A Scandal in Bohemia (Adventures)
Holmes: 'I am lost without my Boswell.'
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From The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
Watson's role as the loyal chronicler and foil to Holmes's brilliance, including Holmes's own teasing assessments.
The Sign of the Four, Chapter 1
Holmes critiques Watson's romantic style in A Study in Scarlet: 'Detection is, or ought to be, an exact science, and should be treated in the same cold and unemotional manner.'
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Watson's iconic opening: 'In the year 1878 I took my degree of Doctor of Medicine of the University of London...' establishing him as our narrator.
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