The Adventure of the Speckled Band

The Sherlock Holmes’ mysteries, written by Arthur Conan Doyle in the nineteenth century, were serialized in magazines and they became incredibly popular. ‘The Speckled Band’ focuses on the Roylott family, of Stoke Moran in Surrey. The family includes twin sisters Julia and Helen Stoner, and their stepfather Dr Grimesby Roylott.
The readers’ first impression of Helen Stoner is that she is grieving over someone’s death, due to her appearance
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