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THE STRANGE CASE OFDR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE
R.L.was bornin/ S'5o,andturnedtoi88gonSTEVENSONEdinburgh, November/J,after being called to the bar,literatureasaprofession.Inhe settled at Samoa, where he diedDecember 4,first1894.Thisboof published in 1886.Printed in Great Britainwas
Mr. Hyde clubbed himto the earth.Page 88
LIBRARY OF CLASSICSDR.JEKTLLAND MR. HTDEbyR. L.ST VENSONLONDON AND GLASGOWCOLLINSCLEAR- TYPEPRESS
TOKATHARINE DE MATTOSIt'sillto loose theStill willwe bebands thatthedecreed to hindjthe children of the heather and the wind.Far away from home,ThatGodbroomisOit's stillforblowing bonnieyou and mein the north countrie.
INTRODUCTIONMANYthings conspire tomakethe story ofDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde one of the mostremarkable, of not the most remarkable ofthe writings of Robert Louis Stevenson.allFewreaders need to be reminded of thetriumphof willoverweaknessphysicalwhich Stevenson achievedinmanywritings.Nonemonumentof that triumph thanthemofaisof hisgreaterthis.AtSkerryvore in Bournemouth, Stevenson hadtobe keptinbed andsilent, righting for hislifeagainst horrible attacks of haemorrhage.Allcommunication was byandin theslateandpencil,hushed and darkened roomwas necessarytokeep the patientritsolitary
INTRODUCTION8andIthim theto refusewould bedifficult toimpossible occasionthetoforconceive of a morethe production oftherespirittoeverythinginspire,of his friends.In the challenge of suchgreat f this extraordinary net of circumstancestherecame one of thethe world.the mainItItisinandideasagreatest storiessenseplotsitislikeclassic,of Shakespeare.has already been translated intotongues, andmanysafe to say that long aftermost of Stevenson's works have beengotten,thisoneinwillfor-be remembered andquoted by generations yet unborn.Another peculiarity ofthisstoryorigin in the author's dreams.well-knownhis debt for'to hisIn hisitsownhe has acknowledgedphrase,itisBrownies';and the
INTRODUCTIONwhen hestory of that, nightamazingnextgiftthreethousandisreceived thisfrom dreamland, and of thedayswhenhewrotecuriosities of literature.thatthirtywords almost without pausing,one of the most startlingTheof Stevenson's fancychild9amongtheother dreamisOlalla.sad and fascinating tale thereisIntheglamour of things mysterious, and the suggestion of black magic hovering about theforeignlandscapeatmosphereItforand offering the exactthingssinisterandillicit.has the mingled beauty and terror thatcling about thehumanJekyllemergence of our vauntednature fromand Hydeisitsbrute inheritance.verydifferent.TheBrownies appear to have been sporting withjangled nightmares of chess problems andother matters which harry the over-excited
INTRODUCTIONiobrain and lyeven into the land y.theit,isstoryauthorbest-belovedhisOnecan imaginethe overwhelming effect of this, even uponso well-balanced aStevenson.mindand she was quickMrs.judgment wasSomething was wrong,Yet hernot swept away.that ofascriticalto detectit.The purposeof the work had been undoubtedly allegorical;but the novelistinStevenson hadoutrun the preacher, and the allegory hadtailedoff intosomething that was butbrilliant short story.if,atfirst,Oneacannot wonderhe violently rebelled.Onre-consideration, he found that his wife's view
INTRODUCTION1 1of the matter was absolutely true, and then,to her horror,he flung the entire manuscriptfire.One remembers Newton *simmortal dogDiamond, and the tragedytheintoofMill'slyle'shousemaid whomanuscript of the FrenchpricelessRevolution.these.destroyed Car-This case was different fromStevenson entirely capitulated to therights of the allegory,andinorder thatthese might be preserved he destroyedthat hehad done,script shouldstory.and theitslurelestmanu-the writtenhim backtothe shortThree more days of unbrokentale,asadventureswe er.It is a taleisof the supernatural, and thatnot, as a rule, Stevenson's strongest line.Thereisanindefinablesomethingthat
INTRODUCTION12separates his spirit from the world of magicor of demons.iblecommonit isPerhapshis indestruct-sense and his vivid interest inThethe things of the actual world.of his supernatural workitisand Thrawn Janet:somelittleTod Lapraikinyet thereisgenerallytouch of actual matter ofwhich renders theJekyllvery great, andiswonderfully sustainedhorrorfactInsituation precarious.and Hyde therepowder and thetheisliquor which positively smell of the chemist'sHadshop.itbeen possible by any meansto get rid of these,and by some mysticspellto accomplish the transformation, the storywould have gainedspectralworld.a safer foothold in tshold on that was more importantdeviceactuallifeoftakenmodernitmen,
