Dr. Grimesby Roylott trains his snake to climb down a false bell pull to bit Julia Stoner in her sleep. So, while the snake's poison kills Julia Stoner, it is widely held that Dr. Roylott is her murderer.
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At the end of the story, Holmes remarks that he feels no guilt for HIS responsibility in turning the snake on Dr. Roylott. This epitomizes the notion in detective fiction that poetic justice is justice. (Roylott dies at the wrong end of his own tactics)
Um, Julia Stoner's sister, Helen, did not die in the story.
First of all, there is no "spectral" or specter or ghost in the story, and she used the term "speckled band" because that is what she thought she saw.
"In her right hand was found the charred stump of a match, and in her left a matchbox." -- Helen Stoner, 'The Adventure of the Speckled Band'
Their names are Helen and Julia Stoner, and they are not only sisters but twins as well.
Julia Stoner. "Julia went there at Christmas two years ago, and met there a half-pay Major of Marines, to whom she became engaged." -- Helen Stoner, 'The Adventure of the Speckled Band'
Helen stoner is one of the important character in the story "The Adventures of the speckled band".
First of all, there is no "spectral" or specter or ghost in the story, and she used the term "speckled band" because that is what she thought she saw.
"In her right hand was found the charred stump of a match, and in her left a matchbox." -- Helen Stoner, 'The Adventure of the Speckled Band'
Their names are Helen and Julia Stoner, and they are not only sisters but twins as well.
Julia's last words about a "speckled band" were in fact describing "a swamp adder, the deadliest snake in India" see related link
Julia Stoner. "Julia went there at Christmas two years ago, and met there a half-pay Major of Marines, to whom she became engaged." -- Helen Stoner, 'The Adventure of the Speckled Band'
Helen stoner is one of the important character in the story "The Adventures of the speckled band".
a speckled band
'Fatal night' is the phrase Helen Stoner used to describe the night her sister, Julia, died.
"Shortly after our return to England my mother died - she was killed eight years ago in a railway accident near Crewe." -- Helen Stoner
In the story "The Adventure of the Speckled Band" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Helen Stoner's twin sister Julia said "The band! The speckled band!" before she died. These were her last words before succumbing to the mysterious circumstances surrounding her death.
Stoke Moran in western Surrey, England.
In "The Adventure of the Speckled Band" by Arthur Conan Doyle, Julia Stoner's death was motivated by her stepfather, Dr. Grimesby Roylott, who wanted to retain control of her inheritance. He used a poisonous snake to kill her in order to prevent her from getting married and potentially moving away with her share of the money.