The strange case of DrJekyll and MrHudeIllustrated by Charles Raymond Macauley . and Mr. Hyde of an aged and beautiful gentleman, withwhite hair, drawing near along the lane, and,advancing to meet him, another and verysmall gentleman, to whom at first she paidless attention. When they had come withinspeech—which was just under the maids eyes—the older man bowed and accosted the otherwith a very pretty manner of politeness. Itdid not seem as if the subject of his addresswere of great importance; indeed, from hispointing, it sometimes appeared as if he wereonly inquiring his way; but the moon sh
The strange case of DrJekyll and MrHudeIllustrated by Charles Raymond Macauley . and Mr. Hyde of an aged and beautiful gentleman, withwhite hair, drawing near along the lane, and,advancing to meet him, another and verysmall gentleman, to whom at first she paidless attention. When they had come withinspeech—which was just under the maids eyes—the older man bowed and accosted the otherwith a very pretty manner of politeness. Itdid not seem as if the subject of his addresswere of great importance; indeed, from hispointing, it sometimes appeared as if he wereonly inquiring his way; but the moon shoneon his face as he spoke, and the girl waspleased to watch it, it seemed to breathe suchan innocent and old-world kindness of disposi-tion, yet with something high, too, as of awell-founded self-content. Presently her eyewandered to the other, and she was surprisedto recognize in him a certain Mr. Hyde, whohad once visited her master, and for whomshe had conceived a dislike. He had in hishand a heavy cane, with which he wastrifling; but he answered never a word, and 62. The Carew Murder Case seemed to listen with an ill-contained impa-tience. And then all of a sudden he brokeout in a great flame of anger, stamping withhis foot, brandishing the cane, and carryingon—as the maid described it—like a old gentleman took a step back, with theair of one very much surprised and a triflehurt, and at that Mr. Hyde broke out of allbounds and clubbed him to the earth. Andnext moment, with ape-like fury, he wastrampling his victim under foot and hailingdown a storm of blows, under which thebones were audibly shattered and the bodyjumped upon in the roadway. At the horrorof these sights and sounds the maid fainted. It was two oclock when she came to her-self and called for the police. The murdererwas gone long ago; but there lay his victimin the middle of the lane, incredibly stick with which the deed had beendone, although it was of some rare and verytough an
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