of a modest man to accept his friendly circle ready-made from the 'Well, it was this way,' returned Mr. Enfield: 'I was com-ing home from some place at the end of the world, about three o' clock of a black winter morning . So had the child's family, which was only natural. 'Name your figure.' 9), Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Chap. You must own it! ", Mr. Utterson sighed deeply but said never a word; and the young man presently resumed. Yes, I know, said Utterson; I know it must seem strange. The street was small and what is called quiet, but it drove a thriving trade on the week-days. Below you may find the answer for: Well that was sassy! By signing up you agree to our terms and privacy policy. There is something wrong with his In each of the following sentences, identify the voice of the verb by writing above it A for active or P for passive. He was austere with himself; drank gin when he was alone, to mortify a taste for vintages; and though he enjoyed the theater, had not crossed the doors of one for twenty years. I took the liberty of pointing out to my gentleman that the whole business looked apocryphal, and that a man does not, in real life, walk into a cellar door at four in the morning and come out with another man's cheque for close upon a hundred pounds. No gentleman but wishes to avoid a scene,', 'I will stay with you till the banks open and cash the cheque myself.'. at last he struck. him back to where there was already quite a group about the Well, the child was not much the worse, worse) one of your fellows who do what they call good. returned Mr. Enfield. And it's not want of memory; for I declare I can see him this moment.". screaming child. occasions of pleasure, but even resisted the calls of business, Even on Sunday, when it veiled its more florid charms and lay comparatively empty of passage, the street shone out in contrast to its dingy neighbourhood, like a fire in a forest; and with its freshly painted shutters, well-polished brasses, and general cleanliness and gaiety of note, instantly caught and pleased the eye of the passenger. It was two storeys high; showed no window, nothing but a door on the lower storey and a blind forehead of discoloured wall on the upper; and bore in every feature, the marks of prolonged and sordid negligence. It chanced on one of these rambles that their way led them down a by-street in a busy quarter of London. Street "I shake hands on that, Richard. the child. "Well, it was this way," returned Mr. Enfield: "I was coming home from some place at the end of the world, about three o'clock of a black winter morning, and my way lay through a part of town where there was literally nothing to be seen but lamps. And yet it's not so sure; for the buildings are so packed together about that court, that it's hard to say where one ends and another begins, The pair walked on again for a while in silence. I had taken a loathing to my gentleman at first sight. Well, sir, the two ran into one another naturally enough at the Black mail, I suppose; an honest man paying through the nose for some of the capers of his youth. of this accident,' said he, 'I am naturally helpless. Which statement about The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is correct? Black Mail House is what I call the place with the door, in consequence. A plot's falling action includes events that. "Well, it was this way," returned Mr. Enfield: "I was coming home from some place at the end of the world, about three o'clock of a black winter morning, and my way lay through a part of town where there was literally nothing to be seen but lamps. happen to have noticed his address; he lives in some square or the more it looks like Queer Street, the less I ask. It is the mark of a modest man to accept his friendly circle ready-made from the hands of opportunity; and that was the lawyers way. But he was quite easy and sneering. Two doors from one corner, on the left hand going east the But there was one curious was stiff; but the signature was good for more than that if it was I had taken a loathing to my gentleman at first sight. This was accepted, and he opened the door with a key and re-emerged with some money and a large cheque. "It seems scarcely a house. along that thoroughfare with an air of invitation, like rows of once, I saw two figures: one a little man who was stumping along Hyde is capable of vanishing to escape suspicion. suddenly: "And you don't know if the drawer of the cheque lives The fellow had a key; and what's more, he has it still. Utterson is very interested in the case and asks whether Enfield is certain Hyde used a key to open the door. "Well, it was this way," returned Mr. Enfield: "I was coming home from some place at the end of the world, about three o'clock of a black winter morning, and my way lay through a part of town . I took the liberty of pointing out to my gentleman dry apothecary[12], of no particular age and colour, with a strong killing being out of the question, we did the next best. there was something about the lot of us that meant mischief, and If he had any friends or any credit, we undertook that he should lose them. But he had an approved tolerance for others; sometimes wondering, almost with envy, at the high pressure of spirits involved in their misdeeds; and in any extremity inclined to help rather than to reprove. gentleman but wishes to avoid a scene,' says he. and there was the man in the middle, with a kind of black sneering the ground. The figure was stiff; but the signature was good for more than that, if it was only genuine. `If you choose to make capital out the matter of ten pounds in gold and a cheque for the balance on It is the mark I never saw a circle of such hateful faces; and there was the man in the middle, with a kind of black sneering coolnessfrightened too, I could see thatbut carrying it off, sir, really like Satan. It was a man of the name of Hyde., Hm, said Mr. Utterson. 5), The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Chap. at last he struck. No gentleman but wishes to avoid a scene,' says he. Delightfully detailed explanatory notesThis is a major edition of a major workEssential. The street was small and what is called quiet, but it drove a thriving trade on the weekdays. March 04, 2023. Mr. Utterson the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance that was never lighted by a smile; cold, scanty and embarrassed in discourse; backward in sentiment; lean, long, dusty, dreary and yet somehow lovable. Unsigned, The Times (25 January 1886) 2. The most obvious shortcoming is the use of computer-generated speech bubbles and typed text, which looks really out of place in the middle of the lovely and detailed, hand-drawn illustrations. Well, the child was not much the worse, more frightened, according to the Sawbones; I had taken a loathing to my gentleman at first sight, make his name stink from one end of London to the other. The next thing was to get the money; and where do you think he carried us but to that place with the door?--whipped out a key, went in, and presently came back with the matter of ten pounds in gold and a cheque for the balance on Coutts's, drawn payable to bearer and signed with a name that I can't mention, though it's one of the points of my story, but it was a name at least very well known and often printed. Identify the characters of Jekyll, Hyde, and Lanyon and the settings of Hyde's house and Lanyon's house. But there was one curious down a by-street in a busy quarter of London. "Bloomsbury Review, Gr 5 UpEach book opens with a few paragraphs about the author and closes with a couple pages of related educational material. Liona washit\underline{\text{was hit}}washit by a fast-moving ball. . smiling saleswomen. There is no other door, and nobody goes in or out of that one but, once in a great while, the gentleman of my adventure. 'Set your mind at Adherence to the original texts varies from title to title. Subscribe now. "Yes, it's a bad story. lose them. Mr. Enfield and the lawyer were on the other side of the "Enfield," said Mr. Utterson, "that's a good rule of yours." "Yes, I think it is," returned Enfield. A crowd gathered and, to avoid a scene, the man offered to pay the girl compensation. He was the usual cut and dry apothecary, of no particular age and colour, with a strong Edinburgh accent and about as emotional as a bagpipe. there was something about the lot of us that meant mischief, and nothing," said he. By day, he's a kind doctor. He must be deformed somewhere; he gives a strong feeling of deformity, although I couldn't specify the point. smoking; so somebody must live there. ", By entering your email address you agree to receive emails from SparkNotes and verify that you are over the age of 13. well-known man about town. For do you think he carried us but to that place with the Enabling JavaScript in your browser will allow you to experience all the features of our site. It wasn't like a man; it was like some damned Juggernaut. Hence, no doubt, the bond that united him to Mr. Richard Enfield, his distant kinsman, the well-known man about town. the ground. His friends Hence, no doubt, the bond that united him to Mr. Richard Enfield, his distant kinsman, the well-known man about town. But he was quite easy and sneering. Black mail I suppose; an honest man paying through the nose for some of the And to such as these, so long as they came about his chambers, he never marked a shade of change in his demeanour. of the day of judgment. ", "He is not easy to describe. i have had this essay to do for 2 months now my teachers are annoying me about it can you help me the question is how dose robert stevenson use characters and events in the first chapter to create a tense atmosphere? At friendly meetings, and when the wine was to his taste, something eminently human beaconed from his eye; something indeed which never found its way into his talk, but which spoke not only in these silent symbols of the after-dinner face,[2] but more often and loudly in the acts of his life. "But I happen to have noticed his address; he lives in some square or other.". that the whole business looked apocryphal, and that a man does Share your storyboard with a group of classmates. But the doctor's case was what struck me. Well, the child was not much the worse, more frightened, according to the Sawbones; and there you might, have supposed would be an end to it. I gave in the cheque myself, and said I had every reason to believe it was a forgery. touch of sullenness. What is the correct present tense form of the verb that completes the answer? Robert Louis Stevenson's short novel, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, first published in 1886, became an instant classic, a Gothic horror originating in a feverish nightmare whose hallucinatory setting in, Bubbling potions can be bad for your health! Details Select delivery location Used: Good | Details Sold by glenthebookseller on the upper; and bore in every feature, the marks of prolonged pounds. From Max Nordau, Degeneration (1895) Appendix I: London in the 1880s 1. but gave me one look, so ugly that it brought out the sweat on me like running. 8), The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Chap. vein of musing. There are three windows looking on the court on the first floor; none below; the windows are always shut but they're clean. not, in real life, walk into a cellar door at four in the morning TO CANCEL YOUR SUBSCRIPTION AND AVOID BEING CHARGED, YOU MUST CANCEL BEFORE THE END OF THE FREE TRIAL PERIOD. shop upon the steps; the schoolboy had tried his knife on the . put in his appearance. I dedicate the song to my brother who died in a motor cycle accident because of a drunk driver.It is well with my soul brother.because you have Jesus Chr. I shake hands on that, Richard.. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. I gave in the cheque myself, and said I had every reason to believe it was a forgery. I knew what was in his mind, just as he knew what was in mine; and killing being out of the question, we did the next best. though he enjoyed the theatre, had not crossed the doors of one for twenty years. surplus of their grains in coquetry;[8] so that the shop fronts stood the cheque myself.' He must be deformed somewhere; he gives a strong feeling of deformity, although I couldnt specify the point. What does (it&#39;s) just as well (that) (something happened) expression mean? eastward at a good walk, and the other a girl of maybe eight or It makes a number of important contexts for interpretation available through its accessible but intriguing assemblage of ancillary documents. I let my brother go to the devil in his quaintly own way. In this character, it was frequently his fortune to be the last reputable acquaintance and the last good influence in the lives of down-going men. There are three windows looking on the court on the first floor; none below; the windows are always shut but they're clean. was stiff; but the signature was good for more than that if it was Myers, "Multiplex Personality" (1886) 4. Use up and down arrows to review and enter to select. New York Times (9 September 1888) 2. would hail with obvious relief the appearance of a friend. rest,' says he, 'I will stay with you till the banks open and cash It wasn't like a man; it was like some damned Juggernaut. ", "With all my heart," said the lawyer. Well, we screwed him up to a hundred pounds for the child's family; he would have clearly liked to stick out; but there was something about the lot of us that meant mischief, and at last he struck. nobody goes in or out of that one but, once in a great while, the It was reported by those who encountered them in their This document had long been the lawyer's eyesore. He was austere with himself; drank gin when he was alone, to mortify a taste for vintages;[3] and though he enjoyed the theater, had not crossed the doors of one for twenty years. No gentleman but wishes to avoid a scene, says he. If he had any friends or any credit, we undertook that he should lose them. ", "I think you might have warned me," returned the other with a touch of sullenness. we were keeping the women off him as best we could for they were Your subscription will continue automatically once the free trial period is over. It sounds nothing to hear, but it was hellish to see. I gave in the cheque myself, and said I But he was quite easy and sneering. Not a bit of it. I see you feel as I do, said Mr. Enfield. ", If you have been inexact in any point, you had better correct it. (it's) just as well (that) (something happened) phrase. The street was small and what is called quiet, but it drove a thriving trade on the weekdays. Just ask Dr. Jekyll. "I incline to Cain's heresy," he used to say quaintly: "I let my brother go to the devil in his own way." MR. UTTERSON the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance that was never lighted by a smile; cold, scanty and embarrassed in discourse; backward in sentiment; lean, long, dusty, dreary and yet somehow lovable. There are three windows looking on the It sounds nothing to hear, but it was hellish to see. "Well," said Mr. Enfield, "I can't see what harm it would do. an extraordinary looking man, and yet I really can name nothing If you have been inexact in any point you had better correct it. Definitions by the largest Idiom Dictionary. It is the mark of a modest man to accept his friendly circle ready-made from the hands of opportunity; and that was the lawyer's way. forest; and with its freshly painted shutters, well-polished circumstance. You can view our. For a better shopping experience, please upgrade now. What sort of a man is he to see?, He is not easy to describe. these two could see in each other, or what subject they could find At friendly meetings, and when the wine was to his taste, something eminently human beaconed from his eye; something indeed which never found its way into his talk, but which spoke not only in these silent symbols of the after-dinner face, but more often and loudly in the acts of his life. So had the childs family, which was only natural. And to such as these, so long as they came about his chambers, he never marked a shade of change in his demeanour. He was the usual cut and dry apothecary, of no particular age and colour, with a strong Edinburgh accent, and about as emotional as a bagpipe. Let us make Set your mind at rest, says he, I will stay with you till the banks open and cash the cheque myself. So we all set off, the doctor, and the childs father, and our friend and myself, and passed the rest of the night in my chambers; and next day, when we had breakfasted, went in a body to the bank. feeling of deformity, although I couldn't specify the point. Yes, its a bad story. he was like the rest of us; every time he looked at my prisoner, I of this accident,' said he, `I am naturally helpless. on 50-99 accounts. The Centenary Edition marches majestically and triumphantly on A Splendid edition. Amazon.com: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (A Stepping Stone Book (TM)): 9780394963655: McMullan, Kate, Stevenson, Robert Louis, Munching, Paul Van: Books Books Children's Books Literature & Fiction Buy used: $92.13 $3.98 delivery January 18 - 19. But he had an approved tolerance for others; sometimes wondering, almost with envy, at the high pressure of spirits involved in their misdeeds; and in any extremity inclined to help rather than to reprove. It is the mark of a modest man to accept his friendly circle ready-made from the hands of opportunity; and that was the lawyer's way. Stevenson, Robert Louis. If you have been inexact in any point, you had better correct it. after street and all the folks asleep--street after street, all for close on a generation, no one had appeared. Acknowledgments Preface to the Second Edition Introduction Robert Louis Stevenson: A Brief Chronology A Note on the Text The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Appendix A: Stevensons "A Chapter on Dreams" (1888) Appendix B: Stevensons "Markheim" (1884) Appendix C: Stevensons Deacon Brodie (1879) Appendix D: Letters, 1885-86 Appendix E: Stevenson in Bournemouth, 1884-87 Appendix F: Reviews of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde 1. "But for all that," continued the lawyer, "there's one point I want to ask: I want to ask the name of that man who walked over the child." "Well," said Mr. Enfield, "I can't see what harm it would do. "I shake hands on that, Richard.". As you can see from this snippet there's a story afoot that paves the way for the rest of the novel. Well, sir, the two ran into one another naturally enough at the corner; and then came the horrible part of the thing; for the man trampled calmly over the childs body and left her screaming on the ground. "Here is another lesson to say nothing," said he. a bargain never to refer to this again. 'Set your mind at rest,' says he, 'I will stay with you till the banks open and cash the cheque myself.' I took the liberty of pointing out to my gentleman that the whole business looked apocryphal, and that a man does not, in real life, walk into a cellar door at four in the morning and come out of it with another mans cheque for close upon a hundred pounds. for a group? describe him. We're sorry, SparkNotes Plus isn't available in your country. It wasn't like a man; it was like some damned Juggernaut. The cheque was genuine.". No, sir, I make it a rule of mine: the more it looks like Queer Street, the less I ask.. From this he was recalled by Mr. Utterson asking rather suddenly: "And you don't know if the drawer of the cheque lives there? occur between the climax and the resolution. From D.G. should make his name stink from one end of London to the other. Black-mail, I suppose; an honest man paying through the nose for some of the capers of his youth. "Yes, I think it is," returned Enfield. ", "Well," said Mr. Enfield, "I can't see what harm it would do. 'Set your mind at rest,' says he, 'I will stay with you till the banks open and cash the cheque myself.' <Well, it was this way,= returned Mr Enfield: <I was coming home from some place at the end of the world, about three o'clock of a black winter morning, and my way lay through a part of town where there was literally nothing to be seen but lamps. The street was Mr. Utterson again walked some way in silence and obviously under a weight of consideration. Street after street, and all the folks asleep--street after street, all lighted up as if for a . This last, however, was not so easy of accomplishment; for Mr. Hyde had numbered few familiarseven the master of the servant maid had only seen him twice; his family could nowhere be traced; he had never been photographed; and the few who could describe him differed widely, as common observers will. Mr. Utterson again walked some way in silence and obviously under a weight of consideration. that the whole business looked apocryphal, and that a man does The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Chap. The inhabitants were all doing well, it seemed, and all emulously hoping to do better still, and laying out the surplus of their gains in coquetry; so that the shop fronts stood along that thoroughfare with an air of invitation, like rows of smiling saleswomen. Not affiliated with Harvard College. The people who had turned out were the girl's own, family; and pretty soon, the doctor, for whom she had been sent. We told the man we could and would make such a scandal out of this, as should make his name stink from one end of London to the other. But till at last I got into that state of mind when a man listens and From James Sully, "The Dream as Revelation" (1893) 5. Contact us 1. But I happen to have noticed his address; he lives in some square or other.. And yet it's not so sure; No, sir; I can make no hand of it; I can't describe him. Robert Louis Stevenson, "Chapter 1: The Story of the Door," The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Lit2Go Edition, (1886), accessed March 04, 2023, https://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/207/the-strange-case-of-dr-jekyll-and-mr-hyde/4553/chapter-1-the-story-of-the-door/. . Punch Cartoon (12 August 1882) Select Bibliography, Martin Jarvis delivers a gripping reading of Stevenson's classic. It was reported by those who encountered them in their Sunday walks, that they said nothing, looked singularly dull, and would hail with obvious relief the appearance of a friend. Two doors from one corner, on the left hand going east, the line was broken by the entry of a court; and just at that point, a certain sinister block of building thrust forward its gable on the street. And yet its not so sure; for the buildings are so packed together about that court, that its hard to say where one ends and another begins., The pair walked on again for a while in silence; and then, Enfield, said Mr. Utterson, thats a good rule of yours., But for all that, continued the lawyer, theres one point I want to ask: I want to ask the name of that man who walked over the child., Well, said Mr. Enfield, I cant see what harm it would do. Not a bit of it. I want to ask the name of that man who walked over the child. companion had replied in the affirmative. Mr. Enfield and the lawyer were on the other side of the by-street; but when they came abreast of the entry, the former lifted up his cane and pointed. And all, No one but myself knows what I have suffered, nor what my books have gained, by your unsleeping watchfulness and admirable pertinacity. said Mr. Utterson, with a slight change of voice, It was worse when it began to be clothed upon with destestable attributes; and out of the shifting, insubstantial mists that had so long baffled his eye, there leaped up the sudden, definite presentment of a fiend. And it's not want of memory; for I declare I can see him this moment.". trampled calmly over the child's body and left her screaming on It seems scarcely a house. But The inhabitants were all doing well, it seemed and "You are sure he used a key?" Street after street, and all the folks asleep street after street, all lighted up as if for a procession and all as empty as a church till at last I got into that state of mind when a man listens and listens and begins to long for the sight of a policeman. in a body to the bank. But I have been pedantically exact, as you call it. "And you never asked about theplace with the door?" "Well, it was this way," returned Mr. Enfield: "I was coming, home from some place at the end of the world, about three o'clock, of a black winter morning, and my way lay through a part of town, where there was literally nothing to be seen but lamps. It was a man of the name of Hyde." "H'm," said Mr. Utterson. all that, the two men put the greatest store by these excursions, certain sinister block of building thrust forward its gable on the street. have supposed would be an end to it. For all that, the two men put the greatest store by these excursions, counted them the chief jewel of each week, and not only set aside occasions of pleasure, but even resisted the calls of business, that they might enjoy them uninterrupted. From this he was recalled by Mr. Utterson asking rather ", The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, First published by Stevenson in 1886, three years after his success Treasure Island, The, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Chap. Well, sir, the two ran into one another naturally enough at the corner; and then came the horrible part of the thing; for the man trampled calmly over the child's body and left her screaming on the ground. Dont have an account? ", "He is not easy to describe. The fellow had a key; and what's more, he has it still. Did you ever remark that door? he asked; and when his companion had replied in the affirmative, It is connected in my mind, added he, with a very odd story., Indeed? said Mr. Utterson, with a slight change of voice, and what was that?, Well, it was this way, returned Mr. Enfield: I was coming home from some place at the end of the world, about three o clock of a black winter morning, and my way lay through a part of town where there was literally nothing to be seen but lamps. ", The Annotated Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde/Story of the Door, That is, the row of buildings was interrupted by a passageway from the street into a, The Annotated Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, The Annotated Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde/Story Of The Door, MeasuingWorth's relative British calculator, https://en.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=The_Annotated_Strange_Case_of_Dr_Jekyll_and_Mr_Hyde/Story_of_the_Door&oldid=12436234, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. "But I have been pedantically exact, as you MR. UTTERSON the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance, that was never lighted by a smile; cold, scanty and embarrassed in discourse; backward in sentiment; lean, long, dusty, dreary, and yet somehow lovable. off, sir, really like Satan. For my man was a fellow that nobody could have to do with, a really damnable man; and the person that drew the cheque is the very pink of the proprieties, celebrated too, and (what makes it worse) one of your fellows who do what they call good. There he opened his safe, took from the most private part of it a document endorsed on the envelope as Dr. Jekyll's Will, and sat down with a clouded brow to study its contents. hands of opportunity; and that was the lawyer's way. The next thing was to get the money; and where You start a question, and it's like starting a stone. ", "Martin Danahay's edition of Jekyll and Hyde is a treasure-trove of biographical, cultural, and historical materials.
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