Mycroft Holmes, Sherlock’s older brother, makes an appearance in “The Greek Interpreter” and “The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans.” How well do you know the man whom Holmes trusted more than anyone.
1. How much older was Mycroft than his younger brother?
2. What was the name of Mycroft’s club?
3. In which part of London did Mycroft live?
4. What color were his eyes?
5. How much money did he earn each year?
1. [“Is he your junior?”] “Seven years my senior.” (GREE)
2. “The Diogenes Club is the queerest club in London, and Mycroft one of the queerest men. He’s always there from quarter to five to twenty to eight. It’s six now, so if you care for a stroll this beautiful evening I shall be very happy to introduce you to two curiosities”(GREE).
3. "It is as if you met a tram-car coming down a country lane. Mycroft has his rails and he runs on them. His Pall Mall lodgings, the Diogenes Club, Whitehall–that is his cycle" (BRUC).
4. "… so alert in its steel-gray, deep-set eyes, so firm in its lips, and so subtle in its play of expression, that after the first glance one forgot the gross body and remembered only the dominant mind" (BRUC).
5."Mycroft draws four hundred and fifty pounds a year, remains a subordinate, has no ambitions of any kind, will receive neither honour nor title, but remains the most indispensable man in the country" (BRUC).
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