Robert Louis Stevenson's Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

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  1. holograph
    handwritten book or document
    The will was holograph, for Mr. Utterson, though he took charge of it now that it was made, had refused to lend the least assistance in the making of it; it provided not only that, in case of the decease of Henry Jekyll, M.D., D.C.L., L.L.D., F.R.S
  2. conveyancing
    act of transferring property title from one person to another
    "They have only differed on some point of science," he thought; and being a man of no scientific passions (except in the matter of conveyancing), he even added: "It is nothing worse than that!"
  3. Juggernaut
    a crude idol of Krishna
    It wasn't like a man; it was like some damned Juggernaut.
  4. lawyer
    a professional person authorized for legal practice
    STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON 1) STORY OF THE DOOR MR. UTTERSON the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance, that was never lighted by a smile; cold, scanty and embarrassed in discourse; backward in sentiment; l
  5. Damon and Pythias
    (Greek mythology) according to a Greek legend: when Pythias was sentenced to be executed Damon took his place to allow Pythias to get his affairs in order; when Pythias returned in time to save Damon the king was so impressed that he let them both live
    Such unscientific balderdash," added the doctor, flushing suddenly purple, "would have estranged Damon and Pythias."
  6. pedant
    a person who is preoccupied with rules and learning
    I never saw a man so distressed as you were by my will; unless it were that hide-bound pedant, Lanyon, at what he called my scientific heresies.
  7. insubstantial
    lacking material form
    It was worse when it began to be clothed upon with detestable attributes; and out of the shifting, insubstantial mists that had so long baffled his eye, there leaped up the sudden, definite presentment of a fiend.
  8. estrange
    remove from customary environment or associations
    Such unscientific balderdash," added the doctor, flushing suddenly purple, "would have estranged Damon and Pythias."
  9. reputable
    held in high esteem and honor
    In this character, it was frequently his fortune to be the last reputable acquaintance and the last good influence in the lives of down-going men.
  10. baffle
    be a mystery or bewildering to
    It was worse when it began to be clothed upon with detestable attributes; and out of the shifting, insubstantial mists that had so long baffled his eye, there leaped up the sudden, definite presentment of a fiend.
  11. transpire
    come about, happen, or occur
    Something troglodytic, shall we say? or can it be the old story of Dr. Fell? or is it the mere radiance of a foul soul that thus transpires through, and transfigures, its clay continent?
  12. ramble
    move about aimlessly or without any destination
    It chanced on one of these rambles that their way led them down a by-street in a busy quarter of London.
  13. harpy
    a kind of fruit bat
    And all the time, as we were pitching it in red hot, we were keeping the women off him as best we could, for they were as wild as harpies.
  14. condone
    excuse, overlook, or make allowances for
    Ay, it must be that; the ghost of some old sin, the cancer of some concealed disgrace: punishment coming, PEDE CLAUDO, years after memory has forgotten and self-love condoned the fault."
  15. Soho
    a city district of central London now noted for restaurants and nightclubs
    And he gave a number of a street in Soho.
  16. geniality
    a disposition to be friendly and approachable
    The geniality, as was the way of the man, was somewhat theatrical to the eye; but it reposed on genuine feeling.
  17. disquietude
    feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable
    The lawyer stood awhile when Mr. Hyde had left him, the picture of disquietude.
  18. bagpipe
    a tubular wind instrument
    He was the usual cut-and-dry apothecary, of no particular age and colour, with a strong Edinburgh accent, and about as emotional as a bagpipe.
  19. apocryphal
    being of questionable authenticity
    I took the liberty of pointing out to my gentleman that the whole 7) business looked apocryphal, and that a man does not, in real life, walk into a cellar door at four in the morning and come out of it with another man's cheque for close upon a hundred pounds.
  20. presentment
    an official, written accusation of a crime
    It was worse when it began to be clothed upon with detestable attributes; and out of the shifting, insubstantial mists that had so long baffled his eye, there leaped up the sudden, definite presentment of a fiend.
  21. fanciful
    indulging in or influenced by the imagination
    It offended him both as a lawyer and as a lover of the sane and customary sides of life, to whom the fanciful was the immodest.
  22. intake
    an opening through which fluid is admitted to a tube
    Mr. Hyde shrank back with a hissing intake of the breath.
  23. entry
    the act of going in
    Two doors from one corner, on the left hand going east, the line was broken by the entry of a court; and just at that point, a certain sinister block of building thrust forward its gable on the street.
  24. situate
    determine or indicate the place or limits of
    "I am painfully situated, Utterson; my position is a very strange--a very strange one.
  25. besiege
    surround so as to force to give up
    It was a night of little ease to his toiling mind, toiling in mere darkness and besieged by questions.
  26. reprove
    reprimand, scold, or express dissatisfaction with
    But he had an approved tolerance for others; sometimes wondering, almost with envy, at the high pressure of spirits involved in their misdeeds; and in any extremity inclined to help rather than to reprove. 2) "I incline to Cain's heresy," he used to say quaintly: "I let my brother go to the devil in his own way."
  27. blatant
    without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious
    Oh, I know he's a good fellow--you needn't frown--an excellent fellow, and I always mean to see more of him; but a hide-bound pedant for all that; an ignorant, blatant pedant.
  28. unobtrusive
    not undesirably noticeable
    Hosts loved to detain the dry lawyer, when the light-hearted and the loose-tongued had already their foot on the threshold; they liked to sit a while in his unobtrusive company, practising for solitude, sobering their minds in the man's rich silence after the expense and strain of gaiety.
  29. incline
    lower or bend, as in a nod or bow
    But he had an approved tolerance for others; sometimes wondering, almost with envy, at the high pressure of spirits involved in their misdeeds; and in any extremity inclined to help rather than to reprove. 2) "I incline to Cain's heresy," he used to say quaintly: "I let my brother go to the devil in his own way."
  30. ready-made
    made for purchase and immediate use
    It is the mark of a modest man to accept his friendly circle ready-made from the hands of opportunity; and that was the lawyer's way.
  31. footfall
    the sound of a step of someone walking
    In the course of his nightly patrols, he had long grown accustomed to the quaint effect with which the footfalls of a single person, while he is still a great way off, suddenly spring out distinct from the vast hum and clatter of the city.
  32. dapper
    marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners
    This was a hearty, healthy, dapper, red-faced gentleman, with a shock of hair prematurely white, and a boisterous and decided manner.
  33. nausea
    the state that precedes vomiting
    But to-night there was a shudder in his blood; the face of Hyde sat heavy on his memory; he felt (what was rare with him) a nausea and distaste of life; and in the gloom of his spirits, he seemed to read a menace in the flickering of the firelight on the polished cabinets and the uneasy starting of the shadow on the roof.
