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The adventure of the speckled band.
"Did you notice something very peculiar about that bed?" Holmes asked. "It was fixed to the floor. Did you ever see a bed like that before?"
"I cannot say that I have."
"The lady could not move her bed. It must always be in the position next to the ventilator and to the rope - or so we may call it, since it was clearly never meant to be a bell-pull."
"Holmes," I said, "I am beginning to see what you are telling me. We are only just in time to prevent some clever and horrible crime."
"Clever enough and horrible enough. When a doctor goes wrong he is the worst of criminals. He is brave and he knows what to do. Palmer and Pritchard were doctors and evil men. This man may be even worse, but I think, Watson, that we shall be able to defeat him. But we shall see enough horrors before the night is over. For goodness' sake let us relax and talk for a few hours about something more cheerful."
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