Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Chapter Summary & Analysis - Dr. Lanyon's Narrative Summary

Dr. Lanyon's Narrative Summary

Lanyon writes that four days prior to his writing this, on the ninth of January, he received a registered envelope addressed in his friend Henry Jekyll's handwriting. It begged Lanyon to do something on which Jekyll's very life and reason depended. Jekyll wanted him to go to the cabinet over the laboratory, where Poole would be waiting with a locksmith, break open the glazed press, and take out the contents of the fourth drawer, which should include some powders, a phial and a paper book. He then asked Lanyon to bring the entire contents back to his home, where a man would meet him at midnight to retrieve them. Five minutes later, Jekyll wrote, if Lanyon wanted an explanation, he would understand.

The letter, which Lanyon includes in its entirety, is filled with desperation. Jekyll had sealed it, then unsealed it to add further instructions in case Lanyon didn't receive...
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