The Secret of a Snake

I can only claim the merit that i instantly reconsidered my position. It became clear to me that whatever danger threatened an occupant of the room could not have come from either the window or the door. My attention was speedily drawn, as i have already remarked, to this ventilator and a bell rope which hung down to the bed. The idea of a snake instantly occurred to me. And when i coupled it with my knowledge that the doctor was furnished with a supply of creatures from india, i felt that i was probably on the right track. Then i thought of the whistle. Of course, he must recall the snake before the next morning light revealed it to the victim. He