45 minutes; 1 question; 40 marks; 20% of GCSE

Part 1 (🐸)

• Nearly a year later, London is shocked by a brutal crime involving a highly respectable victim.
• A maid servant, living alone near the river, retires to bed around 11 o’clock.
• Before sleeping, she sits by her window, which overlooks a brightly lit lane due to the full moon, and becomes lost in dreamy thoughts.
• She notices an elderly gentleman with white hair, exuding kindness and contentment, walking along the lane.
• The gentleman is approached by a smaller man, who the maid eventually recognises as Mr. Hyde, a previous visitor to her master whom she disliked.
• The elderly gentleman politely addresses Mr. Hyde, seemingly to ask for directions.
• While speaking, the maid observes the gentleman’s innocent and kind demeanour, which contrasts starkly with Mr. Hyde’s impatient and agitated behaviour.
• Suddenly, Mr. Hyde erupts with anger, stamping his foot and brandishing a heavy cane.
• The elderly gentleman steps back, surprised and slightly hurt, but Mr. Hyde violently attacks him, striking him with the cane.
• Mr. Hyde proceeds to beat the gentleman with “ape-like fury,” trampling him and delivering repeated blows, audibly shattering bones.
• The maid, horrified by the scene, faints as the attack continues.
• Upon regaining consciousness at 2 o’clock, the maid calls for the police.
• The victim lies in the lane, mangled beyond recognition, while Mr. Hyde has fled the scene.
• The heavy cane used in the murder has broken in two due to the ferocity of the attack, with one splintered half found in a nearby gutter.
• The victim’s belongings include a purse, a gold watch, and a sealed envelope addressed to Mr. Utterson, but no identification papers are found.

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Part 2 (🐸🐸🐸🐸🦀🦀🦀)

• The following morning, Mr. Utterson is informed of a serious incident involving a body and is brought the news while still in bed.
• Upon hearing the circumstances, Mr. Utterson requests to see the body before making any comments and quickly prepares to leave.
• At the police station, Mr. Utterson identifies the deceased as Sir Danvers Carew.
• The officer expresses shock at the identity of the victim and mentions that the case is likely to gain significant attention.
• The officer recounts the maid’s eyewitness account of the crime and presents the broken stick used in the attack.
• Recognising the stick as one he had gifted Dr. Henry Jekyll years earlier, Mr. Utterson becomes certain of Mr. Hyde’s involvement.
• Mr. Utterson asks the officer if Mr. Hyde is of small stature, which the officer confirms, describing him as “particularly small and particularly wicked-looking.”
• Mr. Utterson offers to take the officer to Mr. Hyde’s residence, and they set off together by cab.
• As they travel, Mr. Utterson observes the unsettling, foggy atmosphere of London, with shifting hues of twilight and a nightmare-like quality to the scenery.
• The cab arrives at Mr. Hyde’s address in a dismal area of Soho, surrounded by a grim environment including a gin palace, a French eating-house, and shabby shops.
• The street appears sordid and impoverished, with ragged children in doorways and women carrying keys as they head for morning drinks.
• The fog briefly lifts, revealing the depressing surroundings, before descending once more and obscuring the view.
• The location is described as the home of Henry Jekyll’s favourite, Mr. Hyde, who is heir to a significant fortune.

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Part 3

• An ivory-faced, silvery-haired old woman answers the door and confirms that the house belongs to Mr. Hyde, though he is not currently at home. She mentions that his habits are irregular, and it had been nearly two months since she last saw him until the previous day.
• Mr. Utterson requests to see Mr. Hyde's rooms, and when the woman hesitates, he introduces Inspector Newcomen of Scotland Yard to compel her cooperation.
• The woman reacts with malicious joy upon learning that Mr. Hyde is in trouble, remarking, “Ah! He is in trouble! What has he done?”
• Mr. Utterson and Inspector Newcomen enter the house, which is mostly empty except for the rooms used by Mr. Hyde, which are luxuriously furnished with items such as silver plate, elegant napery, and a fine painting (which Mr. Utterson assumes was a gift from Dr. Jekyll).
• The rooms show clear signs of being recently and hastily ransacked. Clothes are scattered on the floor with their pockets turned out, drawers are left open, and a pile of grey ashes lies on the hearth, suggesting papers had been burned.
• Among the ashes, the inspector finds the charred remains of a green cheque-book that had partially survived the fire.
• The other half of the broken stick used in the murder is discovered behind the door, further confirming Mr. Hyde's guilt in the inspector's view.
• A visit to the bank reveals that several thousand pounds remain in Mr. Hyde's account, which the inspector believes will make it easier to apprehend him, as Mr. Hyde is likely to seek access to the money.
• The inspector expresses confidence in his ability to capture Mr. Hyde, noting that leaving the stick and burning the cheque-book were clear signs of panic.
• Efforts to trace Mr. Hyde prove challenging, as he is described as having very few acquaintances. Even those who know him, such as the master of the servant-maid, have only seen him briefly and cannot provide consistent descriptions, apart from a shared impression of his "haunting sense of unexpressed deformity."

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