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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."