Holmes: Scotland Yard is a bunch of fools.
Ashbur: I couldn't agree more with this... Of course, I am one of these idiots myself.
Holmes (starting to speak but stopping):...
"Ahibon Jimenez, logician, founder of criminal investigation, the only capable person in Scotland Yard, and Holmes's unspoken friend."
Much later, he wrote in his autobiography: At first, I just wanted to keep Scotland Yard busy...
"My friend, Watson, you have to understand that there are many humble people in this world, which is a good quality, but Ahibon Jimenez is different. His humility will only make him look particularly hateful. I hope he will understand one day that this is not a good thing."
Ashbourne, who accidentally traveled through time, was penniless, and almost ended up living on the street:...?
Reading instructions:
1. Comprehensive classics, main detective, background in the Victorian era, not Sherlock
2. The protagonist is a time traveler, Scotland Yard's permanent helper. His humility comes from self-knowledge, and his detective methods come from the accumulation of modern criminal investigation science.
Purpose: Law is the bottom line of morality
