The Adventure of the Speckled Band

Julia had gone to her sister's room to talk. She spoke of noises in the night, specifically, a whistle that Julia heard in the wee morning hours. When Julia went back to her own room, she locked her bedroom door..... as did her sister. The evening was described a wild.... there was a storm, and then Helen heard her sister scream.

It was a wild night. The wind was howling outside, and the rain was beating and splashing against the windows. Suddenly, amid all the hubbub of the gale, there burst forth the wild scream of a terrified woman. I knew that it was my sister’s voice.

When Helen arrived at her sister's door, it was open and swinging.... her sister then appeared. She was terrified, moving about as if she were drunk, writhing in pain, body convulsing..... and pointing at the doctor's room. Julia fell into unconciousness and later died.