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Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Speckled Band | Arthur Conan Doyle

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Librarybelle I think this one was well constructed, had a sinister feel, and was a good overall mystery. 10mo

IndoorDame I loved it!!!!! But can you train snakes? And assuming you can, aren‘t there easier, less dangerous, ways to kill pesky family members or their unwanted fiancée‘s? 10mo

CrystalE02 I loved it!!!! I found it very interesting. 10mo

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Daisey This is one of my favorites of the short stories. 10mo

dabbe @IndoorDame Good question! I know people do the cobra-dancing thing, but I don't know that the cobras are truly trained (since quite a few get bitten and even die in the process)--plus, snakes aren't mammals, and milk is like poison to them. 10mo

dabbe I'm willing to suspend my disbelief for an excellent detective story, however, if you have time for dying words, Julia, maybe you should avoid metaphors: “Oh, my God! Helen! It was the band! The speckled band!“ is nice and all, but in that same amount of time you could have said, “I was bitten by a damn snake! Here's the wound!“ Roylott would then have been in jail long ago. Just sayin'. 😀 I know--it might have been too quick to totally see. 😂 10mo

IndoorDame @dabbe you‘re so right! That was especially cryptic for last words 😂😂😂 10mo

kelli7990 I enjoyed this story. 10mo

CogsOfEncouragement A snake behaving this way is pretty crazy, but I suppose if an author invents a snake, an author can decide how it behaves and what it needs to survive. lol
I enjoyed this entertaining short story. 10mo

dabbe @CogsOfEncouragement That sounds like a great game, too: Invent-a-Snake! 🤩 10mo

Aimeesue Look, ACD, I‘ve HAD a pet snake and Jeffery did NOT drink milk. He was cute when he drank out of his water bowl though. He was not about to obey commands either. Maybe I could‘ve left him a trail of crickets leading up to my intended victim, I guess. Even then, it‘d be iffy. And he wouldn‘t have come back, that‘s for sure. 🐍 10mo

dabbe @Aimeesue 🤩🐍🤩 #jeffery #perfectsnakename 10mo

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