1.
Watson says they could hear the church bell every hour while they waited.
2.
At twelve, one, two and three o’clock, nothing happened.
3.
They suddenly saw a light through the ventilator, and there was a quiet sound as if something was moving.
4.
Holmes lit a match and hit the bell rope with his stick.
5.
Watson could hear a low, clear whistle, and he noticed Holmes’s face was white with terror.
6.
After a loud, horrible cry, there was silence.
7.
Holmes told Watson to take his gun, and they went to Dr Roylott’s room.
8.
In Roylott’s room, there was a lamp on the table and the metal chest was open.
9.
Around Dr Roylott’s head there was a yellow band with brown spots — “the speckled band”.
10.
The speckled band moved, and Watson realized it was a snake.
11.
Holmes says the doctor died about ten seconds after the snake bit him.
12.
After the investigation, the police decided that the doctor was killed by his pet snake.