Answer:
The bell was a dummy and not even working.
Explanation:
The short story "The Adventure of the Speckled Band" is one of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes series. The story revolves, as usual, around the mysterious case of murder which Sherlock Holmes and Watson tries to solve.
While examining the room where Ju lia Stoner was killed mysteriously, Holmes and Watson noticed that there was a bell attached along the walls which seems normal, as people use it to summon for anything. But the weird part about this particular bell was that it was<em> "a dummy"</em>, and <em>"it is not even attached to a wire.[. . .] it is fastened to a hook just above where the little opening for the ventilator is."</em> This means that the bell was just a means for something else other than summoning the housekeeper.
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They don't ask for ransom because they want money right away so they can eat.
<h3>Why do they need money right away?</h3>
- The men say they are very hungry, but they don't have any money to buy food.
- They can't get any kind of donation either and the hunger is getting hard to bear.
- For this reason, they decide to rob a rich white man, so they would have immediate money to satisfy their hunger.
The hunger is so violent that they don't even realize they can get more money by keeping the man kidnapped and asking for a ransom payment.
This question is about "Why you Reckon" written by Langston Hughes, who was an author who used to portray the challenges of black society.
More information about Langston Hughes at the link:
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