INTRODUCTIONforits13purpose than the mere point ofrealartistry.In this extraordinaryhadupon anseizedand that ideaidea,Whenhaunted the writer.the Browniestale,firstwe meetthose quite ordinary-looking persons,Utterson and Mr. Enfield,where they are goingknowisthatwillitwelittleto lead us.beand houses, of LondoninMr.dreamweAllamongthe streets1886.Graduallythe idea of the double personality emerges,revealing itself atafterwardsHenley,of thehints,Stevensonlifeof aItwhile,bywithhadwrittenwasa dramatisa-man who, bywas a respectable and eminentEdinburgh,and thencollaborationinearlier,play of Deacon Brodie.tionbybroad and clear confessions.inEight yearsMr.firstnight,hisday,citizenofdressedin
i4INTRODUCTION.appropriate costume, he was a clever andThere are many otheraudacious burgler.proofs that the idea of the doublelifeOneStevenson's imagination.hauntedfindsitinsuch borderland conceptions as Olalla insuch dramatic realisations of the heart ofmurderers as Markheim, andinsuch psy-chological studies as that of the missionaryinThe Ebb Tide.Butwas not from the dramatic anditartisticpoint of view alone that this concep-tion took such powerful holdson.All hislifelong he hadupon Steven-muchtroublewith his conscience, as he confesses humorously in one of hispoemsinScots.Hecould treat his conscience as cavalierly asmost men but,:neithersilencelike all the restimplicitlyit.Noobeyitof us, he couldnoreffectivelyone profeeses that hislife
INTRODUCTION15was blameless of youthful excess, and nofairjudge can deny that his reactionswards nobler things werehonestasimposs blethe.toexcessesasto-genuine andhad been.Itisimagine what good purposecan be served by morbid curiosity as to thedetailEvery man bornof his wild oats.has found, in one direction or another, a lawmembers warring against the law ofmind.Some people, like Stevenson,in hishishave natures more sensitive, violent, anddaring than the restbut that;isonly amatter of degree and not of kind.Jekyllforitsand Hyde has strong personal valueauthor is evident from his allusion ina letter toaThatGothicbut theMr. Low,gnomegnomeis;Isend you herewithfor yourGreek nymphinteresting,Ithink,;andhe came out of a deep mine, where he
1INTRODUCTION6guards the fountain of tears."Themous and unique and immediatepopularityof thisvolume ppealof mankind,descriptionenor-of universalexperience.Thereto theofRomansmanIt isa terrific passage in the Epistleisinwhich the two-fold naturedepicted in the most lurid words.isquestionableifanything that has beenwritten since has expressed Paul'smeaningso powerfully and vividly as the story ofDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.enonisoldasnot less ancient.hisepistlealternatelyYet the phenom-man, and theasLongBalaamhadby good andcryisbefore Paul wrotebeenevil,fascinatedand Ovid hadconfessed that while he approved the betterway he followed the worse.Apart from
INTRODUCTION17many modern parallelshave puzzled psychologists.The extramorals altogether,ordinary cases quoted by ona Macleod and her author, and othersuch instances old and new,inhisValley of thetheNedoccur toIn Bunyan's Grace Aboundingevery reader.andwillChristian'sadventurestheShadow of Death, we recognisesame condition.Bratts,hasBrowning,in hishisgoodbeing spared,theselfmanytobewas dominant,bad man of himshould get the mastery again.reinforced byhisroughest andmost vernacular, a man demandinghanged whileintaken up the idea fromBunyan, and portrayed,lest,inThese areinstances of the moralgood men, and by the times ofobsession which plague us all when wecollapses of
1INTRODUCTION8find ourselves playing sedulous ape tomoralities.Thetwopsychological explanationof this in ancient times was to be found inevilspiritsor in the Manichsean doctrineof the inherentevilof matter.the language in which theOf lateyearsphenomenon hasbeen described would seem to indicate theview that within each apparent personalitythere reside two real and separate personalities,orview amay be more than two. On thisman may be two different personsitconfined within one body.As we think ofthe violent contrasts of character which ourlivesexhibit,we can hardly wonderat sosimple although so fantastic an explanation,especially as thebad manin us often getsus into situations which the goodto reckon withand paymanhasfor.Really, however, this double pertonality
