Nothing. The rope was assumed to be a bell pull to call a servant to come to the room; but Holmes noticed that the rope was not attached to a wire that would have run along the walls to the servants' quarters.
The rope was thus a clue, because the person in the bed thought she could summon help but she could not.
Serious
Sherlock Holmes
It signifies a story of Sherlock Holmes in which the so called Speckled Band are the last words of a dying lady. It is later uncovered that the speckled band is a fatal snake which was used by the villian to attack his victims.
Holmes and Dr. Grimesby Roylott
If you mean the Sherlock Holmes short story 'The Adventure of the Speckled Band' by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, it was first published in The Strand Magazine in February 1892.1892
The Speckled Band
Serious
Sherlock Holmes
It signifies a story of Sherlock Holmes in which the so called Speckled Band are the last words of a dying lady. It is later uncovered that the speckled band is a fatal snake which was used by the villian to attack his victims.
Mystery - 1980 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes I The Speckled Band 5-26 was released on: USA: 11 April 1985
The Adventure of the Speckled Band is a Sherlock Holmes story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Holmes is consulted by a young woman whose sister has recently died under strange circumstances in a locked room. Her dying words are "It was the band! The speckled band!"
Holmes and Dr. Grimesby Roylott
The Adventure of the Speckled Band is a Sherlock Holmes mystery, in which Sherlock solves the mystery. The Hardy Boys solve mysteries, but not the Speckled Band. Nancy Drew solves mysteries, but not the Speckled Band.
If you mean the Sherlock Holmes short story 'The Adventure of the Speckled Band' by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, it was first published in The Strand Magazine in February 1892.1892
Helen Stoner is one of the main characters in the story "The Adventure of the Speckled Band". It is a Sherlock Holmes mystery.
The last victim of the "speckled band" in Arthur Conan Doyle's short story "The Adventure of the Speckled Band" is Helen Stoner. She is the stepdaughter of Dr. Grimesby Roylott, who is responsible for the deaths of Helen's sister, Julia, and attempts to kill Helen as well. Julia's mysterious death, which is linked to the sinister "speckled band," serves as the catalyst for Sherlock Holmes's investigation.
a speckled band