‘My mind rebels at stagnation.’ Ch1, p.2
‘Give me problems, give me work.’ Ch1, p.2
‘I abhor the dull routine of existence.’ Ch1, p.2
‘State your case,’ said he in brisk business tones.' Ch2, p.11
'Holmes rubbed his hands, and his eyes glistened.' Ch2, p.10
‘You really are an automaton – a calculating machine.’ Ch2, p.14
‘A client to me is a mere unit, a factor in a problem.’ Ch2, p.14
'He was bright…in excellent spirits, a mood which in his case alternated with fits of the blackest depression.' Ch3, p.16
'I could see by his drawn brow and his vacant eye that he was thinking intently.' Ch3, p.18
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