, going straight into the bedroom of Julia Stoner.The mood and tone shift to petrified and challenging, as the task to decipher the problem requires much more effort; Helen started to become increasingly weary of the situation. In the room, they found a bunch of evidence, including the fact that the bed was clamped to the floor, the ventilator connected her room to Dr. Roylott's, and there was a faulty bell rope that hung from the ventilator. As a whole, the clues immensely contributed to the solving of the
Roylott used to murder Julia. The ventilator connecting the rooms confirmed his prediction that abusive Dr. Roylott was guilty. The fake bell rope made it look as though a snake could have easily slid down onto the bed. The creature was obtained from India, where Dr. Roylott imported his other two pets. He concluded that the whistle noise was probably from Dr. Roylott training the snake to send through the vent. The milk, whip, and worn out chair were more tactics used to train it; he even realized it was kept in the heavy duty safe. Even though the story portrayed numerous true clues, it was a foul play mystery because a few red herrings were incorporated. Examples of red herrings were in her explanation, when Helen claimed that Julia was not poisoned according to the doctors, or that she believed the gypsies killed her sister. Within these tricky conundrums, Holmes still resolved the mystery with little doubts. Ending the story, the mood and tone shift to happy and uplifting since Helen was finally free of her villainous stepfather, able to go on to become married. Sherlock Holmes had saved Helen Stoner's life by taking Dr. Roylotts; Conversely, he stated that any guilt he acquired would surely not affect him later on in his