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DrJekyI! and Mr Hyde
and on the hearth there lay a pile · of grey ashes, ~ ough
many papers had been burned. From these embers the inspector
disinterred the butt end of a green cheque boo{, which had Chapter Five
resisted the action of the fire; the other half/4£ the stick was
found behind the door; and as this clin,ch~d his suspicions, the·
Incident of the Letter
officer declared himself delighted. A vis'.;}6the bank, where several
thousand pounds were found to ber g to the murderer's credit,
completed his gratification. . / .
It was late in the afternoon, when Mr Utterson found his way
Dr Jekyll's door, where he was at once admitted by Poole[and
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'You may depend upo_n i~ ,' he told Mr Utterson: 'I have carried down by the kitchen offices and.across a yard which had
him in my hand. He must have lost his head, or he would never. once been a garden, to. the building which was in~ - ~ V)::0
have left the stick or, abc£e all, burned the cheque book. Why, ~ own as the laboratory or the dlssecting.roorns~ octor had j '- \I IL,-v\.US- u:-1
money's life to the my/ We have nothing to do but wait for him a
bought the house from the heirs of celebrated surgeon; and his '---::, '--
own tastes being rather chemical than anatomic~ had changed
at the bank, and go/out the handbills.' . ..
This last, ho:,ever, was not so easy of accomplishment; for ~, e destination of the block at the bottom of the garden. It was - ,_ ~ c:_,:'-LC::... -....i "J
Mr Hyde had numbered few familiars - even the master of the t.-, - the first time that the lawyer had been received in that part of his , ......,J-.i,-'t)'-c,-..
servantrnaidihad only seen him twice; his family_could nowhere ;?. friend's quartersiJ!)d he eyed the dingy windowless structure
be trace0 .e had never been photographed; and the few who Cj -S::.with curiosity, and . gazed round with a distasteful sense_of
could j escribe him differed widely, as common observers will. ., )' K0
strangeness as he crossed the theatre, once crowded with eag~ c.-, ,. __. .J, ' ,: :. . " (::,-(\
Only on one point, were they agreed; and that was the haunting ,_ D students and now lying gaunt and silent, the tables laden with
sens~ of unexpressed deformity with_which the fugitive im- o._,, ..>' chemical apparatus, the floor strewn with crates and littered with
piessed his beholders. · -.... packing straw; and the light falling dimly through the foggy
cupola. At the further end, a flight of stairs mounted to a door
covered with red baize; and through this, Mr Utterson was at last
received into the doctor's cabinet. It was a large room, fitted
round with glass presses, furnished, among other things, with a
ch~ al-glass and a business table, and looking out upon the court
i:---\ ~ e dusty windowsbarred with iron. The fire burned in the
., ( ,::::rgrate; a lamp was set lighted on the chimney shelf, for even in
the houses the fog began to lie thickly; and there, closeup to the · ,~2.
warmth, sat Dr Jekyll, looking deadly sic!C"H e afd not rise to-".! vfl~'.~~(I
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~ eet bis visitor,_ but held out a cold hand and bade him welcom~
1ffa changed vmce. . ·
'.And now; ' said Mr Utterson, as soon as Poole had left them k: C\.
'you have heard the news?' ' ~<?1-~~ "-e/
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·-:;. .,:. .:, :='_ v'-_~e doctor shud~ered. ':l_1ey were ~ g it in the square,' he colour on the intimacy than he had looked for; and he
'ed himself for some of his p ast suspicion s.
. · said. I heard them m m y dining room.
, : · . \ E :Drre word,' said.the lawyer. 'Carew was my client, but so are ave you the envelope?' he asked.
\ 1 /',... ~ ' v -~ y-ou, and Iwant to know what I am doing. You h ave not b een mad ,urned it,' replied Jekyll, 'before I thought what I was about.
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:~bore no postmark.. The ·note was handed in.' ·
-1!!!:erso ff swear_,to God,' cried the doctor, 'I swear to Go d I : :~ all Lkcep this-and sleep upon it?' asked Utterson.
,wm never set eyes on him again. m r-m y lion our to you that I ~h you to-judge for me entirely.' was the reply. 'I have lost ·
:: ~r•" r am done with him in this war d . It is all at an end. lAnd indeed h e "' en«;e in myself.' - ·
\ ~oes not want,_my h elp ; you do n ot know him as..I do;.he)s safe, , I shall consider,' returned the lawyer. '.And now one
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,_, . .,. . ., L-,he is quite safe;mark my words, h e will never m ore b e h eard a£.' 1ore: it w as Hyde who dictated the terms in your will
...;_ The lawyer listened gloomily; he did not like his .friend's fever- ,h i.at disappearance?'
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r-y..,~,,_.,,v' ish manner. 'You seem pretty sure of him,' said he; ' and for your ctor seemed seized with a qualm of faintness; he shut
sake, I hope you may be right. If it came to a trial, your name ,uth tight·and nodded .
might appear.' it,' said Utterson. 'He meant to murder you. You have
'I am quite sure of him,' replied Jekyll; 'I have grounds forcer- ie.escape.' ·. - · \
. tainty that I cannot share with anyone. But there is one.thing on· : ~had what is far more to the purpose, ' returned the doc- cd "J 1..
