Chapter 2
The Lawyer Seeks Hyde's Face and Makes a Promise
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1 It is Sunday dusk over Gaunt Street, seen from above the roofs.
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2 Mr. Utterson breaks his Sunday habit and goes alone with a candle into his dark business room.
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3 Alone late on Sunday night, Mr. Utterson studies Dr. Jekyll's will by a single candle
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4 Dr. Jekyll's handwritten will lies open under Mr. Utterson's candle on the green leather desk.
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5 By the light of one candle, Mr. Utterson pushes Jekyll's will back into the dark of his iron safe.
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6 Mr. Utterson walks fast and alone down a lamplit London street toward Dr. Lanyon's house
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7 Dr Lanyon jumps up from his wine and holds out both hands to Utterson
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8 At Lanyon's gaslit table, Utterson leans in and brings the easy talk round to Henry Jekyll
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9 Over his wine, Dr. Lanyon suddenly flushes purple and bangs his fist on the mahogany
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10 Seen from above, Dr. Lanyon's hand relaxes out of a fist beside his glass on the gaslit mahogany.
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11 Across Dr Lanyon's table, Mr Utterson sits very still and calmly drops the name Hyde
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12 Utterson is seen from behind, over his shoulder, in Lanyon's gaslit dining-room.
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13 Mr. Utterson lies awake in his dark four-poster, turning Hyde's name over in his mind
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14 In the small hours, the lawyer lies awake in his dark four-poster, kept up by questions
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15 In Utterson's sleepless vision, a night city stretches out as an endless grid of gas lamps.
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16 In Utterson's dream, the figure that haunts him stands still under a harsh street lamp.
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17 In the noon rush, Mr. Utterson stands still among shoppers, staring at the blistered door
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18 Utterson stands alone at night on the by-street across from the blistered door.
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19 On a still, frosty night after ten, Mr. Utterson stands small and motionless by the blistered door.
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22 Mr. Utterson steps out of the dark court entry and reaches for Hyde's shoulder.
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23 Hyde flinches from the lawyer's touch at the old door.
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25 On a frosty night by the blistered door, Mr. Utterson politely asks to see Hyde's face.
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26 On the frosty step before the blistered door, Hyde turns to face Utterson in the gaslight.
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27 At the blistered door, Mr. Hyde smiles thinly and gives the lawyer an address in Soho
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28 Hyde has just given his Soho address, and Utterson wonders whether Hyde has his eye on the will too.
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30 Hyde's cold composure breaks when he hears Jekyll's name.
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31 Mr. Hyde gives a savage laugh and slips through the old blistered door into the dark.
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32 After Hyde disappears, Mr. Utterson walks slowly up the frosty, lamplit by-street alone
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33 Alone, Utterson presses his fingers to his brow and names his disgust: Satan's signature
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34 On a frosty night, Mr. Utterson comes round the corner into a square of shabby old houses.
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35 Hat in hand on Dr Jekyll's step, Utterson asks Poole whether the doctor is at home
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36 Poole shows Utterson in from the frosty street to Dr Jekyll's low, flagged hall.
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37 Alone in Jekyll's firelit hall, Utterson leans heavily on the tall brass fender.
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38 Alone at the fender, Utterson feels menaced by Jekyll's hall, London's pleasantest room
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39 In the firelit hall of Dr. Jekyll's house, Poole calmly says that Mr. Hyde has a key.
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40 In Jekyll's firelit hall, Poole quietly tells Utterson the servants must obey Mr. Hyde
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41 Poole points into the dark passage, telling Utterson Hyde comes and goes by the laboratory
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42 Mr. Utterson takes grave leave of the butler in Jekyll's firelit hall, still uneasy
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43 After meeting Hyde, Utterson walks home alone down a long, frost-bright London street.
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44 Utterson stops under a gas lamp on the frosty walk home.
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45 The other guests have left.
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46 Dr. Jekyll sits back in his green leather armchair in the firelight after dinner
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47 After the guests leave, Utterson leans forward by the fire and raises the will
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48 Across the fire after dinner, Utterson brings up Hyde's name.
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49 At the first mention of Hyde, Dr. Jekyll's face goes white to the lips
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50 Utterson has just called what he heard "abominable".
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51 Across the hearth, Utterson leans toward his friend with an open palm.
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52 By the late fire, Dr. Jekyll leans across the hearth and holds out his hand to Utterson.
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53 While Jekyll waits for his answer, Utterson looks into the low coal fire and thinks.
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54 Utterson has risen to leave.
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55 By the dying fire, Jekyll grips Utterson's sleeve and asks justice for Hyde
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56 Utterson lets out a sigh he cannot hold back and gives Jekyll his promise against his own judgement.
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