Q. My teacher set this as homework and it seems impossible to answer this question. I'm finding it difficult to write an essay on this question. Can you help me
A. The Speckled Band was the description given by Julia's sister as she died "The band, the speckled band." she gasped then died. The story is of a man, Doctor Roylott, and his two stepdaughters who had each been left a legacy by his late wife when they married. This would leave him with very little so suspicion would fall on him. Now Helen is engaged to be married. Holmes' investigation of the mother's estate reveals that its value has decreased significantly, and if both daughters had married, Dr. Roylott, Helen's ill-tempered and violent stepfather, would be left with very little, while the marriage of even one would be crippling. Therefore, the main suspicion falls on him.
Dr. Roylott has required Helen to move into a particular room of his heavily mortgaged ancestral home, Stoke Moran. A number of details about the place are mysterious and disturbing. A low whistling sound is heard late at night, as well as a metallic clank. There is a strange bell cord over the bed, and it does not seem to work any bell. Stoner surmises that Julia might have been murdered by the gypsies, whom Dr. Roylott permits to live on the grounds—they wear speckled handkerchiefs around their necks. A cheetah and a baboon also have the run of the property, for Dr. Roylott keeps exotic pets from India. Helen feels reluctant to sleep in the room.
After Helen leaves, Dr. Roylott comes to visit Holmes, having traced his stepdaughter. He demands to know what Helen has said to Holmes, but Holmes refuses to say. Dr. Roylott bends an iron poker into a curve in an attempt to intimidate Holmes, but Holmes is unaffected as he maintains a rather jovial demeanor during the encounter. After Roylott leaves, Holmes straightens the poker out again, thus showing that he is just as strong as the doctor.
Having arranged for Helen to spend the night somewhere else, Holmes and Watson sneak into her bedroom without Dr. Roylott's knowledge. Holmes says that he has already deduced the solution to the mystery, and this test of his theory turns out to be successful. They hear the whistle, and Holmes also sees what the bell cord is really for, although Watson does not. Julia's last words about a "speckled band" were in fact describing "a swamp adder, the deadliest snake in India". The venomous snake had been sent to Julia's room by Dr. Roylott to murder her. After the swamp adder bit Julia, he called off the snake with the whistling, which made the snake climb up through the bell cord, disappearing from the scene.
Now the swamp adder is sent again through the ventilator by Dr. Roylott to kill Julia's sister Helen. Holmes attacks the snake, sending it back through an air ventilator connected to the next room. The aggravated snake bites Dr. Roylott instead, and, within seconds, he is dead. Grimly noting that Holmes is indirectly responsible for Dr. Roylott's death, Holmes remarks that he is unlikely to feel much guilt over the death.
As a matter of interest there is no such snake as a swamp adder and there has been speculation as to which snake Conan Doyle was referring. The Indian cobra, which may have been the inspiration, has black and white speckled marks, and is one of the most lethal of the Indian venomous snakes with a neurotoxin which will often kill in a few minutes. It is also a good climber and is used by snake charmers in India. However, snakes are deaf, therefore it would not be possible to signal a snake by whistling. Also, while snakes are capable of climbing solid objects, there is no way one could have climbed a cord.
Dr. Roylott has required Helen to move into a particular room of his heavily mortgaged ancestral home, Stoke Moran. A number of details about the place are mysterious and disturbing. A low whistling sound is heard late at night, as well as a metallic clank. There is a strange bell cord over the bed, and it does not seem to work any bell. Stoner surmises that Julia might have been murdered by the gypsies, whom Dr. Roylott permits to live on the grounds—they wear speckled handkerchiefs around their necks. A cheetah and a baboon also have the run of the property, for Dr. Roylott keeps exotic pets from India. Helen feels reluctant to sleep in the room.
After Helen leaves, Dr. Roylott comes to visit Holmes, having traced his stepdaughter. He demands to know what Helen has said to Holmes, but Holmes refuses to say. Dr. Roylott bends an iron poker into a curve in an attempt to intimidate Holmes, but Holmes is unaffected as he maintains a rather jovial demeanor during the encounter. After Roylott leaves, Holmes straightens the poker out again, thus showing that he is just as strong as the doctor.
