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Las aventuras de Sherlock Holmes
The Adventure of the Speckled Band
Capítulo 8, Página 31
Holmes
looked
serious.
He
lit
the
lamp
and
walked
down
the
hall.
He
knocked
on
the
door
twice.
No
one
answered.
He
opened
the
door,
and
I
followed
with
my
gun.
We
saw
a
strange
scene.
A
lantern
on
the
table
shone
on
an
open
safe.
Dr.
Grimesby
Roylott
sat
in
a
chair.
He
wore
a
grey
gown.
His
feet
were
in
red
slippers.
A
stick
lay
on
his
lap.
His
head
was
up,
and
he
stared
at
the
ceiling.
He
had
a
yellow
band
with
brown
spots
on
his
head.
He
did
not
move
or
speak
when
we
came
in.
"The
band!
The
speckled
band!"
Holmes
whispered.
I
stepped
closer.
The
band
on
his
head
started
to
move.
A
snake's
head
came
out
from
his
hair.
"It
is
a
swamp
adder!"
Holmes
shouted.
"The
deadliest
snake
in
India.
He
died
in
ten
seconds
after
the
bite.
Bad
things
happen
to
bad
people.
Let's
put
the
snake
back.
Then
we
can
take
Miss
Stoner
to
a
safe
place
and
tell
the
police."
Holmes
took
the
whip
from
Dr.
Roylott's
lap.
He
put
the
noose
around
the
snake's
neck.
He
took
it
off
the
man's
head
and
put
it
in
the
safe.
Then
he
closed
the
safe.
These
are
the
true
facts
about
Dr.
Grimesby
Roylott's
death.
We
told
the
sad
news
to
the
scared
girl.
We
took
her
to
her
aunt
in
the
morning.
The
police
said
the
doctor
died
while
playing
with
a
dangerous
pet.
Holmes
told
me
more
about
the
case
on
our
way
back.
"I
was
wrong
at
first,"
Holmes
said.
"It
is
dangerous
to
guess
without
enough
facts.
The
gypsies
and
the
word
'band'
confused
me.
The
girl
saw
something
by
match
light.
I
thought
wrong.
But
I
knew
the
danger
was
not
from
the
window
or
door.
I
looked
at
the
ventilator
and
bell-rope.
The
rope
was
a
bridge
for
something
to
the
bed.
I
thought
of
a
snake.
The
doctor
had
animals
from
India.
A
snake's
poison
is
hard
to
find.
The
snake
could
bite
the
person
in
bed.
The
whistle
called
the
snake
back.
He
trained
it
with
milk.
It
went
through
the
ventilator
at
night.
It
might
not
bite
every
time,
but
one
day
it
would."
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