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Chapter 8: The Last Night (pt. 2)

so Poole and Utterson are geared up to break into the room that (they believe) hyde is in

Utterson: “Jekyll! I wanna see u! if i can’t i’ll break down the door”

voice: “no! i’d really rather you didn’t!”

(It’s hyde’s voice btw)

they break down the door

and find Hyde’s body, still twitching on the floor

he’s wearing Jekyll’s clothes, and they decide to hunt for Jekyll

but they don’t find him, so they go back to the room with Hyde’s body

all they find are remnants of various experiments, and several papers

among which is an envelope addressed to Utterson

he opens it, and several more envelopes fall out

the first is Jekyll’s will, which leaves everything he has to Utterson

the next paper is a note written in Jekyll’s handwriting, dated that day

Utterson is delighted, because that means Jekyll isn’t dead!! 

then he reads the note, which essentially says

“if ur reading this, i’ve disappeared. also, read the letter lanyon gave u.”

he literally signed it “your unworthy and unhappy friend”

Utterson just puts the last envelope in his pocket

he decides to go home, gather his thoughts, and come back so they can call the cops

that’s the end of that chapter

#jekyll and hyde #the strange case of dr Jekyll and mr Hyde #death mention

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Chapter 8: The Last Night

Utterson is once again in his house

and Jekyll’s servant, Poole, comes by

he’s afraid, of what he doesn’t say

he just begs Utterson to come with him, and he does

when they get there, all the other servants of the house are huddled in the front room, terrified (like Poole was)

Poole takes Utterson back to the lab, where he tells him to be quiet and not to answer Jekyll, if he should answer

He calls out that Utterson is there, through a door

and a voice responds that he doesn’t want to see Utterson

the problem is, it doesn’t sound like Jekyll at all

and Poole tells our favorite protagonist that he’s been like that for eight days, and they think the real Jekyll has been “made off with”

Utterson is skeptical, and Poole continues

he says that no one has actually seen Jekyll in all that time, and every time food is left for him, it’s brought into the room when no one else is looking

he also says that “Jekyll” had been throwing papers with orders/complaints on them down the stairs for that time

“Jekyll” keeps asking for a specific medicine, but every time Poole goes out and gets some, it’s put outside the door and told to be returned because it “was not pure”

Poole does have one of the notes, and the handwriting looks like Jekyll’s to him

he also says he’s seen whoever it is behind the door

the man he saw was wearing a mask, and when Poole walked up, he let out a cry and ran back into where he’d been hiding out

Utterson thinks that it’s just a sort of disease that Jekyll has, one that changes his voice and needs the drug for

but Poole really doesn’t think so

he then explains that the man he saw was short, and Jekyll is a fairly tall man

he’s also certain a murder happened

so Utterson turns into a suddenly more brave man than before

and decides to break into the room that “Jekyll” is in

Poole convinces him to take one of those poker things, because there’s an axe in the room they’re about to break into

Utterson takes a moment to be all “this is going to be dangerous

and Poole is like “i know”

Utterson: “also did u recognize the guy u saw?”

Poole: “u mean was he hyde? i think he was”

so they get some people on the back door (they really thought of everything, huh?)

this is going kind of long so i’m going to break it into parts 

#long post #the strange case of dr Jekyll and mr Hyde #jekyll and hyde

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Chapter 7: Incident at the Window

So we start with Utterson and Enfield going on a walk (it appears we’ve come full circle)

they’re talking about how it’s all over now, because Hyde is gone (clearly they haven’t read the rest of the book)

they decide to check in on Jekyll

they see him sitting near one of the open windows and invite him to join them

and he’s all “it’s good to see you but no i won’t join you”

and they’re all “ok. we can stand here and chat”

and Jekyll is happy to do that

BUT THEN!!!!!

he gets this look on his face

and it terrifies both Utterson and Enfield

Jekyll closes the window

and the two leave silently

then they stop a little ways away

and turn to each other

the only thing either of them say is “God forgive us, God forgive us”

and then proceed to not say another thing

#the plot thickens even more! #the strange case of dr Jekyll and mr Hyde #jekyll and hyde

