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The Cheque






Mr Utterson looked shocked.' Oh, dear! ' he said.' That's a terrible story! '

'Yes, I agree, ' said Mr Enfield. 'It's a shocking story. Nobody would like the unpleasant man who hurt the girl. But another man signed the cheque, and he is exactly the opposite. A really fine, honest man, and very famous for his good work.'

' What is the name of the man who walked over the child? ' asked Mr Utterson.

' His name is Mr Hyde, ' said Mr Enfield.

'And the man who signed the cheque? Does he live in that house? ' asked Mr Utterson.'Do you know? '

' Behind that door? ' Mr Enfield said.' No, he doesn't. His house is in a square, but I don't remember the name of the square. The place behind the door doesn't really seem like a house. There are three windows on the first floor over the courtyard. They are always shut, but they are clean. Somebody lives there. But the houses are all near together round the courtyard. You can't be sure how many there are. There doesn't seem to be another door. And nobody uses the door that I showed you. Except the man that I have told you about.'

Mr Utterson walked in silence. It was clear that he was thinking. At last he said, 'Are you sure that he used a key? '

Mr Enfield was clearly surprised. 'Well...' he began.

The lawyer continued, ' I'm sorry. It must seem a strange question, but there is a reason for it. I already know the name of the man who signed the cheque.'

' If someone knows something about this, it is Lanyon, ' he thought.

He soon reached Cavendish Square and his friend's house. Dr Lanyon's servant was glad to see Mr Utterson, and took the lawyer straight to the dining-room. Dr Lanyon was finishing his dinner. The doctor was a happy, healthy man with a red face. When he saw Mr Utterson, he jumped up.

' It's good to see you, Utterson, ' he said.' Sit down and make yourself comfortable.'

They always enjoyed their visits. After a little general talk, the lawyer spoke about Dr Jekyll.

'You and I, Lanyon, are surely Henry Jekyll's two oldest friends, ' he said.

' It is a pity that the friends are not younger, ' said Dr Lanyon, smiling. 'But, yes, we probably are his oldest friends. But I don't see him very often now.'

'Oh? Is that right? I'm surprised to hear it, ' said Mr Utterson.'I thought that you were both interested in the same scientific work.'

' We were, ' Dr Lanyon replied.' But then Henry Jekyll began to have some strange ideas. Ideas that I could not agree with. He began to go wrong, or that is my opinion. How? Wrong in the mind, I think. Of course, I am still interested in him.'

Utterson waited for a minute, then asked, ' Did you ever meet a man that he knows — a man with the name of Hyde? '

' Hyde? ' said Lanyon quickly.' No. I never heard Henry Jekyll say that name.'

And that was all the information that Mr Utterson went home with that evening. But Enfield's story did not leave his mind. He could not stop thinking about it, and he slept badly that night.

' I must see this Mr Hyde, ' he thought.' I must see this man that Enfield hates so strongly. The man seems to have power over Henry Jekyll. Perhaps then I shall understand the mystery of DrJekyll's will.'


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