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1) Why do you think Holmes is interested in the sister's death?
2)Why do you imagine Miss Stoner has come to Holmes? What is the mystery she wants him to solve? what do you think happens next?
3)Do you read mystery stories or watch detective programmes? Why are they interesting? Do you think you would make a good detective?Why/Why not?

At the time of this story, I was still living at my friend
Sherlock Holmes's flat in Baker Street in London. Very
early one morning, a young woman, dressed in black,
came to see us. She looked tired and unhappy, and her
face was very white. 'I'm afraid! Afraid of death,
Mr Holmes!' she cried. 'Please help me! I'm not thirty
yet and look at my grey hair! I'm so afraid!'
'Just sit down and tell us your story,' said Holmes
kindly.
'My name is Helen Stoner,' she began, 'and I live
with my stepfather, Dr Grimesby Roylott, near a
village in the country. His family was once very rich,
but they had no money when my stepfather was born.
So he studied to be a doctor, and went out to India. He
met and married my mother there, when my sister Julia
and I were very young. Our father was dead, you see.'
'Your mother had some money, perhaps?' asked
Sherlock Holmes.
'Oh yes, mother had a lot of money, so my
stepfather wasn't poor any more.'
'Tell me more about him, Miss Stoner,' said Holmes.
'Well, he's a violent man. In India he once got
angry with his Indian servant and killed him! He had
to go to prison because of that, and then we all came
back to England. Mother died in an accident eight
years ago. So my stepfather got all her money, but if
Julia or I marry, he must pay us £250 every year.'
'And now you live with him in the country,' said
Holmes.
'Yes, but he stays at home and never sees anybody,
Mr Holmes!' answered Helen Stoner. 'He's more and
more violent now, and sometimes has fights with the
people from the village. Everybody's afraid of him
now, and they run away when they see him. And
they're also afraid of his Indian wild animals whicrun freely around the garden. A friend sends them to
him from India. And the animals are not the only wild
things in the garden; there are also gipsies. My
stepfather likes these wild people, and they can come
and go where they like. Poor Julia and I had very
unhappy lives. We had no servants. They always left
because they were afraid of my stepfather, and we had
to do all the work in the house. Julia was only thirty
when she died, and her hair was already grey, like my
hair now.'
'When did she die?' asked Sherlock Holmes.
'She died two years ago, and that's why I'm here. We
never met anybody in the country, but sometimes we
visited some of my family who live near London. There
Julia met a young man who asked to marry her. My
stepfather agreed, but soon after this she died.' Miss
Stoner put her hand over her eyes and cried for a
minute.
Sherlock Holmes was listening with his eyes closed,
but now he opened them and looked at Helen Stoner.
'Tell me everything about her death,' he said.

Answer 1

1) Why do you think Holmes is interested in the sister's death? 
Holmes is interested  in the sister's death because he supposes that she could have been murdered by the sisters' stepfather Dr Grimesby Roylott. He thinks that he married their mother for her money. Miss Stoner's sister was just about getting married. If she had got married her stepfather would have had to pay her  £250 every year. Her sister was not old when she died and her death was mysterious. 
2)Why do you imagine Miss Stoner has come to Holmes? What is the mystery she wants him to solve? What do you think happens next? 
Miss Stoner has come to Holmes to ask him for help. She fears for her life. She thinks that her stepfather is going to kill her. Miss Stoner wants Holmes to solve the mystery of her sister unexpected death. If the detective found out the true  Dr Grimesby Roylott would be send to prison. In this way she would avoid the fate of her sister. She hopes that Holmes will stop her stepfather from a next murder.

3)Do you read mystery stories or watch detective programmes? Why are they interesting? Do you think you would make a good detective?Why/Why not?
I like reading mystery stories or watching detective programmes. I think they are interesting because they keep us in suspens. What is more there are many people who like to be scared.  It is often really difficult to predict who done it. I think it is quite difficult to make a good detective. First you should have an idea and ability to depict it in an interesting way.