  34. transparency
    the quality of being clear
    For once more he saw before his mind's eye, as clear as a transparency, the strange clauses of the will. 24) DR. JEKYLL WAS QUITE AT EASE A FORTNIGHT later, by excellent good fortune, the doctor gave one of his pleasant dinners to some five or six old cronies, all intelligent, reputable men and all judges of good wine; and Mr. Utterson so contrived that he remained behind after the others had departed.
  35. heresy
    a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion
    But he had an approved tolerance for others; sometimes wondering, almost with envy, at the high pressure of spirits involved in their misdeeds; and in any extremity inclined to help rather than to reprove. 2) "I incline to Cain's heresy," he used to say quaintly: "I let my brother go to the devil in his own way."
  36. inordinate
    beyond normal limits
    And still the figure had no face by which he might know it; even in his dreams, it had no face, or one that baffled him and melted before his eyes; and thus it was that there sprang up and grew apace in the lawyer's mind a singularly strong, almost an inordinate, curiosity to behold the features of the real Mr. Hyde.
  37. estranged
    caused to be unloved
    Such unscientific balderdash," added the doctor, flushing suddenly purple, "would have estranged Damon and Pythias."
  38. self-love
    an exceptional interest in and admiration for yourself
    Ay, it must be that; the ghost of some old sin, the cancer of some concealed disgrace: punishment coming, PEDE CLAUDO, years after memory has forgotten and self-love condoned the fault."
  39. decease
    the event of dying or departure from life
    The will was holograph, for Mr. Utterson, though he took charge of it now that it was made, had refused to lend the least assistance in the making of it; it provided not only that, in case of the decease of Henry Jekyll, M.D., D.C.L., L.L.D., F.R.S., etc., all his possessions were to pass into the hands of his "friend and benefactor Edward Hyde," but that in case of 12) Dr. Jekyll's "disappearance or unexplained absence for any period exceeding three calendar months," the said Edward ...
  40. dissect
    cut open or cut apart
    "I saw Mr. Hyde go in by the old dissecting-room door, Poole," he said.
  41. endorse
    approve of
    There he opened his safe, took from the most private part of it a document endorsed on the envelope as Dr. Jekyll's Will, and sat down with a clouded brow to study its contents.
  42. florid
    elaborately or excessively ornamented
    Even on Sunday, when it veiled its more florid charms and lay comparatively empty of passage, the street shone out in contrast to its dingy neighbourhood, like a fire in a forest; and with its freshly painted shutters, well-polished brasses, and general cleanliness and gaiety of note, instantly caught and pleased the eye of the passenger.
  43. moulding
    sculpture produced by molding
    Tramps slouched into the recess and struck matches on 4) the panels; children kept shop upon the steps; the schoolboy had tried his knife on the mouldings; and for close on a generation, no one had appeared to drive away these random visitors or to repair their ravages.
  44. protege
    a person who receives support from an influential patron
    "Did you ever come across a protege of his--one Hyde?" he asked.
  45. corner
    the point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect
    Two doors from one corner, on the left hand going east, the line was broken by the entry of a court; and just at that point, a certain sinister block of building thrust forward its gable on the street.
  46. ballroom
    large room used mainly for dancing
    It was a fine dry night; frost in the air; the streets as clean as a ballroom floor; the lamps, unshaken, by any wind, drawing a regular pattern of light and shadow.
  47. apothecary
    a health professional who prepares and dispenses drugs
    He was the usual cut-and-dry apothecary, of no particular age and colour, with a strong Edinburgh accent, and about as emotional as a bagpipe.
  48. genuine
    not fake or counterfeit
    The figure was stiff; but the signature was good for more than that, if it was only genuine.
  49. country house
    a house on an estate in the country
    "I will see, Mr. Utterson," said Poole, admitting the visitor, as he spoke, into a large, low-roofed, comfortable hall, paved with flags, warmed (after the fashion of a country house) by a bright, open fire, and furnished with costly cabinets of oak.
  50. resume
    take up or begin anew
    Mr. Utterson sighed deeply but said never a word; and the young man presently resumed.
  51. nocturnal
    belonging to or active during the night
    He would be aware of the great field of lamps of a nocturnal city; then of the figure of a man walking swiftly; then of a child running from the doctor's; and then these met, and that human Juggernaut trod the child down and passed on regardless of her screams.
  52. sneer
    a facial expression of contempt or scorn
    I never saw a circle of such hateful faces; and there was the man in the middle, with a kind of black, sneering coolness--frightened too, I could see that--but carrying it off, sir, really like Satan.
  53. figure
    alternate name for the body of a human being
    All at once, I saw two figures: one a little man who was stumping along eastward at a good walk, and the other a girl of maybe eight or ten who was running as hard as she was able down a cross street.
  54. obnoxious
    causing disapproval or protest
    "I thought it was madness," he said, as he replaced the obnoxious paper in the safe, "and now I begin to fear it is disgrace."
  55. gable
    the triangular wall between the sloping ends of a roof
    Two doors from one corner, on the left hand going east, the line was broken by the entry of a court; and just at that point, a certain sinister block of building thrust forward its gable on the street.
  56. forgery
    criminal falsification by making or altering an instrument
    I gave in the check myself, and said I had every reason to believe it was a forgery.
  57. approve
    judge to be right or commendable; think well of
    But he had an approved tolerance for others; sometimes wondering, almost with envy, at the high pressure of spirits involved in their misdeeds; and in any extremity inclined to help rather than to reprove. 2) "I incline to Cain's heresy," he used to say quaintly: "I let my brother go to the devil in his own way."
  58. harry
    make a pillaging or destructive raid on, as in wartimes
    The last, I think; for, O my poor old Harry Jekyll, if ever I read Satan's signature upon a face, it is on that of your new friend."
  59. open fire
    start firing a weapon
    "I will see, Mr. Utterson," said Poole, admitting the visitor, as he spoke, into a large, low-roofed, comfortable hall, paved with flags, warmed (after the fashion of a country house) by a bright, open fire, and furnished with costly cabinets of oak.
  60. labyrinth
    complex system of paths in which it is easy to get lost
    The figure in these two phases haunted the lawyer all night; and if at any time he dozed over, it was but to see it glide more stealthily through sleeping houses, or move the more swiftly and still the more swiftly, even to dizziness, through wider labyrinths of lamplighted city, and at every street-corner crush a child and leave her screaming.
  61. boisterous
    marked by exuberance and high spirits
    This was a hearty, healthy, dapper, red-faced gentleman, with a shock of hair prematurely white, and a boisterous and decided manner.
