Question

The following question is based on your reading of “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.”

Answer 1

Answer:

Utterson learns that Mr Hyde had decided to leave Dr. Jekyll forever and that there is no involvement on the part of the doctor in the death of Mr. Carew.

Explanation:

In Chapter V of the novel "The Strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" by Robert Louise Stevenson, Gabriel John Utterson had gone to visit Jekyll in his place. There Jekyll gave him a letter 'supposedly' from Hyde, stating that he has a means of escaping so Jekyll should not worry much about him. He is grateful for all the generosity of Jekyll and deemed himself unworthy of it, so he's decided to leave him. He will now disappear forever and avoid being captured by the police thereby making it impossible fro Dr. Jekyll's name to be involved with the murder of Mr. Danvers Carew.

Answer 2

Utterson learns that Mr. Hyde had promised to disappear forever and avoid capture from the police at any cost. He says running away would not implicate Jekyll in Carew's murder. Mr. Guest, Utterson's head clerk, matches the writing of Jekyll and Hyde, the handwriting is identical.