Robert Louis Stevenson

“ One house, however, second from the corner, was still occupied entire; and at the door of this, which wore a great air of wealth and comfort, though it was now plunged in darkness except for the fanlight, Mr. Utterson stopped and knocked. A well-dressed, elderly servant opened the door.
"Is Dr. Jekyll at home, Poole?" asked the lawyer.
"I will see, Mr. Utterson," said Poole, admitting the visitor, as he spoke, into a large, low-roofed, comfortable hall paved with flags, warmed (after the fashion of a country house) by a bright, open fire, and furnished with costly cabinets of oak. ”

“ For these two were old friends, old mates both at school and college [6] , both thorough respecters of themselves and of each other, and what does not always follow, men who thoroughly enjoyed each other's company.
After a little rambling talk, the lawyer led up to the subject which so disagreeably preoccupied his mind.
"I suppose, Lanyon," said he, "you and I must be the two oldest friends that Henry Jekyll has?"
"I wish the friends were younger," chuckled Dr. Lanyon. "But I suppose we are. And what of that? I see little of him now."
"Indeed?" said Utterson. ”

“ God bless me, the man seems hardly human! Something troglodytic, shall we say? or can it be the old story of Dr. Fell? [14] or is it the mere radiance of a foul soul that thus transpires through, and transfigures, its clay continent? [15] The last, I think; for, O my poor old Henry Jekyll, if ever I read Satan's signature upon a face, it is on that of your new friend."
Round the corner from the by-street, there was a square of ancient, handsome houses, now for the most part decayed from their high estate and let in flats and chambers to all sorts and conditions of men ”

“ Hyde?" asked Utterson.
"O, dear no, sir. He never dines here," replied the butler. "Indeed we see very little of him on this side of the house; he mostly comes and goes by the laboratory."
"Well, good-night, Poole."
"Good-night, Mr. Utterson."
And the lawyer set out homeward with a very heavy heart.
"Poor Henry Jekyll," he thought, "my mind misgives me he is in deep waters! He was wild when he was young; a long while ago to be sure; but in the law of God, there is no statute of limitations. Ay, it must be that ”

“ Latin for "on limping foot". Roman poet Horace in his poem Odes on male virtue closes with the line "seldom has vengeance abandoned a wicked man through lameness of foot though he has got a start on her." ”

“ In the 19th century the first two were degrees earned at school and the last two were professional career awards.↑ that citadel of medicine .. by the late 19th century the London medical community had become the primary tenants of Cavendish Square once known for its aristocratic homes.↑ old mates..at school .. it was typical for the sons of the wealthy to be sent to all-boys boarding schools from about age eleven to eighteen where they would commonly form life-long "old boy" ties.↑ spirit .. ”