The author included this portion to show how Holmes was able to attract his victims. The confidence he walked with and his blue mesmerizing eyes that even throughout the book it is still mentioned. The author needed to include this portion to let their readers know how he was able to find a new victim so easily. I feel that this portion is addressed to women because the people Holmes targeted were almost all women and by describing his characteristics women can see why it was so easy to fall for him. Even after this portion, we see that most of the women that would see him would almost be immediately attracted to him. The author know this too because he included words such as “Great murderers, like great men in other walks of activity, have
