Sherlock Holmes Investigates

 

"No, but I fancy that I may have deduced a little more. I imagine that you saw all that I did."

"I saw nothing remarkable except the bell-rope, and what purpose that could have I confess is more than I can imagine."

"You saw the ventilator, too?"

"Yes, but I do not think that it is such a very unusual thing to have a small opening between two rooms. It was so small that a rat could hardly pass through."

"I knew that we should find a ventilator before ever we came to Stoke Moran. You remember in her statement Miss Stonor said that her sister could smell Dr. Roylott's cigar. Now, of course that suggested at once that there must be a communication between the two rooms. It could only be a small one, or it would have been remarked upon at the coroner's inquiry. I deduced a ventilator.You must say that there is at least a curious coincidence of dates. A ventilator is made, a cord is hung, and a lady who sleeps in the bed dies. Does not that strike you?"

Vocabulary
Fancy: Here it means think.
Deduced: Looked at the evidence and decided about something.
Confess: Admit.
Remarked upon: Noticed.
Curious: Here it means strange.
Cord: A thin rope.
Strike: Make an impression on.