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The adventure of the speckled band

"One moment" said Holmes, "are you sure about this whistle and metallic sound? Could you swear to it?"

"That was what the county coroner asked me at the inquiry. It is my strong impression that I heard it, and yet, among the noise of the storm and the creaking of an old house, I may possibly have been deceived."

"Was your sister dressed?"