Part I, Chapter 2
Holmes calls Gregson and Lestrade 'the pick of a bad lot... both quick and energetic, but conventional—shockingly so.'
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From A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
The two professional detectives are introduced as foils to Holmes, characterized by jealous incompetence and conventional thinking.
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