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The Victorians were preoccupied with  mathematicsscienceintuitionchemistry over reason, and this is seen in Holmes’s scientific approach to the case, in particular at   Harley StreetBaker StreetPondicherry Lodgethe Lyceum Theatre, where his methods are in contrast to those of  the Baker Street irregularsDr WatsonAthelney JonesMary Morstan, a police detective from  EdinburghScotland YardIndiaBaker Street. Another fascination at the time was with the duality of human nature, seen in the nineteenth-century novel "The Strange Case of Dr  WatsonSmallJekyllSmith and Mr Hyde", written by Robert Louis Stevenson. Conan Doyle explores duality in the character of Sherlock Holmes. The background to the plot of the story lies in   IndiaAmericaPakistanAfghanistan, part of the British Empire, where the original plotting took place and where Mary Morstan’s father was posted. The stealing of the treasure and the story behind the   amethystssapphirespearlsdiamonds show that the Victorians were preoccupied with wealth – not necessarily inherited wealth, but wealth acquired by unexpected means. The Victorian class structure is clearly exposed in Conan Doyle’s depiction of   DelhiAfghanistanLondonLiverpool, with rich and poor living close together. We can see this in Conan Doyle’s depiction of the Baker Street irregulars.