INTRODUCTIONbut19way of speaking.When we use it we do not mean personalities,13ametaphoricalbut groups of emotions, moods, likings, ajidwhich one personalitydesires behindsits,choosing and arranging which groups shalldominateus,sometimesordowngoingbefore the attack of one group or another.Itbewillnoticed thatintheand Hyde memory andand the eentirelyTheand not necessary.the essence ofofstorythe person, afterwillallisThere are many causes which explainthe multiple so-called personalities within aman.species,Thereisand thethe long evolution of thefact thatfragments of a veryremote past and of primitive instincts of thebrute seem to bestillinto consciouslife.upcapable of leapingThereisalsoour
INTRODUCTION20humanheredity,andancestral traits of characterinunexpectedlyofrecurrencethewhich crop updescendants.There arepurely physical causes, such as the conditionof one's nerves, or the effect of the weatherorofillness.Theremental conditions, andsome people canin us,callareupwhile others seemBesidesall this,isitallalsoenviron-undoubtedthatthe best thatisto raise the worst.no doubt, the responsibilityfor multiple personalityislargely our own.Habits of thinking that we have cherishedor suppressed, uncontrolled impulses whichwe have beentoolazytodirect,theseand many other things help to explain thecondition.ItMenisa pitiful condition inused tobkmeDevil as an excusemanythe Devil forisit,ways.but theheavily overworked.
INTRODUCTIONAfterisall,21each of us knows that he himselfthe captain of the ship, and thatisithisbusiness and not the Devil's to take com-mand.Stevenson saw that,muchworld, there waswithforthistheinhumantemptation to playdangerous psychological facultythe sake ofsome depraved enjoymentorexcitement whichheportrayed,inallitmight giveitssheer horror of the thing.;nakedness,andtheHelaid specialinthe processemphasis upon that periodwhen recovery becomes more and moreand ceasesdifficultto be a matter of will,and when the vicious side ofat first for hisinownapurposes, fastenshim, claws and beak, untilbecomeIt isappendman, chosenititselfseems tohis only self.noteworthy that Stevenson does notamoral to his allegory.There was,
INTRODUCTION22indeed, no need to do thatAllwho haveeyes to see can perceive, as the horror grows,one of the supreme dangers ofthing at leastismen, so longcapitulated,itobvious.asisOnelife.It is that, for allhave not entirelytheypossible to'makesomebrave output of the will." and bid defiancetoany such ghastly process within them.Whatever be the ultimate explanation ofrecondite condition,thisthereisno need toliemoral fatalism acceptselfitiscertain thatdown underitisandas inevitable.you choose to-day, and not thechose yesterday,itselfinTheyouthe fate of to-morrow.JOHN KELMAN.
CONTENTSPAGEINTRODUCTIONJSTORY OF THE DOOR25SEARCH FOR MR. HYDE47WAS QUITE AT EASETHE CAREW MURDER CASE83INCIDENT OF THE LETTER99DR. JEKYLLREMARKABLELANYONINCIDENTOF73DR.I IINCIDENT AT THEWINDOWTHE LAST NIGHTDR. LANYON'SNARRATIVEHENRY JEKYLL'S FULL STATEMENTOF THE CASE5129137175199
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STORY OF THE DOORMR. UTTERSONof .aruggedthe lawyer was amanthatwascountenance,never lighted by a smileand embarrassedwardinin sentimentdreary, and yet;discourseback-;lean, long, dusty,somehowfriendly meetings, andwascold, scanty;lovable.whenAtthe wineto his taste,something eminentlyhuman beaconed from his eye some;thing indeed which never foundinto his talk, butintheseitswaywhich spoke not onlysymbols of the afterbut more often and loudlysilentdinner face,in the acts of his life.with himself;Hewas austeredrank gin when he was27
28DR. JEKYLLAND MR. HYDEalone, to mortify a taste for vintages;and though he enjoyed the theatre, hadnot crossed the doors of one for twentyBut he had an approved tolerance for otherssometimes wondering,years.;almost with envy,ofandspiritsininvolvedatthe high pressuremisdeedstheirinany extremity inclined;to help;rather than to reprove.Iincline toCain's heresy," he used to say quaintly"I letmy brother go to the devil in his:own acquaintancetoitbe theandthewaslastlastgood influence in the lives of downgoing men. And to such as these, so-long as they came about his chambers,he never marked a shade of change inhisdemeanour.
