"How often?"
"Well, some hundreds of times."
Then how many are there?"
"How many? I don't know."
"Quite so! You have not observed. And yet you have seen. That is just my point. Now, I know that there are seventeen steps, because i
have both seen and observed. By the way, since you are interested in these little problems, and since you are good enough to chronicle one o
two of my trifling experiences, you may be interested in this." He threw over a sheet of thick, pink-tinted notepaper which had been lying oper
upon the table. "It came by the last post," said he. "Read it aloud."
The note was undated, and without either signature or address.
"There will call upon you to-night, at a quarter to eight o'clock," it said, "a gentleman who desires to consult you upon a matter of the v
deepest moment. Your recent services to one of the royal houses of Europe have shown that you are one who may safely be trusted with matt
which are of an importance which can hardly be exaggerated. This account of you we have from all quarters received. Be in your chamber ther
that hour, and do not take it amiss if your visitor wear a mask."
(From The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Which best describes the relationship between the two characters?
O 1. They seem competitive, like members of different teams.
O2. They seem friendly and encouraging toward each other.
O3. They seem strained around each other, like strangers.
4. They seem familiar and respectful of each other.