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Chapter 6: Remarkable Incident of Dr. Lanyon

so it’s been a little while since hyde disappeared and jekyll’s been opening up again

he’s been hosting parties and having friends over practically every day for several months

but then in january, he suddenly stops

utterson is very confused 

so he goes to dr lanyon’s house instead

and dr lanyon is very clearly ill (and he admits so)

utterson asks if lanyon knows what’s going on with jekyll

lanyon gets upset and essentially tells utterson that jekyll is dead to him and he doesn’t want to talk about him

utterson is very confused pt. 2

he goes home, and gets a letter from jekyll

it basically says ‘utterson, i like you, but i am a sinner and a sufferer, so leave me alone. sorry if i don’t talk to you anymore, but it’s my punishment. respect that’

utterson is even more confused

then lanyon dies a fortnight later

and utterson has this envelope that says ‘only open when lanyon is dead’

so he opens it and finds another envelope inside

it says ‘only open if jekyll is dead or missing’

utterson is curious, but he decides not to open it

he stops by jekyll’s house every day for a while, but he only gets to talk to the butler, who tells him that jekyll hasn’t been doing much if anything

utterson eventually stops showing up quite as often

so tl;dr: the plot thickens and lanyon is dead

#the strange case of dr Jekyll and mr Hyde #jekyll and hyde #death mention

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Chapter 5: Incident of the Letter

so utterson goes to jekyll’s house to talk to him about hyde

jekyll is in his lab, and he’s all upset about the fact that someone he trusted so much killed someone

he also has a letter from hyde

he gives it to utterson bc he doesn’t trust his own judgement anymore

utterson doesn’t really know what to do with it either

it’s essentially a ‘thanks for all you’ve done, but don’t worry about me or what i’ve done, it isn’t your fault’ kind of letter

utterson is briefly guilty about his previous suspicions

then he leaves

and he decides to talk to his clerk, who’s good with handwriting

and the clerk looks at it and goes ‘that’s odd’

he compares it to a note from jekyll

and utterson goes ‘what’s odd? why did you compare the notes?’

the clerk says ‘they’re practically the same handwriting, just different slants’

utterson is understandably a bit freaked out

he swears the other man to secrecy 

and silently worries that jekyll is forging for a murderer

#the strange case of dr Jekyll and mr Hyde #jekyll and hyde #death ment tw

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Chapter 4: The Carew Murder Case

this one takes place a year later

in october!!!!! spooky

so there’s this maid in this big house

and she decides to sit at her window (she apparently ‘fell into a dream of musing,’ whatever that means)

and then she noticed two guys in the street

and elderly guy and hyde (she recognized him bc he came by her house a few times)

the elderly guy stops hyde and starts talking, as if he’s asking for directions

hyde snapped or smth bc the next thing the maid knew he was using his cane and clubbing this poor guy to death

the maid fants (bc that’s what you do)

and then wakes up at 2 am to call the cops 

the dead guy had all his expensive things, but no id

he was carrying an envelope addressed to Utterson, though

so utterson is told the next morning and he goes ‘let me see the body’

they let him see the body and the murder weapon 

he recognizes the dead guy as one Sir Danvers Carew

he also recognizes the cane as one he gave jekyll years before

so he and the cops go to hyde’s house

hyde isn’t there, and the lady who opens the door tells them that he had been there late that night before leaving again

she also tells them that’s pretty normal for hyde, they hadn’t seen him for two months until that night

she’s also really excited when they tell her they’re the cops (hyde is really not liked by anyone)

they check out the house which is both nicely decorated and recently ransacked

they also find out that he tried to burn his checkbook

so they decided to try and track him down but:

he had no traceable family

his maid had only seen him twice

he had never been photographed

and no one could give a good description of him

so yeah that’s this chapter 

#the strange case of dr Jekyll and mr Hyde #jekyll and hyde #death tw #murder tw

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Chapter 3: Dr. Jekyll Was Quite at Ease

two weeks later, dr. jekyll hosts a dinner party, and Utterson is invited

the two wind up sitting next to the fire, and utterson brings up jekyll’s will

he’s all ‘i don’t like your will and also i dont like mr. hyde’

and jekyll goes ‘i know you don’t like him, but i do so please respect my wishes’

and utterson goes ‘fine but i still don’t like hyde’

also jekyll really doesn’t want to talk about the will but he does anyway

thats all it was really short

#the strange case of dr Jekyll and mr Hyde #jekyll and hyde

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Chapter 2: Search for Mr. Hyde

so Mr. Utterson goes back to his apartment

and he’s all moody and concerned from his talk with Mr. Enfield

Mr. Hyde is apparently the name of the man that all of Dr. Jekyll’s (one of Utterson’s friends) stuff would go to if he died

no one knows who Hyde is

so Utterson goes to one of his other friends (one Dr. Lanyon)