STORY OF THE DOORNoatwas easy to Mr.he was undemonstrativedoubt theUttersonthefor;seemedhisfoundedbetofeatand evenbest,friendshipssimilarainof good -nature.catholicity29Ittheismodest man to accept hisfriendly circle ready made from theand that washands of opportunitymark ofa;thelawyer'sthose of hisHisway.ownfriendsblood, or thosewerewhomhe had known the longesthis affections, like ivy, were the growth of time,;they implied no aptness in the object.Hence, no doubt, the bond that unitedhimtoMr. Richardwell-knownkinsman,thetown.was a nutItEnfield, his distantto crack forwhat these two couldorwhatsubjectman aboutmany,see in each other,theycouldfindin
AND MR. HYDEDR. JEKYLL30common.Itwasby thosereportedwho encountered themin theirwalks, that they saidnothing, lookedand woulddull,singularlySundaywithhailobvious relief the appearance of a friend.For all that, the two men put thegreateststorebytheseexcursions,counted them the chief jewel of eachweek, and not only set aside occasionsof pleasure, but even resisted theof business, that they might enjoycallsthemuninterrupted.chanced on one of these ramblesItthattheirstreetTheinstreetwayledthem downa by-busy quarter of London.was small and what is calledadrove a thriving trade onthe week-days.The inhabitants werequiet, butalldoingitwell,itseemed,andall
STORY OF THE DOOR"31emulously hoping to do better still,and laying out the surplus of their gainsso that theshop frontsstood along that thoroughfare with anair of invitation, like rows of smilingincoquetrysaleswomen.itveiledits;Even on Sunday, whenmore florid charms and laycomparatively empty of passage, thestreet shone out in contrast to its dingyneighbourhood, like a fire in a forestand with its freshly painted shutters,well-polished brasses, and general clean;linessandgaietyofnote,instantlycaught and pleased the eye of the passenger.Twoleftdoors from one corner, on thehand goingby the entry ofeast,the line was brokena court;andjust at thatpoint, a certain sinister block of building
DR. JEKYLL32thrust forwardItitsAND MR. HYDEgable on the street.was two storeys high;showedno*window, nothing but a door on thelower storey and a blind forehead ofon the upperandbore in every feature the marks of prolonged and sordid negligence. Thedoor, which was equipped with edTramps sloucheddistained.recess;theintoand struck matches on the panelschildren kept shop upon the steps;;theschoolboy had tried his knife on theand for close on a generamouldings;tion,theseno one had appearedrandomto driveawayvisitors or to repair theirravages.Mr. Enfield and the lawyer were onthe other sideof theby-street;but
STORY OF THE DOORwhen they cametheformer33abreast of the entry,liftedandcanehisuppointed."1Did you ever remark that door?and when his companion hadhe asked;!replied in the affirmative,It3nected ina very"mind/ addedmy!he,with1oddstory.*"Mr. Utterson, withand what waschange of voice,Indeed!said'a slightcon-isthat?"Well, '::wasitMr. Enfield::from some placeway/' returnedwas coming homethisIatthe end of the world,about three o'clock of a black wintermorning, and my way lay through apart of town where there was literallynothing to be seen but lamps. Streetafter street, and all the folksasleepDR.J.B
DR. JEKYLL34AND MR. HYDEstreet after street, all lighteda procession,andwhenmanato longemptyas alistensfor theandsightlistenswardgirlmindand beginsof a policeman.saw two figuresone aman who was stumping along east-All at once, Ilittlechurchgot into that state ofat last Itillall asas if forup:good walk, and the other aof maybe eight or ten who wasat arunningascross street.hardas sheWell,sir,was able down athe two ran intoone another naturally enough at theand then came the horriblecorner;part of the thing;for theman trampledcalmly over the child's body andleftherscreaming on the ground. It soundsnothing to hear, but it was hellish to see.Itwasn't like amandamned Juggernaut.;itwasIgavelikeasomeview
