I think there's a slight difference between drama/melodrama and sentiment, although both are emotionally based. 

Actually, you see a little of both aspects in that scene with Irene - the drama of trying to impress her actually makes his mind work faster, but the fact that he wants to impress her so much clouds his judgment and leads to a bad decision. 

We see drama sharpening his mind in the Sholto case too - it's when somebody's about to die that he can "solve" it.   It's one of his strengths (even if he implies to himself in his mind palace that it's a weakness - or at least implies that Mycroft sees it as a weakness).

Last edited by Liberty (January 11, 2016 8:28 am)

Was he speaking to the horse?
Is it 'Let on'?
Or maybe' Get on'.
I'm really not sure.

Which I would have thought was the normal command to a horse!

I've had a listen just now: sounds like "Walk on, walk"  but I'm not sure that the last word is "walk". My other guess is it's the horses name