Adventures of a Speckled Band - Treatment
TREATMENT FOR THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND
I.
Now we go back even further in time, says Watson, to a case that Sherlock Holmes investigated while he and Watson were still together at the 221B Baker Street apartment.
It's early April 1883, and Holmes wakes Watson at 7:15am to tell him that a young lady has come to Holmes with a case. Sitting in the room is a lady around thirty, dressed in black, with a black veil, who's shaking with fear. She is pale and her hair has strands of premature grey. She's desperate for help and promises Holmes that as soon as she is married, she can pay him for his services. Holmes says that he’s in the business for the pleasure of the hunt, although he’ll be happy to let her pay him back for any expenses he needs, at her convenience. So, he says “lets hear the story.” The lady’s name is Helen Stoner and she’s living with her step-dad. Her step-dad is the last living member of the great English family the Roylotts. The Roylotts once controlled huge tracts of land, but after many generations of spending money, nothing is left of the estate except an old house. (Its heavily mortgaged) Half of the house is falling down and dilapidated, leaving only one wing of the house occupiable. The current (and final) Roylott, seeing that theres nothing left of his inheritance, went to India to make his fortune on his own. He does succeed in making some cash, but he also manages to get into trouble. When his house is robbed, he starts to rage and murders his butler, sending him to jail. Eventually, he goes back to England. Roylott was busy while he was India. Not only does he set up a medical practice and kill his butler, but he also finds time to marry Helen Stoner’s mother, a young ‘widow’ then. Helen Stoner also has a twin sister, Julia. With the money his wife left him, Roylott takes Helen and Julia Stoner away from London to Stoke Moran. However, Roylott has a temper. He becomes violent and starts to frighten all the neighbors
I.
Now we go back even further in time, says Watson, to a case that Sherlock Holmes investigated while he and Watson were still together at the 221B Baker Street apartment.
It's early April 1883, and Holmes wakes Watson at 7:15am to tell him that a young lady has come to Holmes with a case. Sitting in the room is a lady around thirty, dressed in black, with a black veil, who's shaking with fear. She is pale and her hair has strands of premature grey. She's desperate for help and promises Holmes that as soon as she is married, she can pay him for his services. Holmes says that he’s in the business for the pleasure of the hunt, although he’ll be happy to let her pay him back for any expenses he needs, at her convenience. So, he says “lets hear the story.” The lady’s name is Helen Stoner and she’s living with her step-dad. Her step-dad is the last living member of the great English family the Roylotts. The Roylotts once controlled huge tracts of land, but after many generations of spending money, nothing is left of the estate except an old house. (Its heavily mortgaged) Half of the house is falling down and dilapidated, leaving only one wing of the house occupiable. The current (and final) Roylott, seeing that theres nothing left of his inheritance, went to India to make his fortune on his own. He does succeed in making some cash, but he also manages to get into trouble. When his house is robbed, he starts to rage and murders his butler, sending him to jail. Eventually, he goes back to England. Roylott was busy while he was India. Not only does he set up a medical practice and kill his butler, but he also finds time to marry Helen Stoner’s mother, a young ‘widow’ then. Helen Stoner also has a twin sister, Julia. With the money his wife left him, Roylott takes Helen and Julia Stoner away from London to Stoke Moran. However, Roylott has a temper. He becomes violent and starts to frighten all the neighbors