STORY OF THE DOORhalloa, took tomyheels,35collaredmygentleman, and brought him back towhere there was already quiteaboutagroupHe wasthescreaming child.perfectly cool and made no resistance,but gave me one look, so ugly that itbrought out the sweat on me like runThe people who had turned outning.ownfamilysoon the doctor, forwhomwere thesent,childgirl'sand prettyshe had been;Well, theput in his appearance.was not much the worse, moreSawbonesfrightened, according to theandthereyou mightwould be an endtohaveit.one curious circumstance.aloathingsight.tomySo had thewas only natural.;supposedBut there wasIhad takengentlemanatchild's family,firstwhichBut the doctor's case
DR. JEKYLL36AND MR. HYDEHewas what struck me.was the usualcut and dry apothecary, of no particularage and colour, with a strong Edinburghaccent, and about as emotional as a bagWell,pipe.usI;sir,he was like theevery time he lookedatrestofmy prisoner,saw that Sawbones turned sick andwhite with the desire toknew what wasknew what wasin hisinmind,minehim.Ijust ashekill;and killingbeing out of the question, we did thenext best. We told the man we couldand would make such a scandal out ofthis, asshouldmakeone end of Londonhisnamestinkto the other.fromIf hehad any friends or any credit, we undertook that he should lose them.And allthe time, ashot,we werepitchingwe were keepingtheitin redwomenoff
STORY OF THE DOORhimweas bestcould, for they were aswild as harpies.never saw a circle ofIsuch hateful facesmanand there was the;the middle, with a kind of black,insneeringcoolnesscould see thatbut carryingmakeIfitIoff, sir,you choosetocapital out of this accident/ allygentleman but wishes to avoid*says he.Namewe screwed him upNohelpless.a scene/Well,your figure/to afor the child'sfamily;clearly liked to stick outhundred poundshe would have;but there wassomething about the lot of us that meantThemischief, and at last he struck.next thing was to get themoney;andwhere do you think he carried us but tothat place with the door ?whipped out
DR. JEKYLL38a key,wentin,AND MR. HYDEand presently came backwith the matter of ten pounds in goldand a cheque for the balance on Coutts's,drawn payablenamewith ait'stothat I can't mention,one of the points ofwasaoftennameand signedbearer,at leaststory, butvery wellTheprinted.mythoughitknown andwasfigurestiff;but the signature was good for morethan that,ifitwas only genuine.Itook the liberty of pointing out to mygentleman that the whole business lookedapocryphaland that;in real life,walk intoamandoes not,a cellarfour in the morning anddoorcome out ofatitman's cheque for closeupon a hundred pounds. But he wasSet yourquite easy and sneering.withanother;mindat rest,'sayshe';I will staywith
STORY OF THE DOORtillyou39the banks open, and cash thecheque myself.'doctor, and theSo weallset off,theand ourchild's father,friend and myself, and passed the restof the night inday,mychamberswhen we hadand nextbreakfasted,bank.the;wentingave in thecheque myself, and said I had everyreason to believe it was a forgery.Notatobodya bit of"IThe cheque was genuine/it.Tut-tut"said!Mr. Utterson.11 seeEnfield.youfeelYes,it's3asaI do,"badsaidstory.Mr.Formy manhave towas a fellow that nobody coulddo with, a really damnable man;and the person that drew the chequeisthe very pink of the proprieties, celebrated, too, and (whatone of your fellowsmakesitworse)who do whatthey
40DR. JEKYLLcallgood.AND MR. HYDEIBlackmail,supposeman paying throughhonestsome of the capers ofBlack Mail House is whatforwith the door, n that,you know, is farfrom explaining all/ he addedandwith the words fell into a vein of musing.Though3;Fromthishe was recalled by Mr.Utterson asking rather suddenlyyou don't know:"Andthe drawer of theifJchequeE Mr.Alives there?'likely place,Enfield.isn'tButnoticed his addressIit ?happenhe;livesreturnedtoinhavesomesquare or other.""And you never asked aboutplace with the doorson.!?saidtheMr. Utter-
