I could not help laughing at the ease with which he explained his process of deduction, "When I hear you give your reasons." I remarked, "the thing always appears to me to be so ridiculously simple that I could easily do it myself, though at each successive instance of
your reasoning I am baffled until you explain your process. And yet I believe that my eyes are as good as yours."
"Quite so," he answered. (...
) throwing himself down into an armchair. "You see, but you do not observe. The distinction is clear. For
example, you have frequently seen the steps which lead up from the hall to this room."
"Frequently."
"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 chronide one or
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 open
upon the table. "It came by the last post." said he. "Read it aloud."
The note was undated, and without either signature or address.
Which best describes the relationship between the two characters?
O 1. They seem competitive, like members of different teams.
2. They seem friendly and encouraging toward each other.
03. They seem strained around each other like strangers,
04. They seem familiar and respectful of each other.