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Scene from The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, 1927. I lay down the pen, and proceed to seal up my confession. Dr Jekyll appalled that the result of his experiments has been the murder of Sir Danvers Carew by his alter ego, Mr Hyde, commits to paper his confession to being the same man as Mr Hyde. Jekyll had succeeded in separating out the duality in his nature, Hyde representing pure evil and Jekyll good, but eventually the antidote to the Hyde persona ceases to be effective. From The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. (London, 1927). First published 1886.