Chapter 4 Notes and Quotes

'The Carew Murder Case'

Summary

Approximately one year later, a maid was staring out her window when she saw two men (one quite well-dressed and one small in stature) walking towards each other. She observes Mr Hyde murder Carew by repeatedly striking him with a cane. On the body, the police find a letter to Mr Utterson and they consequently call the lawyer. In the police station he identifies the body as Sir Danvers Carew.

As Utterson has Hyde’s address, he takes the police to Hyde’s quarters in Soho. Whilst there he muses about why someone who is set to inherit such a huge amount of money would want to live in such a place. Hyde’s evil-looking maid lets the police in to his house and they discover half of the murder weapon (stick) and the burned remains of a chequebook. Hyde still has an account at a local bank and they decide to wait for him there as he will need to go into the branch to cash his cheque. In the days and weeks that follow Hyde does not turn up at the bank.

 

Important Quotations

‘And at that Mr Hyde broke out of all bounds and clubbed him to death’

 ‘A flash of odious joy appeared upon the woman’s face.’ (When she learned Hyde was in trouble.) (Hyde’s misfortune makes others happy – suggests that his staff dislike him intensely)

‘At this moment however, the rooms bore every mark of having been recently and horribly ransacked’

 ‘like a district of some city in a nightmare’ (Building up tension surrounding Hyde and setting him up as a character to be feared. Even the place e chooses to live is nightmarish and instils fear.)

‘And then all of a sudden he broke out in a great flare of anger stamping his foot and brandishing his cane and carrying on…like a madman’ (The comparison between Hyde and a madman develops his character by showing the audience the level of anger and aggression he is capable of.)

‘The other half of the stick was found behind the door’ (This clue firmly and irrefutably links Hyde to the murder.)

‘Why, money’s life to the man. We have nothing to do but wait for him at the bank.’