...but like others have said, I disagree with Holmes & Watson letting Sterndale get away with torturing Tregennis to death. I suppose though if he had been handed over to the police, he would have ended up being hanged. And I wouldn't have wanted that to happen to him. I think what he did was wrong - and it was a terrible thing to do. But he had only just lost the love of his life. He was responsible for his actions but at the same time he can't have been in a normal state of mind.
I really admire your thoughts on why Holmes wanted both of them to try the drug - it's an excellent argument, and not something I'd thought about before. And I also admire your thoughts on the problems with Holmes and Watson's decisions. I suppose in the end the reader just has to embrace the story and that brilliant sequence, and not worry too much about the logic of their behaviour. But, at the end of the day, I don't care, because nothing can dim my love for this story :) I'll go with that ^_^
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I really admire your thoughts on why Holmes wanted both of them to try the drug - it's an excellent argument, and not something I'd thought about before. And I also admire your thoughts on the problems with Holmes and Watson's decisions. I suppose in the end the reader just has to embrace the story and that brilliant sequence, and not worry too much about the logic of their behaviour. But, at the end of the day, I don't care, because nothing can dim my love for this story :) I'll go with that ^_^