Я испытываю невероятное, практически чувственное удовольствие, перечитывая ШХ.
"...For answer he had shot his long, thin, nervous arm out of the sheets which enveloped him..."
"-...Now, Watson, I want you to do something for me.
- I'm here to be used, Holmes".
"...His face was as set as if it had been carved out of old ivory..."
"His great powers, his masterly manner, and the experience which I had had of his many extraordinary qualities, all made me diffident and backward in crossing him." И т.д. и т.п.
А еще мне очень нравится фраза "My mind rebels at stagnation".
Indeed.