DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE SUMMARY The story begins with a description of Mr. Utterson, a lawyer in London. Mr. Utterson is a reserved, conservative man who does not reveal his true, vibrant personality. He tolerates the strangeness and faults of other. Early in his life, he watched as his brother fell to ruin, and it is noted that he is often the last respectable person that men who are turning to evil or ruin …showed first 75 words of 2539 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2539 total…over Hyde's face. He tells Lanyon that Lanyon was a fool, and that he would now see proof of "transcendental medicine". He drinks the drug and changes into Jekyll in a terrifying way that haunts Lanyon for the rest of his few days until he dies. Lanyon ends his letter by saying that he cannot tell what Jekyll told him because it is too terrible, other than that Jekyll and Hyde are the same person.