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🧮 Analysis tool — freeRoylott's Ledger
The motive at Stoke Moran is arithmetic. Open the stepfather's accounts.
The Stoner estate paid Dr Roylott about £750 a year — and each daughter could claim £250 on marriage. Run the ledger and watch the motive appear.
Drawn from The Adventure of the Speckled Band (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1892) — read the summary & analysis, or try The Bedroom at Stoke Moran, this story's game. More at the Game Room and the tool bench.