“there was a sound upon the stairs, and our door was opened to admit as fine a specimen of manhood as ever passed through it. he was a very tall young man, golden-moustached, blue-eyed, with a skin which had been burned by tropical suns, and a springy step, which showed that the huge frame was as active as it was strong.”
aka watson has always been queer in case you were wondering
if you put bbc john watson into this scene he would be like “so do you ever get any free time”