“In the character of my friend Sherlock Holmes I was constantly struck by one contradiction: although in thinking he was the neatest and most methodical person in the whole wide world, and although in his dress he maintained a certain decorum, his personal habits turned him into one of the most slovenly people, who ever drove those who shared their shelter with him into frenzy. It’s not that I myself am such a great neat guy in this regard. The hardships of working in Afghanistan, in addition to the natural bohemian nature of my character, made me more careless than befits a doctor...”