He had his death-warrant written legibly upon his face. There at least he was not denied admittance but when he came in, he was shocked at the change which had taken place in the doctor's appearance. The fifth night he had in Guest to dine with him and the sixth he betook himself to Dr. "The doctor was confined to the house," Poole said, "and saw no one." On the 15th, he tried again, and was again refused and having now been used for the last two months to see his friend almost daily, he found this return of solitude to weigh upon his spirits. On the 12th, and again on the 14th, the door was shut against the lawyer. On the 8th of January Utterson had dined at the doctor's with a small party Lanyon had been there and the face of the host had looked from one to the other as in the old days when the trio were inseparable friends. He was busy, he was much in the open air, he did good his face seemed to open and brighten, as if with an inward consciousness of service and for more than two months, the doctor was at peace. He came out of his seclusion, renewed relations with his friends, became once more their familiar guest and entertainer and whilst he had always been known for charities, he was now no less distinguished for religion. Now that that evil influence had been withdrawn, a new life began for Dr.
The death of Sir Danvers was, to his way of thinking, more than paid for by the disappearance of Mr. Utterson began to recover from the hotness of his alarm, and to grow more at quiet with himself.
From the time he had left the house in Soho on the morning of the murder, he was simply blotted out and gradually, as time drew on, Mr.
Much of his past was unearthed, indeed, and all disreputable: tales came out of the man's cruelty, at once so callous and violent of his vile life, of his strange associates, of the hatred that seemed to have surrounded his career but of his present whereabouts, not a whisper. Hyde had disappeared out of the ken of the police as though he had never existed.
Lanyon TIME ran on thousands of pounds were offered in reward, for the death of Sir Danvers was resented as a public injury but Mr.
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