Question

Whose room does Holmes come to inspect? Where? What odd things did he notice? ​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Holmes notices that the bed in Julia's room is fastened to the floor below a vent. This is odd because Julia could not move her bed if she wanted to. ... He is in his bed with his eyes wide open.

Holmes was suffering from Tarpaunli fever or black Formosa plague. It was a contagious, through touch and deadly disease from Sumatra. It spreads through by touch

Smith admits to Holmes that he killed his own nephew, and also that he sent Holmes a package designed to infect him with the same disease. Holmes asks Smith to light the gas; this signals the presence of an investigator who is waiting outside to come inside and arrest Smith.