STORY OF THE DOOR"No,sir"Ireply.:Ihadfeel3was thea delicacy/very41stronglyaboutitpartakes too muchputting questionsof the style of the day of judgment.;Youstart aing a stone.of ahillstartingquestion, andYousitit'slike start-quietly on the topand away the stone goes,and presently someothers;;you would haveknocked on the head inbland old bird (thelastthought of) ishis own back garden, and the familyhave to change their name. No, sir, Imakeita rule ofminethe:looks like Queer Street, the"A very goodmoreless I ask."5rule,ittoo/saidthelawyer.But5myself/have studied the place forcontinued Mr. Eniield.ItIseems scarcelyahouse.Thereisno
42AND MR. HYDEDR. JEKYLLother door, and nobody goes in or outof that one, but, once in a great while,the gentleman ofmyadventure.Therewindows looking on the courton the first floorthenone beloware three;;windowsAndclean.whichare alwaysisthen thereisgenerally smokingbody mustso surebut they'reshut,Andlive there.a;chimney,so some-yetit'snotfor the buildings are sopackedtogether about that court, that it's hard.tosay where one ends and another;begins.'*Thepairin silence;walked on again for a while"and thenEnfield," saidMr. Utterson,'yours.""Yes, I thinkfield.agood rule ofis,"returned En-that'sit
STORY OF THE DOOR"But forallaskI:one pointthere'swantto ask theman who walked"manof thewantInamename !I can'twould do.ittoof thatover the child."Well," said Mr. Enfield,what harmseethecontinuedthat,"'lawyer,43Itwas aof Hyde."if"Hm,"mansort of a;isHeisMr. Utterson.saidishe to see"'?not easy to describe.something wrong withhisWhatThereappearance;something displeasing, something downI never saw a manright detestable.and yet I scarce know why.must be deformed somewhereheso disliked,Hegives;astrongIalthoughHe'sanand yetfeelingdeformity,couldn't specify the point.extraordinaryIofreally canlookingman,name nothing out
JEKYLL AND MR. HYDEDR.44of the way.hand ofhimcan seesirI can't;not want ofit'sIitNo,make nodescribe him.memorythiscanI;;.Andfor I declaremoment."Mr. Utterson again walked some wayand obviously under a weightof consideration.You are sure hein silence,!he inquiredused a key ?"dearMysir.".at last.began Ehfield,surprised out of see,home.becausefactcorrectIknowitRichard, your taleIfinexact in any point,I"'Ido not ask you the name of theif Iotherknow," said Utterson;must seem strange. TheIyouhavebeenyou had betterit.'thinkyou might have warned
STORY OF THE DOORme," returned the other, with'sullenness.cally exact, ashadastill.ButIyoua45touch ofhave been pedanticallit.Thefellowand, what's more, he has itkeyI saw him use it, not a week ago.";Mr. Utterson sighed deeply, but saidand the young mannever a wordHere is anotherpresently resumed.;!3''lesson to saynothing/ said he.ashamed ofmymakelong tongue.IamLet usa bargain never to refer to this5again.'With"I shakeallmyheart," said the lawyer.hands onthat,Richard."
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SEARCH FOR MR. HYDETHATevening Mr. Utterson came hometo his bachelor house in sombre spirits,andItsatwasdownhisto dinner without relish.custom ofthismeal was over, tofire,aaSunday, whenby thevolume of some dry divinity onsitclosehis reading desk, until the clock of theneighbouring church rang out the hourof twelve, when he would go soberlyand gratefullyhowever,asto bed.Onthis night,soon as the cloth was takenaway, he took up a candle and wentinto his business room.There heopenedhissafe,private part ofittook from theamostdocument endorsed49
DR. JEKYLL50AND MR. HYDEjon the envelope as Dr. Jekyll's Will,and sat down with a clouded brow tostudyitsThecontents.willwas holo-for Mr. Utterson, though hegraphtook charge of it now that it was made,;had refusedin theto lend the least assistanceonly that, inHenryprovided notcase of the decease ofmaking ofit;itM.D.,Jekyll,D.C.L.,LL.D.,possessions were to"theoffriend andintohandshispassF.R.S.,etc., allbenefactorinhisEdward Hydecase of Dr. Jekyll's3;but that'disappearanceor unexplained absence for any periodexceeding three calendar months/' thesaidsaidEdward Hyde, shouldHenry Jekyll'sstep into theshoes without furtherfrom any burthen orobligation, beyond the payment of a fewdelay, andfree
