The Speckled Band (1931 film) Rylott screams. Holmes, Watson, and Helen enter his room and discover Rylott dead from a snake bite. Holmes forces Ali, the servant, to charm the snake so they can put it in the safe. Violet's last words about a "speckled band" were in fact describing "a swamp adder, the deadliest snake in India." The venomous snake had been sent to Violet's room by Dr. Rylott to murder her for her inheritance. Rylott had intended to do the same to Helen. The movie ends with Holmes conducting an experiment in Baker Street. Watson arrives dressed for a wedding, and Holmes therefore
The Fat of the Land (short story) the land", which means the best of what is available, "fat" meaning the best or richest part of something. While Wodehouse's stories are generally set in a timeless world, this story makes a rare reference to explicit years; it is stated in this story that one of Oofy Prosser's uncles, Hildebrand, died of an apopletic stroke in 1947, and his other uncle, Stanley, died of cirrhosis of the liver in 1949. The Drones Club Fat Uncles sweepstakes introduced in this story is also central to the 1965 short story "Stylish Stouts". "The Fat of the Land" was first published in