Part I, Chapter 5
Holmes tests the pills on the dying terrier, proving one is poison and confirming his theory of the case.
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From A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
The recurring motif of the two identical pills—one poison, one harmless—is Hope's instrument of providential justice and the puzzle Holmes solves with a terrier.
Part II, Chapter 6
Hope's account of forcing his victims to choose, reframing murder as ordeal.
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