SEARCH FOR MR. HYDEsmall sums to the51members of the doctorsThis document had longbeen the lawyer's eyesore. It offendedhousehold.him bothas alawyer andas a loverthe sane and customary sides ofwhomAndtothe fanciful was the immodest.hithertoHydelife,ofthatitwashisignorance of Mr.had swelledhis indignation;now, by a sudden turn, it was his knowledge. It was already bad enough whenname was butthecouldwhenlearnitanameno more.beganof which heItto be clotheddetestable attributes;was worseupon withand out of theshifting, insubstantial mists thathadsolong baffled his eye, there leaped up thesudden, definite presentment of a fiend.:Iasthoughtitwas madness," hesaid,he replaced the obnoxious paperin
DR. JEKYLLthe safe';AND MR. HYDEand nowbegin to fearIit"isdisgrace.Withhe blew out his candle,thatput on a great coat, anddirectioncitadelset forth inCavendishofthatSquare,of medicine, where his friend,the great Dr.Lanyon, hadandhis1thereceivedany one knows,he had thought.IfThe solemncomed himhishousecrowdingpatients.will beLanyon,"itbutlerknew and wel-he was subjected to nostage of delay, but ushered direct fromthe door to the dining-room, whereDr.ThisLanyonwas- ared-faced;satalone over his wine.hearty,gentleman;healthy,-with- "adapper,shock ofhair prematurely white, and a boisterousand decided manner.Atsight ofMr,
SEARCH FOR MR. HYDE53Utterson, he sprang up from his chairand welcomed him with both hands.Thegeniality,aswas the way of theman, was somewhat theatricalbut it reposed on genuineeye;For these two were oldmates bothattothefeeling.friends,oldschool and college, boththorough respecters of themselves andof each other, and, what does not alwaysfollow,men who thoroughly enjoyedeach other's company.After a little ramblingledupto the subjecttalk, thewhichlawyerso disagree-ably preoccupied his mind.:IandthatIsuppose, Lanyon," said he,must be the two oldest friendsHenry!youJekyll has"?wish the friends were younger/""chuckled Dr. Lanyon.But I supposeI
54DR. JEKYLLweare."And whathim now/oflittleAND MR. ht you had a bond of:interest."itisWemore thanJekyll"was the reply.had/'ten years sincebecame tooHenryme.fanciful forButHebegan to go wrong, wrong in mindand though, of course, I continue to;take an interest inhimfor oldsake'ssake as they say, I see and I have seendevilishlittleof theman.Such un-3scientificbalderdash/ added the doctor,'flushing suddenly purple,estrangedThisDamonlittlewhat of aspirtrelief towould have:and Pythias/of temper was some-Mr. Utterson."Theyhave only differed on some point of
SEARCH FOR MR. HYDEscience," he thought;55and being a manof no scientific passions (except in thematter of conveyancing) he even added"isItnothing worse than that:3!Hefriendhisgaveafewsecondscomposure, and thenapproached the question he had comerecovertohisto put."Did you ever comeof his"one'Hydeacross a prottgehe asked.?""HydeNever?heardrepeated Lanyon.No.him.myofSince3time.That was the amount of informationthat the lawyer carriedtothegreat,tossed toandback with himdark bed on which hefro, untilthe small hoursof the morning began toItwas a night oflittlegrowlarge.ease to his toiling
DR. JEKYLL 6mind,toilinginAND MR. HYDEmere darknessandbesieged by questionsSix o'clock struck on the bells of thechurch that was so conveniently near toMr. Utterson's dwelling, and still hewas digging at the problem. Hithertoit had touched him on the intellectualsidealone;butnowhisimaginationwas engaged, or rather enslavedand as he lay and tossed in the grossalso;darkness of the night and the curtainedroom, Mr. Enfield's tale went by beforehis mind in a scroll of lighted pictures.He would be aware of the great field oflamps of a nocturnalfigure of acityman walking;then of theswiftly;thenof a child running from the doctor's;and then these met, and that humanJuggernaut trod the child .down and
SEARCH FOR MR. HYDEonpassedOrelsehouse,57of herscreams.he would see a roomin a richregardlesswherehisfriendlayasleep,dreaming and smiling at his dream
INTRODUCTION MANYthingsconspiretomakethestoryof Dr.JekyllandMr.Hydeoneofthemost remarkable,ofnotthe
