The Adventure of The Speckled Band

a cord by which one rings a bell

• lichen

• vigil

• bell-pull

• reverie

mental disturbance characterized by confused thinking and disrupted attention

• avert

• agitation

• reverie

• delirium

friendly, sociable

• amiable

• dissolute

• reverie

• delirium

to move or act quickly

• agitation

• reverie

• hasten

• gale

a city or urban area

• metropolis

• reverie

• chamber

• fortnight

to give or leave by will (at death)

• avert

• defray

• bequeath

• lichen

to see coming or to ward off

• avert

• reverie

• defray

• vigil

an event or period of time when a person or group stays in place and quietly waits

• vigil

• reverie

• fortnight

• miracle

gloomy, stern

• gale

• dissolute

• aperture

• grim

algae and or a fungus growing on a solid surface

• bacteria

• virus

• parasite

• lichen