Part II, Chapter 5 ('The Avenging Angels')
Hope returns to find Lucy dead and removes her wedding ring from her finger—the same ring that later anchors the London investigation.
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From A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
Hope's twenty-year pursuit of Drebber and Stangerson, fueled by Lucy's death after forced marriage, transforms the detective story into a tragedy of love.
Part II, Chapter 6 ('A Continuation of the Reminiscences of John Watson, M.D.')
Hope's confession in custody: he describes giving Drebber a choice of two pills, one poisoned, as divine justice.
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Hope dies of an aortic aneurysm before trial, with a smile on his face—'the love and the vengeance' both fulfilled.
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