._;; ~ hich you may advise me. Qh ave - I have received a letter; and L e'mnly: T h ave had a lesson - 0 God, Utterson, what a \ v--,:_;_~ , _;'\
<.// am at a loss w h ether I should show it to the police. I should like fave ne..covered hidace fo l a mom ent with ~ ~\.,--...!:.., ..,.,,,-.... ...
jC' to leave it in your hands, Utterson; y~u would judge wisely L -. . had!' :!And
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sure; f h ave so great a tru st.in you .' - \...~ ~ .
'You fear, I suppose, that it might lead to bis detection?' -aske
.. fS~ Y out, the -lawyer stopped and had a word or two L--''°'-
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·!'5te, 'By the by.'. said he, 'there was a letter handed in ·\..9-:-'<'...
() the lawyer. ili;it was the messenger like?' But Poole was positive -
'No,' said the ·other. 'I cannot say that I care what becomes a'• .£'ii come except by post; ' and only circulars by that,' he
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0 H Y$.;Q;]"m quite don e with him. I was thinking of ~y own ch ~· > . .
r ~' ----a""c ter, which this hateful business has rather exposed.' :rsent off the visitor with his fears renewed. Plainly .
_..-'-'"- Utterson ruminated awhile; he was surprised at his frien, -ad,come· by ·the laboratory door; possibly. indeed, ,it
selfuhness, and yet relieved by it. 'Well,' said he, at ·last, 'let ·.t ten in tlie cabinet; and if that were so, it must be
see the letter.' dged, and handled with the more caution. The
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The letter was written in an odd, upright hand and si. phe went, were crying themselves ·hoarse along the
'Edward Hyde': and it signified, briefly enough, that the,wri e1.~cial edition. Shocking murder of an MP.' That was
benefactor, Dr Jekyll, whom he had long so unw orthily repai, ' lion of ·one friend and client; and he could not
a thousand genero~ities, need labour under no alarm fo'r, ,prehension l'est the good name of another should
' { safety as he had means of escape on which he placed a
dependence .. The lawyer liked this letter well enough;. it p
,. in the eddy. of the. scandal. It was, at least, a tick-
r .t he had to make; and self-reliant as he was by
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had directly· but h h gmg for adVJce. It was not to be
Presently, aft p:r aps, e thought, it might be fished for. Guest's eyes brightened, and he sat down at once and studied
it with passion. 'No, sir,' he said; 'not mad; but it is an odd hand.'
Guest his heade~ sat on one side of his own hearth, with Mr
'.And by all accounts a very odd writer,' added the lawyer.
nicely, calculated : , upon the other, and midway between, at a
st Just then the servant entered with a note.
. old . th . ance from the fire, a bottle of a particular
· h. WJ.ne at had long dwelt unsunned in the foundations of his 'Is that from Doctor Jekyll, sir?' inquited the clerk 'I thought
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g s s ept on the wing above, the drowned city,
W ere the lamps glimmered like carbuncles; and through the
· I knew the writing. Anything private, Mr Otterson?'
'Only an invitation to dinner. Why? do·you want to see it?' ·
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m~e ~d smother of these fallen clouds, the procession of the
town s life till llin ·
'One moment .. I thank you, sir;' and the clerk laid the two
sheets of paper alongside and sedulously compared their con-
v was s ro g 1Il through the great arteries with a
tents. 'Thank you, sir,' he said at last, returning both; 'it's a very
· · sound as of a mighty wind. But the room was gay with firelight.
interesting autograph.' - C. --'·" c~.., 'C. '=1-
In the bottle the acids were long ago resolved; the imperial dye
There was a pause, during which Mr Otterson struggled with
had softened with time, as the colour grows richer in stained
· himself. 'Why did you compare them, Guest?' he inquited
windows; and the glow of hot autumn afternoons on hillside
suddenly.
. -vineyards, was ready to be set free and ·to disperse the fogs of
'Well, sir,' returned the clerk, 'there's a rather singular resem-
London. Insensibly the lawyer melted. There was no man from
blance; the two ha'nds are in many points identical: only differently
whom he kept fewer secrets than Mr Guest; and he was not d , - -~ ~
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always sure that he kept as many as he meant. Guest had often ' 0RJ;:::t\ 1...C 0- ---..J
'Rather quain• / said Otterson, \~
been on business to the doctor's; he knew Poole; he could scarce
'It is, as ·you say; rather quairlt,' returned Guest.
have failed to hear of Mr Hyde's familiarity about the house; he 'I wouldn't speak of this note, you know; ' said the master. - t:Y-,-,~
might draw conclusions: was it not as well, then, that he should 'No, sir,' said the clerk. 'I understand.' ~ l Le--,,"'.
see a letter which put that mystery to rights? and above all since But no sooner was Mr Otterson alone that night, than he )w •'- ,\... ...,0..,
Guest, being a great student and critic of handwriting, would locked the note into his safe where it reposed from th~ ~ \
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consider the step natural and obliging? The clerk, besides, was a
man of counsel; he would scarce read so strange a document
forward. 'Wha,lfhe thought. 'Henry Jekyll forge for a murderet ,'--
And his blood ran coldm his veins.
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'This is a sad business about Sir Danvers,' he said.
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'Yes, sir, indeed. It has elicited a great deal of public feeling,'
I ;eturned Guest. 'The man, of course,_was mad.'
r 'I should like toB'eq[ y~ur views _o~ th~t'. ' replied Otterson. 'I
r- have a document here irl'his handwntmg; 1t 1s between ourselves,
for I scarce knew what to_~ bout it; it is an ugly ~usiness at ~ -e
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