  62. clause
    a separate section of a legal document
    He might see a reason for his friend's strange preference or bondage (call it which you please) and even for the startling clause of the will.
  63. mortify
    cause to feel shame
    He was austere with himself; drank gin when he was alone, to mortify a taste for vintages; and though he enjoyed the theatre, had not crossed the doors of one for twenty years.
  64. caper
    a playful leap or hop
    Black-mail, I suppose; an honest man paying through the nose for some of the capers of his youth.
  65. scroll
    a document that can be rolled up (as for storage)
    Hitherto it had touched him on the intellectual side alone; but now his imagination also was engaged, or rather enslaved; and as he lay and tossed in the gross darkness of the night and the curtained room, Mr. Enfield's tale went by 15) before his mind in a scroll of lighted pictures.
  66. timidity
    fear of the unknown or fear of making decisions
    Mr. Hyde was pale and dwarfish, he gave an impression of deformity without any nameable malformation, he had a displeasing smile, he had borne himself to the lawyer with a sort of murderous mixture of timidity and boldness, and he spoke with a husky, whispering and somewhat broken voice; all these were points against him, but not all of these together could explain the hitherto unknown disgust, loathing, and fear with which Mr. Utterson regarded him.
  67. negligence
    failure to act with the prudence of a reasonable person
    It was two stories high; showed no window, nothing but a door on the lower story and a blind forehead of discoloured wall on the upper; and bore in every feature, the marks of prolonged and sordid negligence.
  68. repose
    freedom from activity
    The geniality, as was the way of the man, was somewhat theatrical to the eye; but it reposed on genuine feeling.
  69. ravage
    cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
    Tramps slouched into the recess and struck matches on 4) the panels; children kept shop upon the steps; the schoolboy had tried his knife on the mouldings; and for close on a generation, no one had appeared to drive away these random visitors or to repair their ravages.
  70. solitude
    a state of social isolation
    In the morning before office hours, at noon when business was plenty, and time scarce, at night under the face of the fogged city moon, by all lights and at all hours of solitude or concourse, the lawyer was to be found on his chosen post.
  71. chuckle
    a soft partly suppressed laugh
    "I wish the friends were younger," chuckled Dr. Lanyon.
  72. topic
    the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
    A close observer might have gathered that the topic was distasteful; but the doctor carried it off gaily.
  73. blister
    an elevation of the skin filled with fluid
    The door, which was equipped with neither bell nor knocker, was blistered and distained.
  74. contrive
    make or work out a plan for; devise
    For once more he saw before his mind's eye, as clear as a transparency, the strange clauses of the will. 24) DR. JEKYLL WAS QUITE AT EASE A FORTNIGHT later, by excellent good fortune, the doctor gave one of his pleasant dinners to some five or six old cronies, all intelligent, reputable men and all judges of good wine; and Mr. Utterson so contrived that he remained behind after the others had departed.
  75. precede
    be earlier in time
    Small sounds carried far; domestic sounds out of the houses were clearly audible on either side of the roadway; and the rumour of the approach of any passenger preceded him by a long time.
  76. dingy
    thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot
    Even on Sunday, when it veiled its more florid charms and lay comparatively empty of passage, the street shone out in contrast to its dingy neighbourhood, like a fire in a forest; and with its freshly painted shutters, well-polished brasses, and general cleanliness and gaiety of note, instantly caught and pleased the eye of the passenger.
  77. abreast
    alongside each other, facing in the same direction
    Mr. Enfield and the lawyer were on the other side of the by-street; but when they came abreast of the entry, the former lifted up his cane and pointed.
  78. doze
    a light fitful sleep
    The figure in these two phases haunted the lawyer all night; and if at any time he dozed over, it was but to see it glide more stealthily through sleeping houses, or move the more swiftly and still the more swiftly, even to dizziness, through wider labyrinths of lamplighted city, and at every street-corner crush a child and leave her screaming.
  79. sordid
    foul and run-down and repulsive
    It was two stories high; showed no window, nothing but a door on the lower story and a blind forehead of discoloured wall on the upper; and bore in every feature, the marks of prolonged and sordid negligence.
  80. austere
    of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor
    He was austere with himself; drank gin when he was alone, to mortify a taste for vintages; and though he enjoyed the theatre, had not crossed the doors of one for twenty years.
  81. schoolboy
    a boy attending school
    Tramps slouched into the recess and struck matches on 4) the panels; children kept shop upon the steps; the schoolboy had tried his knife on the mouldings; and for close on a generation, no one had appeared to drive away these random visitors or to repair their ravages.
  82. sleeper
    a rester who is in slumber
    Or else he would see a room in a rich house, where his friend lay asleep, dreaming and smiling at his dreams; and then the door of that room would be opened, the curtains of the bed plucked apart, the sleeper recalled, and lo! there would stand by his side a figure to whom power was given, and even at that dead hour, he must rise and do its bidding.
  83. story
    a record or narrative description of past events
    STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON 1) STORY OF THE DOOR MR. UTTERSON the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance, that was never lighted by a smile; cold, scanty and embarrassed in discourse; backward in sentiment; lean, long, dusty, dreary, and yet somehow lovable.
  84. abominable
    unequivocally detestable
    "What I heard was abominable," said Utterson.
  85. scarce
    deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand
    I never saw a man I so disliked, and yet I scarce know why.
  86. memory
    the cognitive process whereby past experience is remembered
    And it's not want of memory; for I declare I can see him this moment."
  87. benefactor
    a person who helps people or institutions
    The will was holograph, for Mr. Utterson, though he took charge of it now that it was made, had refused to lend the least assistance in the making of it; it provided not only that, in case of the decease of Henry Jekyll, M.D., D.C.L., L.L.D., F.R.S., etc., all his possessions were to pass into the hands of his "friend and benefactor Edward Hyde," but that in case of 12) Dr. Jekyll's "disappearance or unexplained absence for any period exceeding three calendar months," the said Edward ...
  88. bland
    lacking taste or flavor or tang
    You sit quietly on the top of a hill; and away the stone goes, starting others; and presently some bland old bird (the last you would have thought of) is knocked on the head in his own back-garden and the family have to change their name.
  89. audible
    heard or perceptible by the ear
    Small sounds carried far; domestic sounds out of the houses were clearly audible on either side of the roadway; and the rumour of the approach of any passenger preceded him by a long time.
  90. radiance
    an attractive combination of good health and happiness
    Something troglodytic, shall we say? or can it be the old story of Dr. Fell? or is it the mere radiance of a foul soul that thus transpires through, and transfigures, its clay continent?
