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The Adventure of the Speckled Band

           "Itisaswampadder!"criedHolmes;"thedeadliestsnakeinIndia. Hehasdiedwithintensecondsofbeingbitten. Violencedoes,intruth,recoilupontheviolent,andtheschemerfallsintothepitwhichhedigsforanother. Letusthrustthiscreaturebackintoitsden,andwecanthenremoveMissStonertosomeplaceofshelterandletthecountypoliceknowwhathashappened." 

           Ashespokehedrewthedog-whipswiftlyfromthedeadman’slap,andthrowingthenooseroundthereptile’sneckhedrewitfromitshorridperchand,carryingitatarm’slength,threwitintotheironsafe,whichhecloseduponit. 

           SucharethetruefactsofthedeathofDr.GrimesbyRoylott,ofStokeMoran. ItisnotnecessarythatIshouldprolonganarrativewhichhasalreadyruntotoogreatalengthbytellinghowwebrokethesadnewstotheterrifiedgirl,howweconveyedherbythemorningtraintothecareofhergoodauntatHarrow,ofhowtheslowprocessofofficialinquirycametotheconclusionthatthedoctormethisfatewhileindiscreetlyplayingwithadangerouspet. ThelittlewhichIhadyettolearnofthecasewastoldmebySherlockHolmesaswetravelledbacknextday. 

           "Ihad,"saidhe,"cometoanentirelyerroneousconclusionwhichshows,mydearWatson,howdangerousitalwaysistoreasonfrominsufficientdata. Thepresenceofthegypsies,andtheuseoftheword‘band,’whichwasusedbythepoorgirl,nodoubttoexplaintheappearancewhichshehadcaughtahurriedglimpseofbythelightofhermatch,weresufficienttoputmeuponanentirelywrongscent. IcanonlyclaimthemeritthatIinstantlyreconsideredmypositionwhen,however,itbecamecleartomethatwhateverdangerthreatenedanoccupantoftheroomcouldnotcomeeitherfromthewindoworthedoor. 

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