Discuss the following in pairs or in small groups

‘It was worth a wound—it was worth many wounds—to know the depth of loyalty and love that lay behind that cold mask’— how does this comment throw light on the kind of relationship between Holmes and Watson?

Holmes and Watson shared a really close friendship. They both had utmost trust in each other. When they encountered Evans in the apartment, he shot Watson. Although Holmes shot Evans, he immediately came to Watson anxiously. His calm demeanor was replaced by shaking lips and worried eyes. Holmes’s concern warmed Watson’s heart who comments that the wound was worth taking otherwise he couldn’t have witnessed what he did.


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