From my continued readings, more of Holmes's abilities are revealed. When he was trying to escape the prison, he was able to recall how to scale a prison wall. He was taught how to scale walls by a man named Henry Williams. I think Holmes used to work for a chimney sweeping company and Williams was his master. While he was scaling the prison wall, he kept remembering some of the things that his master used to say. I particularly like the one: "The blades may hurt you, but they won't kill you. Not unless you let'em," (62). The earlier books didn't never revealed that Holmes was an expert at scaling walls. He really gets his hands dirty as a detective. He was also characterized as having the suppleness of a cat. In addition, like in the Beekeeper's Apprentice, he uses disguises as usual. He was disguised as a one arm beggar and hid until it was time to come out of hiding.
Furthermore, we see a change in the relationship between Watson and Holmes. In the Beekeeper's Apprentice, Holmes revealed that he always used Watson and that Watson couldn't keep a secret. In this book, Holmes actually relies on Watson a lot more. From reading the first two Sherlock Holmes books, Watson was always following along and Holmes did all the solving. This time around, Watson is actually able to figure out some of the clues that Holmes sends to him. They communicate through codes whenever Holmes is away or in disguise. There was a musician who Watson stumbled upon and he played a certain tune which triggered a memory in Watson and the memory revealed where to meet Holmes. So we see that Holmes is cooperating with Watson a lot more.
Holmes is almost invincible. He is able to escape anything even his own death. That brain of his is really something! This ends the short story, The Execution of Sherlock Holmes.
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Hmm, I suppose the relationship of Watson and Holmes can be interpreted by authors in their own personal way. I always beleived Holmes would treat Watson as he did in the Beekeepers, it just appealed to me as a more practical thing Holmes would do.
Also the quote provided "The blades may hurt you, but they won't kill you. Not unless you let'em", I think this quote really represented the blades as the officers who drugged them, or the drugs themselves, and kind of proved to be really metaphorical. I think this quote was a reminder to Holmes to keep on going showing that Holmes is not entirely brave all the time, and he needs reminders and pushes to go on, which the memories with his master allowed him to do.
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