Utterson is blunt he is sure that he can never like Hyde. He says that he has "a very great interest in Hyde," and that if he is "taken away," he wants Utterson to promise him that Hyde will get everything entitled to him in Jekyll's will. Jekyll says that he hopes that the two of them will never talk about "poor Hyde" again. Utterson is silent he gazes into the fire, then gets to his feet. He says that he knows Utterson means well, and that of all his friends, he would trust Utterson to help him most, but that "it is not so bad as that." He says that he can, at any moment he chooses, "be rid of Hyde." He profusely thanks Utterson for his concern, and then asks him to look on the subject as a private matter and "let it sleep." He promises that, if he can, he will get Jekyll out of this "painful relationship." But Jekyll's mind is resolute. Utterson pleads with his old friend to "make a clean breast" he will keep everything confidential. a very strange one." Jekyll says that his relationship with Hyde is "one of those affairs that cannot be mended by talking." Concerning Hyde, Jekyll says that Utterson will never understand. But Utterson insists: "What I heard was abominable." Jekyll says that he wants to hear no more. When Jekyll hears the name of Hyde, the narrator tells us, "the large, handsome face of Dr. He tells Jekyll that he disapproves of the will more strongly now than ever because of some new information that he has concerning Edward Hyde. In answer, Jekyll says that he knows that Utterson disapproves of the will. He says again that he strongly disapproves of the terms of Jekyll's will. He returns to the original subject of Dr. Utterson, however, is firm about the subject at hand. I was never more disappointed in any man than Lanyon." Lanyon, he says, is "an ignorant, blatant pedant. Lanyon is limited - too old-fashioned and conservative, too much of a "hide-bound pedant." Then Jekyll becomes more emotional.
Jekyll says that he still likes Lanyon, but that as a scientist, Dr. Lanyon told Jekyll were "scientific heresies." Lanyon's distaste for Jekyll's scientific interests, interests which Dr. Jekyll, however, unknowingly reveals more to us - and to Utterson - about Dr.
Lanyon did not reveal to Utterson his real reason for being so disappointed in Jekyll. Assuming a feigned, light-hearted and rather condescending tone, Jekyll chides Utterson for being so concerned about the will. He asks Jekyll about his will.Īt this point, the narrator speaks to us directly he says that "a close observer" might have detected that the topic was "distasteful" to Jekyll, but that Jekyll very carefully controlled his reactions to Utterson's question. Tonight, as they sit beside a crackling fire, Jekyll, a large man of perhaps fifty, warmly smiles at Utterson, and the lawyer answers Jekyll's smile with a question. Often, after his guests have departed, he and Utterson have sat and talked together, quietly relaxing after the noisy chatter of the dinner party. In fact, Jekyll is pleased, for he likes Utterson very much.
Utterson has often been one of the last guests to leave Jekyll's dinner parties, so Jekyll thinks nothing of Utterson's lingering behind. As usual, the food is superb, the wine good, and Utterson manages to be the last guest to leave. Jekyll's old cronies are invited, and among them is Mr.
Jekyll gives a small dinner party, for which, we gather, he is well known, for the narrator refers to it as being "one of his pleasant dinners." Five or six of Dr.
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