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Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by R.L.Stevenson

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6 The face at the window

One Sunday soon afterwards Mr Utterson was walkingwith his friend Enfield when they happened to passthrough the narrow side-street again． Enfleld pointed to themysterious door．

'Well，'he said，'that story is finished．We shall never seeMr Hyde again．'

'I hope you're right，'said the lawyer．'Did I tell you？ Ionce saw Hyde too and had the same strong feelings of dislikefor him as you did．What an evil man！'

'I agree，'said his friend．'By the way， why didn't you tellme that our mysterious door led to the laboratory at the back ofDoctor Jekyll's house？I didn't know then，but I know now．'

'Well，now that you know，let's go into the courtyard andlook up at his window．I must tell you，'I'm worried aboutpoor Jekyll．Perhaps the sight of a friendly face will do himgood．'

Overhead the evening sky was bright，but the courtyard wascool and dark．At an open window of the study above the laboratory， Doctor Jekyll sat， like a prisoner staring at the worldoutside．

'I hope you are better，Jekyll，'the lawyer called up to him．

The doctor shook his head sadly．'I'm not well，Utterson，'he said．'I shall not be here much longer－thankGod．'

'You spend too much time indoors！You ought to get outinto the fresh air like Enfield and me… By the way， this ismy cousin， Mr Enfield… COme now-get your hat and join usfor a quick walk．'

'You 're very kind，'said the doctor．'But no， it's quiteimpossible． I would like to invite you and Mr Enfield inside，but the place is not very tidy…'

'Well then，'said the lawyer gently，'we can talk to youfrom here．'

'That's an excellent idea-'began the doctor，with asmile．But suddenly the smile left his face and was replaced byan expression of hopelessness， fear and horror． The two menbelow saw it，but only for a second， as the window was shutwith a bang． The two men looked at each other， then turnedand left the courtyard without a word．In silence they crossedthe narrow side-street．They did not speak until they came outinto a busy， noisy street． Then Mr Utterson at last turned andlooked at his companion， whose face was as pale as his own．The expression on Doctor Jekyll's face had upset them bothdeeply．

'God help him！'whispered Mr Utterson．'God help thepoor man！'

But Mr Enfield only nodded his head very seriously andwalked on without a word．