The Speckled Band
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The Speckled Band
It is a quarter past seven in the morning, in the early April 1889, when Watson and Holmes, the private detectives are woken up by a lady, in her 30s, pale and drawn, shaking with fear. She tells Holmes, that she is broke now, therefore she can’t pay him anything now and Holmes says it’s no problem to him. The lady then tells Holmes her story.
The lady’s name is Helen Stone, and she’s living with her Stepdad who’s a last living of a great English family, the Royoltts. They were once very rich, however now left with nothing but an old house, heavily damaged. Helen’s dad, Royoltts, being poor, went to India to earn some money and unfortunately gets robbed. He blames and beats his indian butler to death, which is the reason he is sent to the prison for a while. He then marries Helen’s mother, a young widow at that time. Helen has a twins sister called Julia. Helen’s mother had quite a great amount of money which was for Helen and her twin sister, Julia when both of them gets married. Helen’s mother dies, leaving the twin’s stepdad take them back to England. Rolyoltts, their stepdad changes. He becomes violent to everyone, the only friends he has is a group of gypsies and he keeps a cheetah and a baboon to roam the grounds.
One day, Julia had gone to visit her mother’s sister , and she meets a guy she wants to marry. Royoltt obviously isn’t fond of the idea, but exactly two weeks before Julia’s marriage, Julia is killed. That night, Julia is disturbed by the smell of her stepdad’s heavy indian tobacco, so she goes over to her sister’s room to talk about her upcoming marriage. At about 11, just before Julia was going back to her room to sleep, she asks Helen if she hears any sort of whistle at around three in the morning. Helen, who finds it weird, says no. They think it’s the people in the lawn. Helen suggests Julia to lock her door before sleeping, because of the wild animals out in their lawn. That night, Helen finds it hard to sleep...
It is a quarter past seven in the morning, in the early April 1889, when Watson and Holmes, the private detectives are woken up by a lady, in her 30s, pale and drawn, shaking with fear. She tells Holmes, that she is broke now, therefore she can’t pay him anything now and Holmes says it’s no problem to him. The lady then tells Holmes her story.
The lady’s name is Helen Stone, and she’s living with her Stepdad who’s a last living of a great English family, the Royoltts. They were once very rich, however now left with nothing but an old house, heavily damaged. Helen’s dad, Royoltts, being poor, went to India to earn some money and unfortunately gets robbed. He blames and beats his indian butler to death, which is the reason he is sent to the prison for a while. He then marries Helen’s mother, a young widow at that time. Helen has a twins sister called Julia. Helen’s mother had quite a great amount of money which was for Helen and her twin sister, Julia when both of them gets married. Helen’s mother dies, leaving the twin’s stepdad take them back to England. Rolyoltts, their stepdad changes. He becomes violent to everyone, the only friends he has is a group of gypsies and he keeps a cheetah and a baboon to roam the grounds.
One day, Julia had gone to visit her mother’s sister , and she meets a guy she wants to marry. Royoltt obviously isn’t fond of the idea, but exactly two weeks before Julia’s marriage, Julia is killed. That night, Julia is disturbed by the smell of her stepdad’s heavy indian tobacco, so she goes over to her sister’s room to talk about her upcoming marriage. At about 11, just before Julia was going back to her room to sleep, she asks Helen if she hears any sort of whistle at around three in the morning. Helen, who finds it weird, says no. They think it’s the people in the lawn. Helen suggests Julia to lock her door before sleeping, because of the wild animals out in their lawn. That night, Helen finds it hard to sleep...