  91. shady
    sheltered from the sun's rays
    Round the corner from the by-street, there was a square of ancient, handsome houses, now for the most part decayed from their high estate and let in flats and chambers to all sorts and conditions of men: map-engravers, architects, shady lawyers, and the agents of obscure enterprises.
  92. bondage
    the state of being under the control of another person
    He might see a reason for his friend's strange preference or bondage (call it which you please) and even for the startling clause of the will.
  93. gaunt
    very thin, especially from disease or hunger or cold
    "I am an old friend of Dr. Jekyll's--Mr. Utter- 18) son of Gaunt Street--you must have heard my name; and meeting you so conveniently, I thought you might admit me."
  94. specify
    be particular about
    He must be deformed somewhere; he gives a strong feeling of deformity, although I couldn't specify the point.
  95. citadel
    a stronghold for shelter during a battle
    With that he blew out his candle, put on a great-coat, and set forth in the direction of Cavendish Square, that citadel of medicine, where his friend, the great Dr. Lanyon, had his house and received his crowding patients.
  96. composure
    steadiness of mind under stress
    He gave his friend a few seconds to recover his composure, and then approached the question he had come to put.
  97. haunt
    follow stealthily or pursue like a ghost
    The figure in these two phases haunted the lawyer all night; and if at any time he dozed over, it was but to see it glide more stealthily through sleeping houses, or move the more swiftly and still the more swiftly, even to dizziness, through wider labyrinths of lamplighted city, and at every street-corner crush a child and leave her screaming.
  98. toil
    work hard
    It was a night of little ease to his toiling mind, toiling in mere darkness and besieged by questions.
  99. acknowledgment
    the state or quality of being recognized
    But he kept his feelings to himself and only grunted in acknowledgment of the address.
  100. calendar
    a system of timekeeping that defines divisions of the year
    The will was holograph, for Mr. Utterson, though he took charge of it now that it was made, had refused to lend the least assistance in the making of it; it provided not only that, in case of the decease of Henry Jekyll, M.D., D.C.L., L.L.D., F.R.S., etc., all his possessions were to pass into the hands of his "friend and benefactor Edward Hyde," but that in case of 12) Dr. Jekyll's "disappearance or unexplained absence for any period exceeding three calendar months," the said Edward ...
  101. studied
    produced or marked by conscious design or premeditation
    "But I have studied the place for myself," continued Mr. Enfield.
  102. chamber
    a natural or artificial enclosed space
    And to such as these, so long as they came about his chambers, he never marked a shade of change in his demeanour.
  103. enduring
    unceasing
    At least it would be a face worth seeing: the face of a man who was without bowels of mercy: a face which had but to show itself to raise up, in the mind of the unimpressionable Enfield, a spirit of enduring hatred.
  104. kinsman
    a male relative
    Hence, no doubt, the bond that united him to Mr. Richard Enfield, his distant kinsman, the well-known man about town.
  105. random
    lacking any definite plan or order or purpose
    Tramps slouched into the recess and struck matches on 4) the panels; children kept shop upon the steps; the schoolboy had tried his knife on the mouldings; and for close on a generation, no one had appeared to drive away these random visitors or to repair their ravages.
  106. scanty
    lacking in extent or quantity
    STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON 1) STORY OF THE DOOR MR. UTTERSON the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance, that was never lighted by a smile; cold, scanty and embarrassed in discourse; backward in sentiment; lean, long, dusty, dreary, and yet somehow lovable.
  107. sinister
    wicked, evil, or dishonorable
    Two doors from one corner, on the left hand going east, the line was broken by the entry of a court; and just at that point, a certain sinister block of building thrust forward its gable on the street.
  108. square
    a polygon with four equal sides and four right angles
    "But I happen to have noticed his address; he lives in some square or other."
  109. odd
    not divisible by two
    "Did you ever remark that door?" he asked; and when his companion had replied in the affirmative, "It is connected in my mind," added he, "with a very odd story."
  110. document
    a representation of a person's thinking with symbolic marks
    There he opened his safe, took from the most private part of it a document endorsed on the envelope as Dr. Jekyll's Will, and sat down with a clouded brow to study its contents.
  111. shifting
    changing position or direction
    It was worse when it began to be clothed upon with detestable attributes; and out of the shifting, insubstantial mists that had so long baffled his eye, there leaped up the sudden, definite presentment of a fiend.
  112. bond
    a connection that fastens things together
    Hence, no doubt, the bond that united him to Mr. Richard Enfield, his distant kinsman, the well-known man about town.
  113. recall
    bring to mind
    From this he was recalled by Mr. Utterson asking rather suddenly: "And you don't know if the drawer of the cheque lives there?" 8) "A likely place, isn't it?" returned Mr. Enfield.
  114. theatrical
    of or relating to the stage
    The geniality, as was the way of the man, was somewhat theatrical to the eye; but it reposed on genuine feeling.
  115. relish
    vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment
    "I shake hands on that, Richard." 11) SEARCH FOR MR. HYDE THAT evening Mr. Utterson came home to his bachelor house in sombre spirits and sat down to dinner without relish.
  116. exceeding
    far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree
    The will was holograph, for Mr. Utterson, though he took charge of it now that it was made, had refused to lend the least assistance in the making of it; it provided not only that, in case of the decease of Henry Jekyll, M.D., D.C.L., L.L.D., F.R.S., etc., all his possessions were to pass into the hands of his "friend and benefactor Edward Hyde," but that in case of 12) Dr. Jekyll's "disappearance or unexplained absence for any period exceeding three calendar months," the said Edward ...
  117. celebrate
    have a festivity
    For my man was a fellow that nobody could have to do with, a really damnable man; and the person that drew the cheque is the very pink of the proprieties, celebrated too, and (what makes it worse) one of your fellows who do what they call good.
  118. London
    the capital and largest city of England
    It chanced on one of these rambles that their way led them down a by-street in a busy quarter of London.
  119. menace
    something that is a source of danger
    But to-night there was a shudder in his blood; the face of Hyde sat heavy on his memory; he felt (what was rare with him) a nausea and distaste of life; and in the gloom of his spirits, he seemed to read a menace in the flickering of the firelight on the polished cabinets and the uneasy starting of the shadow on the roof.
  120. cabinet
    a storage compartment for clothes and valuables
    "I will see, Mr. Utterson," said Poole, admitting the visitor, as he spoke, into a large, low-roofed, comfortable hall, paved with flags, warmed (after the fashion of a country house) by a bright, open fire, and furnished with costly cabinets of oak.
  121. court
    an assembly to conduct judicial business
    Two doors from one corner, on the left hand going east, the line was broken by the entry of a court; and just at that point, a certain sinister block of building thrust forward its gable on the street.
  122. ease
    freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort
    It was a night of little ease to his toiling mind, toiling in mere darkness and besieged by questions.
  123. touch
    make physical contact with, come in contact with
    "I think you might have warned me," returned the other, with a touch of sullenness.
  124. dusty
    covered with a layer of fine powdery material
    STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON 1) STORY OF THE DOOR MR. UTTERSON the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance, that was never lighted by a smile; cold, scanty and embarrassed in discourse; backward in sentiment; lean, long, dusty, dreary, and yet somehow lovable.
  125. thrive
    make steady progress
    The street was small and what is called quiet, but it drove a thriving trade on the week-days.
  126. somewhat
    to a small degree or extent
    The geniality, as was the way of the man, was somewhat theatrical to the eye; but it reposed on genuine feeling.
  127. surplus
    a quantity much larger than is needed
    The inhabitants were all doing well, it seemed, and all emulously hoping to do better still, and laying out the surplus of their gains in coquetry; so that the shop fronts stood along that thoroughfare with an air of invitation, like rows of smiling saleswomen.
  128. describe
    give a statement representing something
    "He is not easy to describe.
  129. stump
    the base part that remains after a tree has been felled
    All at once, I saw two figures: one a little man who was stumping along eastward at a good walk, and the other a girl of maybe eight or ten who was running as hard as she was able down a cross street.
  130. quaint
    attractively old-fashioned
    In the course of his nightly patrols, he had long grown accustomed to the quaint effect with which the footfalls of a single person, while he is still a great way off, suddenly spring out distinct from the vast hum and clatter of the city.
  131. propriety
    correct behavior
    For my man was a fellow that nobody could have to do with, a really damnable man; and the person that drew the cheque is the very pink of the proprieties, celebrated too, and (what makes it worse) one of your fellows who do what they call good.
  132. plunge
    dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity
    One house, however, second from the corner, was still occupied entire; and at the door of this, which wore a great air of wealth and comfort, though it was now plunged in darkness except for the fan-light, Mr. Utterson stopped and knocked.
  133. divinity
    a supernatural being who is worshipped
    It was his custom of a Sunday, when this meal was over, to sit close by the fire, a volume of some dry divinity on his reading-desk, until the clock of the neighbouring church rang out the hour of twelve, when he would go soberly and gratefully to bed.
  134. customary
    commonly used or practiced
    It offended him both as a lawyer and as a lover of the sane and customary sides of life, to whom the fanciful was the immodest.
  135. replace
    put something back where it belongs
    "I thought it was madness," he said, as he replaced the obnoxious paper in the safe, "and now I begin to fear it is disgrace."
  136. dreary
    lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise
    STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON 1) STORY OF THE DOOR MR. UTTERSON the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance, that was never lighted by a smile; cold, scanty and embarrassed in discourse; backward in sentiment; lean, long, dusty, dreary, and yet somehow lovable.
  137. envelope
    a flat container for a letter or thin package
    There he opened his safe, took from the most private part of it a document endorsed on the envelope as Dr. Jekyll's Will, and sat down with a clouded brow to study its contents.
  138. contrived
    showing effects of planning or manipulation
    For once more he saw before his mind's eye, as clear as a transparency, the strange clauses of the will. 24) DR. JEKYLL WAS QUITE AT EASE A FORTNIGHT later, by excellent good fortune, the doctor gave one of his pleasant dinners to some five or six old cronies, all intelligent, reputable men and all judges of good wine; and Mr. Utterson so contrived that he remained behind after the others had departed.
  139. decay
    the organic phenomenon of rotting
    Round the corner from the by-street, there was a square of ancient, handsome houses, now for the most part decayed from their high estate and let in flats and chambers to all sorts and conditions of men: map-engravers, architects, shady lawyers, and the agents of obscure enterprises.
  140. extraordinary
    highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable
    He's an extraordinary-looking man, and yet I really can name nothing out of the way.
  141. defiance
    a hostile challenge
    Mr. Hyde appeared to hesitate, and then, as if upon some sudden reflection, fronted about with an air of defiance; and the pair stared at each other pretty fixedly for a few seconds.
  142. leap
    move forward by bounds
    It was worse when it began to be clothed upon with detestable attributes; and out of the shifting, insubstantial mists that had so long baffled his eye, there leaped up the sudden, definite presentment of a fiend.
  143. address
    the place where a person or organization can be found
    "But I happen to have noticed his address; he lives in some square or other."
  144. laboratory
    a workplace for the conduct of scientific research
    "Indeed we see very little of 22) him on this side of the house; he mostly comes and goes by the laboratory."
  145. announce
    make known
    He was ashamed of his relief, when Poole presently returned to announce that Dr. Jekyll was gone out.
  146. aware
    having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization
    He would be aware of the great field of lamps of a nocturnal city; then of the figure of a man walking swiftly; then of a child running from the doctor's; and then these met, and that human Juggernaut trod the child down and passed on regardless of her screams.
  147. delicacy
    the quality of being exquisitely fine in appearance
    "No, sir: I had a delicacy," was the reply.
  148. statute
    an act passed by a legislative body
    He was wild when he was young; a long while ago to be sure; but in the law of God, there is no statute of limitations.
  149. equipped
    provided with whatever is necessary for a purpose
    The door, which was equipped with neither bell nor knocker, was blistered and distained.
  150. empty
    holding or containing nothing
    Even on Sunday, when it veiled its more florid charms and lay comparatively empty of passage, the street shone out in contrast to its dingy neighbourhood, like a fire in a forest; and with its freshly painted shutters, well-polished brasses, and general cleanliness and gaiety of note, instantly caught and pleased the eye of the passenger.
  151. raise
    move upwards
    At least it would be a face worth seeing: the face of a man who was without bowels of mercy: a face which had but to show itself to raise up, in the mind of the unimpressionable Enfield, a spirit of enduring hatred.
  152. approach
    move towards
    He gave his friend a few seconds to recover his composure, and then approached the question he had come to put.
  153. circle
    a plane curve with every point equidistant from the center
    It is the mark of a modest man to accept his friendly circle ready-made from the hands of opportunity; and that was the lawyer's way.
  154. affection
    a positive feeling of liking
    His friends were those of his own blood or those whom he had known the longest; his affections, like ivy, were the growth of time, they implied no aptness in the object.
  155. wont
    an established custom
    This hall, in which he was now left alone, was a pet fancy of his friend the doctor's; and Utterson himself was wont to speak of it as the pleasantest room in London.
