Read the excerpt from chapter 4 of The Strange Case of
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
The plot creates|
by making the reader
wonder why Mr. Hyde is away from home for such
An ivory-faced and silvery-haired old woman opened the
extended periods of time.
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, was nearly two months since she had seen
him till yesterday.