“The wait was electric.” pg. 12
Electricity flows through bodies. People, humans, are conductors of electricity, and the wait spread through the crowd. The excitement was spreading.
“Felt the electricity more keen than most.” pg. 14
The men working on the project are waiting and are more sensitive to the excitement than the crowd.
“Both passed easily, and I flunked, having sat through two or three examinations without being able to write a word.” pg. 19
Burnham is a smart man, but has trouble showing it. There is some doubt in his mind, even though he is capable.
“He was good with conversation..Holmes listened with moist eyes. He touched her arm. He could ease her burden, he said.” pg. 37
Holmes’ skills are being manipulative. He is a good looking man, and knows what to say to get women on his side, and get what he wants “Began to see it as an opportunity to achieve Olmsted see’s opportunity for achieving, and something.” pg. 50 wants to make something to be proud of.
“Holmes broke them all…” pg. 63
Holmes breaks all the women he has. He manipulates them for his good, which builds his psychopathic character.
“Holmes cast himself as a demanding contractor...as workers came to him for their wages...they quit...he fired them...keeping a minimum of who understood the building’s secrets.” pg. 67
Also building him as a psychopath, Holmes will tamper will peoples jobs and lives, just so he can get what he wants, and he is smart enough to know how to not get caught. “She was on the verge of accepting the offer He is so comfortable with his psychotic when Holmes said to her, softly, ‘don’t be ways, he gets a little comfortable and afraid of me.’ exposes himself a little bit
“Which terrified her.” pg. 73
“‘Beside his own person and his own interests, nothing is sacred to the psychopath.’” pg. 8788
This literally states he is a psycho, and why.
Nothing is sacred, so he never has