  156. pluck
    pull lightly but sharply
    Or else he would see a room in a rich house, where his friend lay asleep, dreaming and smiling at his dreams; and then the door of that room would be opened, the curtains of the bed plucked apart, the sleeper recalled, and lo! there would stand by his side a figure to whom power was given, and even at that dead hour, he must rise and do its bidding.
  157. hearty
    showing warm and sincere friendliness
    This was a hearty, healthy, dapper, red-faced gentleman, with a shock of hair prematurely white, and a boisterous and decided manner.
  158. involve
    contain as a part
    But he had an approved tolerance for others; sometimes wondering, almost with envy, at the high pressure of spirits involved in their misdeeds; and in any extremity inclined to help rather than to reprove. 2) "I incline to Cain's heresy," he used to say quaintly: "I let my brother go to the devil in his own way."
  159. uneasy
    causing or fraught with or showing anxiety
    But to-night there was a shudder in his blood; the face of Hyde sat heavy on his memory; he felt (what was rare with him) a nausea and distaste of life; and in the gloom of his spirits, he seemed to read a menace in the flickering of the firelight on the polished cabinets and the uneasy starting of the shadow on the roof.
  160. engage
    consume all of one's attention or time
    Hitherto it had touched him on the intellectual side alone; but now his imagination also was engaged, or rather enslaved; and as he lay and tossed in the gross darkness of the night and the curtained room, Mr. Enfield's tale went by 15) before his mind in a scroll of lighted pictures.
  161. detain
    cause to be slowed down or delayed
    Hosts loved to detain the dry lawyer, when the light-hearted and the loose-tongued had already their foot on the threshold; they liked to sit a while in his unobtrusive company, practising for solitude, sobering their minds in the man's rich silence after the expense and strain of gaiety.
  162. panel
    sheet that forms a distinct section of something
    Tramps slouched into the recess and struck matches on 4) the panels; children kept shop upon the steps; the schoolboy had tried his knife on the mouldings; and for close on a generation, no one had appeared to drive away these random visitors or to repair their ravages.
  163. architect
    someone who creates plans to be used in making something
    Round the corner from the by-street, there was a square of ancient, handsome houses, now for the most part decayed from their high estate and let in flats and chambers to all sorts and conditions of men: map-engravers, architects, shady lawyers, and the agents of obscure enterprises.
  164. equip
    provide with, usually for a specific purpose
    The door, which was equipped with neither bell nor knocker, was blistered and distained.
  165. chimney
    vertical flue carrying smoke through the wall of a building
    And then there is a chimney which is generally smoking; so somebody must live there.
  166. prolong
    lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer
    It was two stories high; showed no window, nothing but a door on the lower story and a blind forehead of discoloured wall on the upper; and bore in every feature, the marks of prolonged and sordid negligence.
  167. foul
    highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
    Something troglodytic, shall we say? or can it be the old story of Dr. Fell? or is it the mere radiance of a foul soul that thus transpires through, and transfigures, its clay continent?
  168. spring
    move forward by leaps and bounds
    At sight of Mr. Utterson, he sprang up from his chair and welcomed him with both hands.
  169. inherit
    receive from a predecessor
    And the danger of it; for if this Hyde suspects the existence of the will, he may grow impatient to inherit.
  170. cancer
    a malignant growth caused by uncontrolled cell division
    Ay, it must be that; the ghost of some old sin, the cancer of some concealed disgrace: punishment coming, PEDE CLAUDO, years after memory has forgotten and self-love condoned the fault."
  171. attribute
    a quality belonging to or characteristic of an entity
    It was worse when it began to be clothed upon with detestable attributes; and out of the shifting, insubstantial mists that had so long baffled his eye, there leaped up the sudden, definite presentment of a fiend.
  172. muse
    reflect deeply on a subject
    Though even that, you know, is far from explaining all," he added, and with the words fell into a vein of musing.
  173. phase
    any distinct time period in a sequence of events
    The figure in these two phases haunted the lawyer all night; and if at any time he dozed over, it was but to see it glide more stealthily through sleeping houses, or move the more swiftly and still the more swiftly, even to dizziness, through wider labyrinths of lamplighted city, and at every street-corner crush a child and leave her screaming.
  174. conceive
    have the idea for
    And then by a return on his former subject, he conceived a spark of hope.
  175. feature
    a prominent attribute or aspect of something
    It was two stories high; showed no window, nothing but a door on the lower story and a blind forehead of discoloured wall on the upper; and bore in every feature, the marks of prolonged and sordid negligence.
  176. inclination
    the act of bending forward
    He was small and very plainly dressed, and the look of him, even at that distance, went somehow strongly against the watcher's inclination.
  177. lean
    incline or bend from a vertical position
    STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON 1) STORY OF THE DOOR MR. UTTERSON the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance, that was never lighted by a smile; cold, scanty and embarrassed in discourse; backward in sentiment; lean, long, dusty, dreary, and yet somehow lovable.
  178. cherish
    be fond of
    To this rule, Dr. Jekyll was no exception; and as he now sat on the opposite side of the fire--a large, well-made, smooth-faced man of fifty, with something of a slyish cast perhaps, but every mark of capacity and kindness--you could see by his looks that he cherished for Mr. Utterson a sincere and warm affection. 25) "I have been wanting to speak to you, Jekyll," began the latter.
  179. drawing
    a representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines
    It was a fine dry night; frost in the air; the streets as clean as a ballroom floor; the lamps, unshaken, by any wind, drawing a regular pattern of light and shadow.
  180. obscure
    not clearly understood or expressed
    Round the corner from the by-street, there was a square of ancient, handsome houses, now for the most part decayed from their high estate and let in flats and chambers to all sorts and conditions of men: map-engravers, architects, shady lawyers, and the agents of obscure enterprises.
  181. recover
    regain or make up for
    He gave his friend a few seconds to recover his composure, and then approached the question he had come to put.
  182. sight
    the ability to see; the visual faculty
    Street after street, and all the folks asleep--street after street, all lighted up as if for a procession and all as empty as a church--till at last I got into that state of mind when a man listens and listens and begins to long for the sight of a policeman.
  183. pursue
    follow in an effort to capture
    "You know I never approved of it," pursued Utterson, ruthlessly disregarding the fresh topic.
  184. solitary
    not growing or living in groups or colonies
    By ten o'clock, when the shops were closed, the by-street was very solitary and, in spite of the low growl of London from all round, very silent.
  185. occupy
    live in (a certain place)
    After a little rambling talk, the lawyer led up to the subject which so disagreeably pre-occupied his mind.
