Read the excerpt from 4 chapter 4 of The Strange Case
The plot creates
by making the reader
of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
wonder why Mr. Hyde iS away from home for such
An ivory-faced and silvery-haired old woman opened
extended periods of time.
the door. She had an evil face, smoothed by hypocrisy:
but her manners were excellent. Yes, she said, this was
Mr. Hyde's, but he was not at home; he had been in
that night very late, but he had gone away again in less
than an hour; there was nothing strange in that; his
habits were
very irregular, and he was often absent; for
instance, it was nearly two months since she had seen
him till yesterday.