Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

Lanyon about it, Lanyon is a changed man – he says he has had a shock that will soon kill him. But after two months, Utterson is turned away from Jekyll’s door and once again the doctor becomes a recluse. This brings back Utterson’s suspicions of blackmail.Īfter the horrific murder of Carew has become public news, Jekyll is back to his old self and regularly entertains his friends. But when Utterson goes home, and sits with his trusted clerk, a handwriting expert, the letter turns out to be written in Jekyll’s own hand instead. Hyde he even shows Utterson a letter from Hyde to the same effect.

Utterson visits Jekyll, who claims that he is finally finished with Mr. Because Sir Carew was a client of Utterson’s, the police come to him, and Utterson takes them to Hyde’s address, but they find nothing amiss in his rooms, only a burnt-out end of a checkbook. Soon after, at one of Jekyll’s customary dinner parties, Utterson stays behind and asks his friend what the matter is, but Jekyll will not confess, he only cryptically says that he can choose to be free of Hyde whenever he likes.Ī year passes, and again Hyde is involved in a horrific crime, this time the murder of a respected old man named Sir Danvers Carew. Hyde almost like a master, continuing Utterson’s anxiety. He goes to Jekyll’s house and, finding Jekyll absent, asks Poole, a servant, about Mr. Finally one night, he sees Hyde approach and confronts him and senses the same air of evil about the man that Enfield described. So, Utterson decides to spy on the strange house, the scene of the crime. He has nightmares of Jekyll being woken in his bed by this blackmailing fiend. Hyde, causing Utterson to worry even more about Jekyll’s safety. Lanyon, an old friend of Jekyll's who has had a falling out with Jekyll over what he considers to be his old friend's unscientific methods.

Jekyll, has recently made a will and has left everything to a Mr. Enfield agree that it is best not to talk any further about the matter but Utterson is deeply affected, because he knows the person that Enfield describes who trampled the girl. He disappeared into this very house and revealed a check signed by a well-known and respected name. Enfield tells the story of a horrible incident, in which a man trampled a young girl and, when apprehended, seemed remorseless but agreed to pay a large check when threatened by the police. One Sunday, as the pair is taking a walk, they come across a somber looking door belonging to a house that Enfield knows well. He is reserved but kind and is known for loyally sticking by his friends even when they do wrong.

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson