Jekyll and Hyde: Chapter 5
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Chapter questions
- Question 1 · Recall
Where does Utterson meet Jekyll in this chapter?
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In Jekyll's cabinet, a room fitted with glass presses in the laboratory building across the yard.Reference: Chapter 5, the visit to Jekyll
- Question 2 · Recall
Who is Mr. Guest?
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Utterson's head clerk, who is an expert on handwriting.Reference: Chapter 5, Utterson consults Guest
- Question 3 · Recall
What does Poole say when Utterson asks about a letter delivered that day?
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Poole is sure nothing came except by post, and only circulars at that.Reference: Chapter 5, Utterson questions Poole
- Question 4 · Why
Why does Utterson show Hyde's note to Guest?
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He wants an expert opinion on the handwriting.Reference: Chapter 5, Utterson consults Guest
- Question 5 · Why
Why is Utterson chilled by what Guest tells him?
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Guest finds Hyde's writing nearly identical to Jekyll's, so Jekyll may have forged a note for a murderer.Reference: Chapter 5, the handwriting comparison
Chapter summary
Utterson visits Jekyll in his cabinet, in the laboratory building, on a foggy afternoon. Jekyll looks deathly ill. Utterson asks if he is hiding Hyde, and Jekyll swears to God that he will never see Hyde again and that Hyde will not be heard of any more.
Jekyll shows a letter signed Edward Hyde, which says Jekyll need not worry about Hyde's safety because he has a sure way to escape. Jekyll has burned the envelope. Utterson asks whether Hyde dictated the clause in the will about disappearing, and Jekyll nods. Utterson tells him that Hyde meant to murder him and that he has had a lucky escape. Jekyll says he has had a lesson, and covers his face.
On the way out Utterson asks Poole about the messenger who brought the letter, but Poole says nothing came except circulars by post. Utterson concludes the letter must have come by the laboratory door and may have been written in the cabinet. That evening he shows the note to his clerk, Mr. Guest, who knows handwriting. Guest compares it with a dinner invitation from Jekyll and finds the hands nearly identical, only sloped differently. Utterson locks the note away.
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