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STRANGE CASE
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SEVENTH EDITION
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LONDON
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9 OCT 4 1880
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PRINTED BY
SPOTTISWOODE AND CO., NEW-STREET SQUARE
LONDON
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KATHARINE DE MATTOS .
CONTENTS .
PAGE
STORY OF THE DOOR 1
CASE • · 106
STRANGE CASE
OF
Hyde.'
' Hm ,' said Mr. Utterson . ' What sort of a
man is he to see ? '
company.
After a little rambling talk, the lawyer led up
lawyer.
Mr. Hyde appeared to hesitate, and then, as
if upon some sudden reflection, fronted about
' And now,' said the other, ' how did you
know me ? '
lawyer.
' I will see, Mr. Utterson ,' said Poole, admit-
ting the visitor, as he spoke, into a large, low-
roofed, comfortable hall, paved with flags, warmed
(after the fashion of a country house) by a bright,
SEARCH FOR MR. HYDE 27
0, dear
' O, no , sir. He never dines here,'
replied the butler. ' Indeed we see very little of
him on this side of the house ; he mostly comes
yours ?'
gaily. ' My poor Utterson ,' said he, ' you are
unfortunate in such a client. I never saw a man
given, for she sat down upon her box, which stood
immediately under the window, and fell into a
dream of musing. Never (she used to say, with
nothing till I have seen the body, ' said he ; ' this
may be very serious . Have the kindness to wait
while I dress .' And with the same grave counte-
nodded.
Poole had left them, ' you have heard the news ? '
The doctor shuddered . ( They were crying it
' No,' said the other. ' I cannot say that I care
what becomes of Hyde ; I am quite done with
him. I was thinking of my own character, which
this hateful business has rather exposed .'
Utterson ruminated awhile ; he was surprised
picions .
'Have you the envelope ? ' he asked .
' I burned it,' replied Jekyll, ' before I thought
48 DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE
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52 DR. JEKYLL AND MR . HYDE
interesting autograph.'
There was a pause, during which Mr. Utterson
(
struggled with himself. Why did you compare
them, Guest ? ' he inquired suddenly.
'Well , sir,' returned the clerk, ' there's a
deeper ground.
A week afterwards Dr. Lanyon took to his bed,
and in something less than a fortnight he was
dead. The night after the funeral, at which he
' You stay too much indoors ,' said the lawyer.
eyes .
' God forgive us, God forgive us ,' said Mr.
Utterson.
mean .
F
66 DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE
thing wrong.'
'Take a seat, and here is a glass of wine for
you ,' said the lawyer. Now, take your time, and
tell me plainly what you want.'
' You know the doctor's ways, sir,' replied
(
Poole, and how he shuts himself up . Well , he's
shut up again in the cabinet ; and I don't like it,
sir—I wish I may die if I like it. Mr.Jturson,
sir, I'm afraid .' They were bot.
THE LAST NIGHT 67
no more,' he repeated .
'Come,' said the lawyer, ' I see you have some
good reason, Poole ; I see there is something
seriously amiss. Try to tell me what it is.'
' I think there's been foul play,' said Poole,
hoarsely.
' I daren't say, sir,' was the answer ; ' but will
you come along with me and see for yourself?'
' It's all right,' said Poole. ' Open the door.'
The hall, when they entered it, was brightly
lighted up ; the fire was built high ; and about
the hearth the whole of the servants, men and
' Seen him ? ' repeated Mr. Utterson. ' Well ? '
That's it ! ' said Poole. It was this way.
reply.
'That is very well said,' returned the lawyer ;
' and whatever comes of it, I shall make it my
he had still the key with him ? But that's not all.
I don't know, Mr. Utterson, if ever you met this
Hyde ! '
'Ay, ay," said the lawyer. My fears incline
1
screech, as of mere animal terror, rang from the
cabinet. Up went the axe again, and again the
panels crashed and the frame bounded ; four
times the blow fell ; but the wood was tough and
and all, by the dust that fell from their doors, had
THE LAST NIGHT 85
lawyer.
' Use !' echoed Poole. 'Do you not see, sir,
blasphemies .
Next, in the course of their review of the
THE LAST NIGHT 87
catastrophe .'
Here, sir, ' said Poole, and gave into his hands
explained .
91
Square.
Here I proceeded to examine its contents.
hatred.
' Have you got it ? ' he cried. ' Have you got
it ? ' And so lively was his impatience that he
even laid his hand upon my arm and sought to
shake me.
transforming draught .
I do not suppose that, when a drunkard reasons
with himself upon his vice, he is once out of five
hundred times affected by the dangers that he runs
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HARPER'S MAGAZINE .
' This various Author now appears as the Laureate of children,
presenting us with such exquisite lyrics of99childhood
2 as can only be
paralleled in " Blake's Songs of Innocence."
GRAPHIC.
'This book is sure to be one of the treasured volumes of every
wholesome nursery.'
ATHENÆUM.
This volume is one which can be enjoyed by very young persons,
but will be appreciated still more by men and women, who, when
they see in its pages the reflex of their own childhood, will say
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involuntarily as they turn over the pages, How charming, and
how true !
PALL MALL GAZETTE.
" The child is father to the man, and the Robert Louis Stevenson
of to-day clearly takes after his father as figured for us in this
delightful little book. It is autobiographical rather than dramatic.
Mr. Stevenson does not attempt a many- sided view of child-life,
does not seek to depict varieties of child character, but sets himself
to reflect the moods of one particular child, well known to him.'
SCOTSMAN .
' This dainty little volume will be a joy to many a nursery,
None but a lover of children, who has kept his own heart young,
could have written those rhymes. They are as simple and natural
as a meadow-posy of daisies and buttercups ; and yet all are sparkling
with the fresh dew of youthful imagination .'
SCHOOL GUARDIAN.
The charm of these verses is that they are just the things that
children whom we know might have thought and said. We
can cordially recommend this clever and bright book to those who
have to find charming reading for young children .'
WIDENER
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