  186. mischief
    reckless or malicious behavior causing annoyance in others
    Well, we screwed him up to a hundred pounds for the child's family; he would have clearly liked to stick out; but there was something about the lot of us that meant mischief, and at last he struck.
  187. frown
    a facial expression of dislike or displeasure
    Oh, I know he's a good fellow--you needn't frown--an excellent fellow, and I always mean to see more of him; but a hide-bound pedant for all that; an ignorant, blatant pedant.
  188. fancy
    not plain; decorative or ornamented
    This hall, in which he was now left alone, was a pet fancy of his friend the doctor's; and Utterson himself was wont to speak of it as the pleasantest room in London.
  189. encounter
    come together
    It was reported by those who encountered them in their Sunday walks, that they said nothing, looked singularly dull, and would hail with obvious relief the appearance of a friend.
  190. indignation
    a feeling of righteous anger
    And hitherto it was his ignorance of Mr. Hyde that had swelled his indignation; now, by a sudden turn, it was his knowledge.
  191. continent
    one of the large landmasses of the earth
    Something troglodytic, shall we say? or can it be the old story of Dr. Fell? or is it the mere radiance of a foul soul that thus transpires through, and transfigures, its clay continent?
  192. mere
    being nothing more than specified
    It was a night of little ease to his toiling mind, toiling in mere darkness and besieged by questions.
  193. modest
    marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself
    It is the mark of a modest man to accept his friendly circle ready-made from the hands of opportunity; and that was the lawyer's way.
  194. endure
    undergo or be subjected to
    At least it would be a face worth seeing: the face of a man who was without bowels of mercy: a face which had but to show itself to raise up, in the mind of the unimpressionable Enfield, a spirit of enduring hatred.
  195. tread
    put down, place, or press the foot
    He would be aware of the great field of lamps of a nocturnal city; then of the figure of a man walking swiftly; then of a child running from the doctor's; and then these met, and that human Juggernaut trod the child down and passed on regardless of her screams.
  196. healthy
    free from infirmity or disease
    This was a hearty, healthy, dapper, red-faced gentleman, with a shock of hair prematurely white, and a boisterous and decided manner.
  197. human
    a person; a hominid with a large brain and articulate speech
    At friendly meetings, and when the wine was to his taste, something eminently human beaconed from his eye; something indeed which never found its way into his talk, but which spoke not only in these silent symbols of the after-dinner face, but more often and loudly in the acts of his life.
  198. discourse
    an extended communication dealing with some particular topic
    STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON 1) STORY OF THE DOOR MR. UTTERSON the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance, that was never lighted by a smile; cold, scanty and embarrassed in discourse; backward in sentiment; lean, long, dusty, dreary, and yet somehow lovable.
  199. imply
    express or state indirectly
    His friends were those of his own blood or those whom he had known the longest; his affections, like ivy, were the growth of time, they implied no aptness in the object.
  200. definite
    precise; explicit and clearly defined
    It was worse when it began to be clothed upon with detestable attributes; and out of the shifting, insubstantial mists that had so long baffled his eye, there leaped up the sudden, definite presentment of a fiend.
  201. city
    a large and densely populated urban area
    He would be aware of the great field of lamps of a nocturnal city; then of the figure of a man walking swiftly; then of a child running from the doctor's; and then these met, and that human Juggernaut trod the child down and passed on regardless of her screams.
  202. examine
    observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect
    If he could but once set eyes on him, he thought the mystery would lighten and perhaps roll altogether away, as was the habit of mysterious 16) things when well examined.
  203. hail
    precipitation of ice pellets
    It was reported by those who encountered them in their Sunday walks, that they said nothing, looked singularly dull, and would hail with obvious relief the appearance of a friend.
  204. sound
    mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium
    It sounds nothing to hear, but it was hellish to see.
  205. symbol
    something visible that represents something invisible
    At friendly meetings, and when the wine was to his taste, something eminently human beaconed from his eye; something indeed which never found its way into his talk, but which spoke not only in these silent symbols of the after-dinner face, but more often and loudly in the acts of his life.
  206. pattern
    a repeated design, structure, or arrangement
    It was a fine dry night; frost in the air; the streets as clean as a ballroom floor; the lamps, unshaken, by any wind, drawing a regular pattern of light and shadow.
  207. gratitude
    a feeling of thankfulness and appreciation
    His past was fairly blameless; few men could read the rolls of their life with less apprehension; yet he was humbled to the dust by the many ill things he had done, and raised up again into a sober and fearful gratitude by the many that he had come so near to doing, yet avoided.
  208. intelligent
    having the capacity for thought and reason to a high degree
    For once more he saw before his mind's eye, as clear as a transparency, the strange clauses of the will. 24) DR. JEKYLL WAS QUITE AT EASE A FORTNIGHT later, by excellent good fortune, the doctor gave one of his pleasant dinners to some five or six old cronies, all intelligent, reputable men and all judges of good wine; and Mr. Utterson so contrived that he remained behind after the others had departed.
  209. exceed
    be or do something to a greater degree
    The will was holograph, for Mr. Utterson, though he took charge of it now that it was made, had refused to lend the least assistance in the making of it; it provided not only that, in case of the decease of Henry Jekyll, M.D., D.C.L., L.L.D., F.R.S., etc., all his possessions were to pass into the hands of his "friend and benefactor Edward Hyde," but that in case of 12) Dr. Jekyll's "disappearance or unexplained absence for any period exceeding three calendar months," the said Edward ...
  210. invitation
    a request to be present or take part in something
    The inhabitants were all doing well, it seemed, and all emulously hoping to do better still, and laying out the surplus of their gains in coquetry; so that the shop fronts stood along that thoroughfare with an air of invitation, like rows of smiling saleswomen.
  211. melt
    reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state
    And still the figure had no face by which he might know it; even in his dreams, it had no face, or one that baffled him and melted before his eyes; and thus it was that there sprang up and grew apace in the lawyer's mind a singularly strong, almost an inordinate, curiosity to behold the features of the real Mr. Hyde.
  212. obvious
    easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind
    It was reported by those who encountered them in their Sunday walks, that they said nothing, looked singularly dull, and would hail with obvious relief the appearance of a friend.
  213. fan
    a device for creating a current of air by movement
    One house, however, second from the corner, was still occupied entire; and at the door of this, which wore a great air of wealth and comfort, though it was now plunged in darkness except for the fan-light, Mr. Utterson stopped and knocked.
  214. distinct
    constituting a separate entity or part
    In the course of his nightly patrols, he had long grown accustomed to the quaint effect with which the footfalls of a single person, while he is still a great way off, suddenly spring out distinct from the vast hum and clatter of the city.
