The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

There comes an end to all things;

“If he be Mr. Hyde,” he had thought, “I shall be Mr. Seek.”

put your heart in your ears

coun­ten­ance

“And now,” said he, “to settle what re­mains. Will you be wise? will you be guided? will you suf­fer me to take this glass in my hand and to go forth from your house without fur­ther par­ley? or has the greed of curi­os­ity too much com­mand of you? Think be­fore you an­swer, for it shall be done as you de­cide. As you de­cide, you shall be left as you were be­fore, and neither richer nor wiser, un­less the sense of ser­vice rendered to a man in mor­tal dis­tress may be coun­ted as a kind of riches of the soul. Or, if you shall so prefer to choose, a new province of know­ledge and new av­en­ues to fame and power shall be laid open to you, here, in this room, upon the in­stant; and your sight shall be blas­ted by a prodigy to stag­ger the un­be­lief of Satan.”

“If he be Mr. Hyde,” he had thought, “I shall be Mr. Seek.”

The door, which was equipped with neither bell nor knocker, was blistered and dis­tained.

that un­known im­pur­ity which lent ef­fic­acy to the draught.

knit to him closer than a wife,

the hor­ror of my other self.