Sherlock Holmes Bibliomancy Reading

This oracle points to a randomly selected line from Sherlock Holmes. The surrounding passages are provided for context.

 

Your passage is from CHAPTER VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND.

 

For Context:

CHAPTER VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND

Then he did the same with the wood-work with which the chamber was panelled.

Finally he walked over to the bed and spent some time in staring at it and in running his eye up and down the wall.

Finally he took the bell-rope in his hand and gave it a brisk tug.

“Why, it’s a dummy,” said he.

“Won’t it ring?”

“No, it is not even attached to a wire.

This is very interesting.

You can see now that it is fastened to a hook just above where the little opening for the ventilator is.”

“How very absurd!

I never noticed that before.”

“Very strange!” muttered Holmes, pulling at the rope.