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unofficial
consulting detective
Holmes
my mind
rebels
at
stagnation
Holmes
science of deduction
Holmes
a dense drizzly fog lay low upon the great city
Victorian London
something eerie and ghost like
on the way to Lyceum Theatre
I observed that Holmes took his revolver
Shows danger
our nights work might be a serious one
chapter
3
an oasis of art in the howling desert of london
metaphor
-
Thaddeus' Home
I could have struck the man across the face
Watson
-
protective
over
Mary
her hand was in mine
Watson and Mary
shrill, broken whimpering of a frightened woman
Pondicherry Lodge
half moon peeping occasionally
Pondicherry Lodge
facts are better than most theories
Altheney Jones
sout
,
portly man
//
red faced burly
Altheney Jones
Holmes the theorist
Altheney Jones
Weaving my web round Thaddeus
metaphor
-
Altheney Jones
a friend of mr
Sherlock's
is always welcome
Holmes - well known in
London
she was weak, helpless, shaken in mind and nerve
Mary
- typical
Victorian
woman
wronged woman
Mary
like a great metallic heart
simlie
the
furnace roared
and the
powerful engines whizzed
and
clancked
army surgeon with a weak leg and an even weaker banking account
Watson
- thinks he isn't good enough for the "
heiress
"
Mary
mere vulgar fortune seeker
worries about his reputation
am impassable barrier
things
the
treasure
puts
Mary
out of his
reach
the romance was there
Watson
abstract problem
Holmes
his
great power
, his
masterly manner
Holmes
for mere passing pleasure risk the loss of those great powers you have been endowed?
Watson to Holmes
I crave mental exaltation
Holmes
should be treated in the same cold
unemotional
manner
Holmes
You have attempted to tinge it with
romanticism
Holmes
to
Watson
I had forgotten how personal and painful a thing might be to you
Holmes to Watson
I cannot live without
brainwork
Holmes
entered the room with a firm step and outward composure of manner
Mary
her face had neither regularity of feature or beauty of complexion
Mary
singularly spiritual and sympathetic
Mary
-
triplet
,
sibilance
- she is
unique
her lip trembled and her hand quivered
Mary chapter 2
showed every sign of intense inward agitation
Mary
a choking sob cut her sentence short
Mary
you really are an automaton - a calculating machine
Holmes
-
robotic
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