The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Chapter 8 summary
Chapter 8 of 12 · 38 min to read the chapter
In Chapter 8, Sherlock Holmes investigates Julia Stoner’s unexplained death after her twin Helen hears the same warning whistle while occupying Julia’s bedroom. He discovers that Dr. Grimesby Roylott uses a snake to protect his income from his stepdaughters’ marriages, and his intervention sends the creature back to kill its master.
What happens
- Helen Stoner describes Julia’s mysterious death, her own approaching marriage, and the return of a frightening nighttime whistle.
- Roylott threatens Holmes, who checks the marriage payments in his wife’s will and establishes a financial motive.
- At Stoke Moran, Holmes examines secure shutters, a false bell rope, a ventilator, and a bed fixed to the floor.
- Holmes arranges Helen’s escape from the bedroom and waits there in darkness with Watson.
- Holmes strikes at a snake beside the bell rope, and a terrible scream comes from Roylott’s room.
- They find Roylott dead from the snake’s bite, secure the creature, and take Helen to her aunt.
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