'My sister's face was white and afraid, and she was crying.' help her, but we could do nothing. And so my dear, dear sister died.' 'Are you sure about the whistle and the sound of falling metal?' asked Holmes. 'I think so,' answered Helen. 'But it was a very wild, stormy night. Perhaps I made a mistake. The police couldn't understand why my sister died. Her door was
locked and nobody could get into her room. They didn't find any poison in her body. And what was "the speckled band"? Gipsies wear something like that round their necks. I think she died because she was so afraid, but I don't know what she was afraid of. Perhaps it was the gipsies. What do you think, Mr Holmes?'