Having arranged for Helen to spend the night somewhere else, Holmes and Watson sneak into her bedroom without Dr. Roylott's knowledge. Holmes says that he has already deduced the solution to the mystery, and this test of his theory turns out to be successful. They hear the whistle, and Holmes also sees what the bell cord is really for, although Watson does not. Julia's last words about a "speckled band" were in fact describing "a swamp adder, the deadliest snake in India". The venomous snake had been sent to Julia's room by Dr. Roylott to murder her. After the swamp adder bit Julia, he called off the snake with the whistling, which made the snake climb up through the bell cord, disappearing from the scene.
Now the swamp adder is sent again through the ventilator by Dr. Roylott to kill Julia's sister Helen. Holmes attacks the snake, sending it back through an air ventilator connected to the next room. The aggravated snake bites Dr. Roylott instead, and, within seconds, he is dead. Grimly noting that Holmes is indirectly responsible for Dr. Roylott's death, Holmes remarks that he is unlikely to feel much guilt over the death.
As a matter of interest there is no such snake as a swamp adder and there has been speculation as to which snake Conan Doyle was referring. The Indian cobra, which may have been the inspiration, has black and white speckled marks, and is one of the most lethal of the Indian venomous snakes with a neurotoxin which will often kill in a few minutes. It is also a good climber and is used by snake charmers in India. However, snakes are deaf, therefore it would not be possible to signal a snake by whistling. Also, while snakes are capable of climbing solid objects, there is no way one could have climbed a cord.
How can i make my bedroom like a spa?
Q. I already have a bedding set picked out :
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and using the same color walls as in the picture and I am not getting any new furniture any ideas on how to make it relaxing and i also have a benchseat by a window and a desk where i have my computer and do my homework. So i need a place to work and relax after working and i cant get a new desk. also anything you can show me that I can put in my closet to use for storage.
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and using the same color walls as in the picture and I am not getting any new furniture any ideas on how to make it relaxing and i also have a benchseat by a window and a desk where i have my computer and do my homework. So i need a place to work and relax after working and i cant get a new desk. also anything you can show me that I can put in my closet to use for storage.
A. things that will help add relaxation to your room are quite simple. First you need to seperate relaxation from work. I recomend finding a way to seperate your computer desk from the rest of your room, save up and buy a partician or screen that you can put infront of the desk when its not being used. Plants <preferably real> will add to your room, candles, a water fountain <10$ at target> all help. Make sure you get rid of anything that is childish in nature, band posters things like that, put up pictures of nature, beaches, trees, sunsets, waves, oceans, things of that nature. Stick with the browns as much as possible as your main color and use the blue as your accent color. If you have a free corner in your room, get a bunch of blue and brown pillows, and a blanket, throw them all in the corner and use that as a place to read and relax, maybe have a small lap desk next to it where you can have a rock garden, candles, incense on it, if you do meditation that would be a good place for it as well. Get some relaxing music such as enya or meditation music and keep it low as a backdrop. For a real spa quality, get a humidifier.
How do I set up a wireless speaker system in my apartment?
Q. So I've got a desktop PC with wireless internet. I want to get speakers in my lounge/diner and in my bedroom that will play the music from my PC e.g. itunes/spotify.
Is it possible? Is it complicated?
I only have a small 1 bed apartment and i only need speakers in 2 rooms.
I'm in the UK by the way
Is it possible? Is it complicated?
I only have a small 1 bed apartment and i only need speakers in 2 rooms.
I'm in the UK by the way
A. Simple and easy. See below.
P.S. I don't believe wireless speaker technology is expensive, how can that be? One Apple Airport Express has a range of 150 feet for a secured wireless network, and it can be added to an existing network which can extend the range in the household if necessary. The dual band Airport Extreme offers 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz channels, faster response time alongside a likely 300 feet of Wi Fi area, depending on circumstances. http://www.apple.com/airportextreme/features/frequency.html
P.S. I don't believe wireless speaker technology is expensive, how can that be? One Apple Airport Express has a range of 150 feet for a secured wireless network, and it can be added to an existing network which can extend the range in the household if necessary. The dual band Airport Extreme offers 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz channels, faster response time alongside a likely 300 feet of Wi Fi area, depending on circumstances. http://www.apple.com/airportextreme/features/frequency.html
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