Lanyon has no idea who Mr. Hyde is either

and apparently he’s only friends with Jekyll for old time’s sake? he doesn’t like what Jekyll’s been up to lately

Utterson goes back home and he’s not in a particularly good mood

he goes to sleep and has nightmares about mysterious figures and screaming little girls (as you do)

then he takes to stalking this house

“‘If he be Mr. Hyde,’ he had thought, ‘I shall be Mr. Seek.’“ (a real quote, and the absolute pinnacle of english literature, in my opinion)

and then he does meet Hyde

Utterson: ‘are u hyde’

Hyde: ‘yea how did u know’

Utterson: ‘we have mutual friends’

Hyde: ‘like who’

Utterson: ‘jekyll’

Hyde: ‘no way! ur lying! >:((’

Utterson: ‘don’t be like that’

Hyde just goes inside

and Utterson walks away

he finds he hates hyde for some reason

“...for, O my poor old Harry Jekyll, if ever I read Satan’s signature upon a face, it is on that of your new friend.” (another real quote. i’m going to start insulting people with this one)

so he goes to Dr, Jekyll���s house, and finds out that Jekyll is gone

he also learns that the servants are under orders to listen to Mr. Hyde

and that Mr. Hyde spends all of his time in the lab

Utterson: ‘oh no is Hyde payback for Jekyll’s past sins? now i have to try and stop them from being friends bc i don’t like Hyde’

Utterson decides the best route to protecting Jekyll from his own past sins and Hyde is to dig up dirt on Hyde and blackmail him?

seems a bit odd but od

#the strange case of dr Jekyll and mr Hyde #jekyll and hyde

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Chapter 1: Story of the Door

so we are introduced to Mr. Utterson, a lawyer

this dude is known for being nice to people but not really having many friends?

like it takes a long time for him to make friends, so most of the ones he has are either family or people he’s known for a really long time

he's got this one friend, though (no one can really figure out why they’re friends)

his name’s Mr. Enfield, and he, too, is not very interesting

the two spend a lot of time going on ~Sunday Strolls~ 

so they’re out on one of these strolls, when they pass by this weird building that no one seems to live in (because it’s all run down)

and Enfield is all “that door is strange, but what’s stranger is the strange story it reminds me of”

and Utterson is all “oh do tell”

so Enfield tells him about how, like a week earlier, he was walking down that same street (seriously does this man do anything but stroll down this street)

when he was this dude just run over this little girl

like they ran into eachother and he just... walked over her

so anyway our hero Enfield stops the guy, and is immediately freaked out by the guy’s face 

there’s nothing wrong with the guy’s face, but he’s freaked out and almost overwhelmed by the desire to just kill this dude

by now the girl’s family is there, as is the doctor they called

and Enfield can tell everyone has the same desire to just murder this man

but none of them do, and they threaten mystery child-destroyer into coughing up 100 pounds

and he’s just like... ok

so he goes into the mystery house mentioned earlier

and he comes back with some gold and a cheque

Enfield looks at the cheque and is like... is this yours because i don’t think it is

and mean-guy just goes ‘yup it’s mine. i’ll even go to the bank with you in the morning to be sure’

so the bad-man, Enfield, the doctor, and the girl’s father all go to Enfield’s apartment to spend the night

and then they go to the bank and what do you know? the cheque is real and not forged like Enfield thought

“‘Tut-Tut,’ said Mr. Utterson.” (a real quote from the book, very important)

so Mr. Utterson and Mr. Enfield argue about the house for a moment, and they agree that someone probably lives there, seeing as smoke comes from the chimney

but they both think it’s a bit weird

they agree not to ask too many questions about the house

Mr. Enfield reveals the cheque was from a guy called Mr. Hyde

then they agree to not talk about it anymore

and they shake on it

that’s the end of the first chapter

#the strange case of dr Jekyll and mr Hyde #jekyll and hyde #i don't know what else to tag #so this is just me processing the chapter in text form

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So I started reading the strange case of dr jekyll and mr hyde

i think it would be fun to summarize each chapter as i read them, so that’s what im going to do. the internet is my playground, and i intend to use it