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Cytaty z tagiem "sherlock-holmes" [41]
[ + Dodaj cytat]You've got a cunnin' mind,' Matty pointed out. 'Ever thought of becomin' a criminal yourself?'.
He is looking at a plate of biscuits,' Dodgson said.
'I told him that he had to sit there for fifteen minutes without moving while I took the portrait. In fact the process only took eight minutes, but I was enjoying seeing him pining for the biscuits that I just left him there to suffer'.
It's the direction you were looking when you were talking. You were looking straight ahead during most of your story, but your eyes weren't focused on anything in particular, which indicates that you were putting together a series of memories into a coherent order, but when you mentioned the pathologist at the Oxford mortuary you looked up and to the left. That indicates you were remembering something specific that he said, something important."
"And you can tell all that just from the direction I was looking?" Sherlock asked, fascinated.
"To an extent. That's how I can tell when people are lying to me - their eyes drift to their right rather than their left. That means they're putting together stories, rather than remembering things. It's something I've observed over many years of having people tell me lies and tell me the truth. So - what is it that you were remembering?".
You're looking at the effects of people's lives on their bodies. You want to be able to look at a person and tell what they do for a living, where they've come from and how they live. You've been collecting body parts from a whole set of different people who have done different jobs, and you've been analysing them for characteristic traces."
"You sound like you already know about this kind of thing."
A sudden picture of Amyus Crowe's face flashed across Sherlock's memory. He caught his breath. He missed the big American. "I had a friend who did something similar".
He wasn't sure whether to be flattered, intrigued or furious. There were times when Mycroft's blatant and subtle interference in his life were very troubling. It was as if his brother didn't trust Sherlock to act on his own, and always sought to guide him through various means.
E's not as bright as 's thinks 'e is, is 'e?"
"Like lots of people." Sherlock replied.
Matty stared at him for a moment. "I hate when you don't have a plan," he said finally. "You don't do well when you're improvising."
"Hey, I got you out of the orchard in one piece, didn't I?"
Matty nodded. "You did at that. All right ten - take care of yourself. Don't die."
"I'll try not to.".
she was supplying poisons to criminals around the world?" Sherlock was aghast.
"She was" his brother confirmed. "Poison is a woman's weapon.".
Is your whole life like this? Sherlock asked.
"Like what?"
"Double- and triple-guessing the actions not only of everyone around you, but also of yourself?"
Mycroft considered for a moment. "Yes," he said finally. "Yes, I believe it is. It is called "international diplomacy"."
Sherlock laughed quietly. "I don't think I could do the job that you do, Mycroft. My thoughts are very direct: "A" always leads to "B" in my world. Tour thoughts twist and turn in all directions, apparently depending on the time of day, the ambient temperature and the wind direction."
Mycroft turned and gazed sympathetically at Sherlock.
"And that," he said quietly, "is why I envy you. My mind is already affected by what I do. I can never unwind those twists and turns. Your mind, by contrast, is so much simpler - and therefore so much happier.".
Sherlock glanced around at the faces of the others. They held a range of expression was, of course, on his brother's face.