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5. The play concludes, "Violence always recoils upon the violent, and the schemer falls into

the pit that digs for another." What does Holmes mean, and how does this quote apply to the case of the speckled band?

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"The Adventure of the Speckled Band", by Arthur Conan Doyle, is a short story that narrates how Sherlock Holmes solves the mystery of the danger to the life of Miss Helen Stoner and, thus, saves it. The main idea of the story is that of the effect of greed.

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