quote memorisation

Question 1

best Holmes Quote

Answer 1

you really are an automaton- a calculating machine

“The pleasure of finding a field for my peculiar powers is my highest reward”(ch.1)

‘Holmes advanced along it in the same slow and methodical way, while we kept close at his heels, with our long black shadows streaming backward’

he whipped out his lens and a tape measure, and hurried about the room on his knees, measuring, comparing, examining.( chapter 6) or So swift, silent, and furtive were his movements, like those of a trained bloodhound(ch.6)

He was bright, eager and in excellent spirits, a mood which in his case alternated with fits of the blackest depression

“He gave a most dismal groan. “I feared as much,” said he.”(ch.12)

Question 2

best Watson quotes

Answer 2

My mind ran upon our late visitor - her smiles, the deep rich tones of her voice

‘A dense drizzly fog lay low upon the great city… I lost my bearings and knew nothing

she was a unit, a factor- nothing more’

‘What was I, an army surgeon with a weak leg and a weaker banking account, that I should dare to think about such things?

A wondrous subtle thing is a love… in our hour of trouble our hands instinctively sought for each other

My conscience swelled nightly within me at the thought that I had lacked the courage to protest

Question 3

best Mary morstan quotes

Answer 3

her lip trembled, her hand quivered and she showed every sign of intense inward agitation

“sweet and amiable … singularly spiritual and sympathetic”Chapter

‘she put her hand to her throat… choking sob cut short the sentence Holmes replies ‘the date?’

“The treasure is lost,” said Miss Morstan, calmly’