• Mr Utterson goes to speak and asks Dr Jekyll if he has heard about the murder Mr Hyde committed. ” ‘And now’, said Mr Utterson,…,’you have heard the news?’ “
  • Dr Jekyll swears that he has not made contact or seen Mr Hyde, however he admits that Mr Hyde has tried to make contact with him. ” ‘Utterson, I swear to God,’ cried the doctor, ‘I swear to God I will never set eyes on him [ Mr Hyde]’
  • … but there is on thing…I have received a letter.”
  • Mr Utterson then leaves Dr Jekyll’s house and as he is leaving asks Dr Jekyll’s servant if he say the messenger of the letter, however, the servant says there has been no messenger arrive at the house with a letter. ” ‘There was a letter handed in today: what was the messenger like?’… but Poole was confident nothing had come except the post.”
  • Mr Utterson then tells Mr Guest, his servant, about this mysterious ocurrence, Mr Guest then compared the letter Mr Utterson had in hand to and old letter of Dr Jekyll; the hand writing was identical.” ‘Well sir’, returned the clerk, ‘… the two hands are in many point identical: only differently sloped
  • Mr Utterson now feared the Dr Jekyll was covering for, the muderer, Mr Hyde. ” ‘ Henry Jekyll forged for a murderer!’ “