Late in the afternoon, Mr. Utterson makes his way to Jekyll's house, where Poole leads him for the first time through the courtyard to the building where Jekyll keeps his laboratory. This is the windowless room where Hyde was seen entering through the back. The previous owner of the house used it as a dissecting room, but Jekyll's taste is for chemistry, and inside, tables are covered with chemical apparatus. Poole takes Utterson across the room, which is strewn with crates and packing straw, to a flight of stairs that leads to the doctor's cabinet. Inside, Utterson finds Jekyll sitting beside the fire looking deathly ill.
Jekyll says he's heard of the murder, and swears he'll never set eyes on Hyde again. Then he tells Utterson that he has a letter, and.....
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