This will had offended me from the moment Doctor Jekyll first mooted it to me, but now that the figure of Mister Hyde had been filled out by the tale of his despicable behaviour, it offended me more. At first I had thought the will the product of madness, but the more I thought about it, and the character of the man involved, I felt that the whole affair had taken on the stink of disgrace.

It was too much for me to bear alone, so, late as the hour was, I set out for advice. I doused the light and donning my great coat I made my way towards Cavendish Square and the house of my other old friend, Doctor Lanyon.