And it does something else, that is quite hard to find sometimes amidst the self-conscious witticisms and poses and intellectualism of contemporary art, it does not hold its nose at the idea of beauty.
Achieving that perfect body is incredibly hard and impossible for most real people. And not achieving it can make people overly self-conscious, which in this situation means that they can lose confidence in themselves.
He had evidently come with the intention of consulting with Sherlock Holmes, for on perceiving his colleague he appeared to be embarrassed and put out.