  215. balance
    harmonious arrangement or relation of parts within a whole
    The next thing was to get the money; and where do you think he carried us but to that place with the door?-- whipped out a key, went in, and presently came back with the matter of ten pounds in gold and a cheque for the balance on Coutts's, drawn payable to bearer and signed with a name that I can't mention, though it's one of the points of my story, but it was a name at least very well known and often printed.
  216. wild
    wild, free, and not controlled or touched by humans
    And all the time, as we were pitching it in red hot, we were keeping the women off him as best we could, for they were as wild as harpies.
  217. debate
    a discussion with reasons for and against some proposal
    The problem he was thus debating as he walked, was one of a class that is rarely solved.
  218. theatre
    a building where performances can be presented
    He was austere with himself; drank gin when he was alone, to mortify a taste for vintages; and though he enjoyed the theatre, had not crossed the doors of one for twenty years.
  219. inclined
    at an angle to the horizontal or vertical position
    But he had an approved tolerance for others; sometimes wondering, almost with envy, at the high pressure of spirits involved in their misdeeds; and in any extremity inclined to help rather than to reprove. 2) "I incline to Cain's heresy," he used to say quaintly: "I let my brother go to the devil in his own way."
  220. repair
    fix by putting together what is torn or broken
    Tramps slouched into the recess and struck matches on 4) the panels; children kept shop upon the steps; the schoolboy had tried his knife on the mouldings; and for close on a generation, no one had appeared to drive away these random visitors or to repair their ravages.
  221. humble
    marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful
    His past was fairly blameless; few men could read the rolls of their life with less apprehension; yet he was humbled to the dust by the many ill things he had done, and raised up again into a sober and fearful gratitude by the many that he had come so near to doing, yet avoided.
  222. former
    the first of two or the first mentioned of two
    Mr. Enfield and the lawyer were on the other side of the by-street; but when they came abreast of the entry, the former lifted up his cane and pointed.
  223. shift
    move very slightly
    It was worse when it began to be clothed upon with detestable attributes; and out of the shifting, insubstantial mists that had so long baffled his eye, there leaped up the sudden, definite presentment of a fiend.
  224. pause
    stop an action temporarily
    Then he began slowly to mount the street, pausing every step or two and putting his hand to his brow like a man in mental perplexity.
  225. reflection
    the phenomenon of a wave being thrown back from a surface
    Mr. Hyde appeared to hesitate, and then, as if upon some sudden reflection, fronted about with an air of defiance; and the pair stared at each other pretty fixedly for a few seconds.
  226. involved
    connected by participation or association or use
    But he had an approved tolerance for others; sometimes wondering, almost with envy, at the high pressure of spirits involved in their misdeeds; and in any extremity inclined to help rather than to reprove. 2) "I incline to Cain's heresy," he used to say quaintly: "I let my brother go to the devil in his own way."
  227. medicine
    the profession devoted to alleviating diseases and injuries
    With that he blew out his candle, put on a great-coat, and set forth in the direction of Cavendish Square, that citadel of medicine, where his friend, the great Dr. Lanyon, had his house and received his crowding patients.
  228. capacity
    capability to perform or produce
    To this rule, Dr. Jekyll was no exception; and as he now sat on the opposite side of the fire--a large, well-made, smooth-faced man of fifty, with something of a slyish cast perhaps, but every mark of capacity and kindness--you could see by his looks that he cherished for Mr. Utterson a sincere and warm affection. 25) "I have been wanting to speak to you, Jekyll," began the latter.
  229. undertake
    enter upon an activity or enterprise
    If he had any friends or any credit, we undertook that he should lose them.
  230. declare
    state emphatically and authoritatively
    And it's not want of memory; for I declare I can see him this moment."
  231. contrast
    the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared
    Even on Sunday, when it veiled its more florid charms and lay comparatively empty of passage, the street shone out in contrast to its dingy neighbourhood, like a fire in a forest; and with its freshly painted shutters, well-polished brasses, and general cleanliness and gaiety of note, instantly caught and pleased the eye of the passenger.
  232. resist
    withstand the force of something
    For all that, the two men put the greatest store by these excursions, counted them the chief jewel of each week, and not only set aside occasions of pleasure, but even resisted the calls 3) of business, that they might enjoy them uninterrupted.
  233. accustom
    familiarize psychologically or physically
    In the course of his nightly patrols, he had long grown accustomed to the quaint effect with which the footfalls of a single person, while he is still a great way off, suddenly spring out distinct from the vast hum and clatter of the city.
  234. smooth
    having a surface free from roughness or irregularities
    To this rule, Dr. Jekyll was no exception; and as he now sat on the opposite side of the fire--a large, well-made, smooth-faced man of fifty, with something of a slyish cast perhaps, but every mark of capacity and kindness--you could see by his looks that he cherished for Mr. Utterson a sincere and warm affection. 25) "I have been wanting to speak to you, Jekyll," began the latter.
  235. dull
    so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
    It was reported by those who encountered them in their Sunday walks, that they said nothing, looked singularly dull, and would hail with obvious relief the appearance of a friend.
  236. countenance
    the appearance conveyed by a person's face
    STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON 1) STORY OF THE DOOR MR. UTTERSON the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance, that was never lighted by a smile; cold, scanty and embarrassed in discourse; backward in sentiment; lean, long, dusty, dreary, and yet somehow lovable.
  237. distress
    a state of adversity
    I never saw a man so distressed as you were by my will; unless it were that hide-bound pedant, Lanyon, at what he called my scientific heresies.
  238. moment
    an indefinitely short time
    And it's not want of memory; for I declare I can see him this moment."
  239. assistance
    the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need
    The will was holograph, for Mr. Utterson, though he took charge of it now that it was made, had refused to lend the least assistance in the making of it; it provided not only that, in case of the decease of Henry Jekyll, M.D., D.C.L., L.L.D., F.R.S., etc., all his possessions were to pass into the hands of his "friend and benefactor Edward Hyde," but that in case of 12) Dr. Jekyll's "disappearance or unexplained absence for any period exceeding three calendar months," the said Edward ...
  240. mental
    involving the mind or an intellectual process
    Then he began slowly to mount the street, pausing every step or two and putting his hand to his brow like a man in mental perplexity.
  241. domestic
    of or relating to the home
    Small sounds carried far; domestic sounds out of the houses were clearly audible on either side of the roadway; and the rumour of the approach of any passenger preceded him by a long time.
  242. fell
    cause to go down by or as if by delivering a blow
    Though even that, you know, is far from explaining all," he added, and with the words fell into a vein of musing.
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