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Chapter 4: The Carew Murder Case

A maid sees Hyde beat an old man to death. The victim is Sir Danvers Carew. Utterson takes the police to Hyde's rooms.

Mr Hyde
Mr Hyde. Charles Raymond Macauley, 1904 edition. No known restrictions, Internet Archive via Wikimedia Commons.

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HydemurdersSirDanversCarew

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with ape-like fury, he was trampling his victim under foot

Narrator · Chapter 4: The Carew Murder Case · violence · evil

Hyde beats an old man to death with a stick. Like an animal, not a man.

a great chocolate-coloured pall lowered over heaven

Narrator · Chapter 4: The Carew Murder Case · setting · evil

London fog like a brown blanket over the sky. The city hides things.

like a district of some city in a nightmare

Narrator · Chapter 4: The Carew Murder Case · setting

Hyde's part of London looks like a bad dream. The place matches the man.

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