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Her family gathers after the incident, and she is reported to be frightened but not seriously hurt." }, { "name": "Mr. Hyde", "aliases": [ "Edward Hyde" ], "description": "Jekyll’s evil alter ego, a small and disturbing man who tramples a child and murders Sir Danvers Carew. He dies by suicide in Jekyll’s cabinet after transforming from Jekyll, whose confession reveals they are one person." }, { "name": "the doctor who attended the girl", "aliases": [ "the doctor", "Sawbones" ], "description": "An unnamed doctor summoned after Hyde tramples the girl. He shares the family’s anger toward Hyde and helps confront him over the incident." }, { "name": "the girl’s father", "aliases": [], "description": "An unnamed member of the girl’s family who joins Enfield, the doctor, and Hyde to settle the matter after the trampling." }, { "name": "Henry Jekyll", "aliases": [ "Dr. Jekyll", "Harry Jekyll" ], "description": "A wealthy doctor and Utterson’s old friend, who discovers how to transform himself into Hyde and confesses the consequences of his experiments and choices. He leaves Utterson an account of his dual life; by the end, he expects Hyde to take over permanently." }, { "name": "Dr. Lanyon", "aliases": [ "Dr. Hastie Lanyon", "Lanyon", "Hastie Lanyon" ], "description": "A respected physician, Jekyll’s old school companion, and an old friend of Utterson. At Jekyll’s request, he retrieves a drawer of chemicals and witnesses Hyde transform into Jekyll, a shock from which he never recovers." }, { "name": "Poole", "aliases": [], "description": "Jekyll’s longtime butler, who manages access to the house and laboratory. Alarmed by the strange figure shut in Jekyll’s cabinet, he seeks Utterson’s help and later tells Lanyon how to enter the cabinet." }, { "name": "the maid servant who witnessed the murder", "aliases": [], "description": "An unnamed servant who witnesses Hyde beat Sir Danvers Carew to death from her window. Her account helps identify Hyde as the murderer." }, { "name": "Sir Danvers Carew", "aliases": [], "description": "An elderly, kindly gentleman and Utterson’s client. Hyde beats him to death in the street." }, { "name": "the police officer", "aliases": [], "description": "An unnamed officer who brings Carew’s body to the station and questions Utterson about identifying Hyde." }, { "name": "Inspector Newcomen", "aliases": [ "the inspector" ], "description": "A Scotland Yard inspector who accompanies Utterson to search Hyde’s rooms after Carew’s murder." }, { "name": "the old woman at Hyde’s house", "aliases": [], "description": "An unnamed, elderly woman who opens the door at Hyde’s Soho home and tells Utterson and Inspector Newcomen that Hyde is away." }, { "name": "Mr. Guest", "aliases": [ "Guest" ], "description": "Utterson’s head clerk, a student of handwriting and a trusted adviser. He notices a resemblance between Hyde’s letter and a note from Jekyll." }, { "name": "the housemaid", "aliases": [], "description": "An unnamed servant in Jekyll’s household who breaks down in fear when Utterson arrives on the night of the cabinet crisis." }, { "name": "the cook", "aliases": [], "description": "An unnamed servant in Jekyll’s household who reacts with relief when Utterson arrives during the cabinet crisis." }, { "name": "the knife-boy", "aliases": [], "description": "An unnamed boy servant in Jekyll’s household, whom Poole asks to fetch a candle and whom Utterson later posts to guard the laboratory entrance." }, { "name": "Bradshaw", "aliases": [], "description": "A footman in Jekyll’s household whom Utterson sends to guard the laboratory door. He stares and draws back when Hyde appears at the house in Jekyll’s clothes." }, { "name": "the locksmith", "aliases": [], "description": "An unnamed tradesman summoned by Poole to open Jekyll’s cabinet for Lanyon. He works on the strong lock until the door can be opened." }, { "name": "the carpenter", "aliases": [], "description": "An unnamed tradesman who accompanies the locksmith to force open Jekyll’s cabinet for Lanyon." }, { "name": "the cab driver", "aliases": [], "description": "An unnamed driver who takes Hyde, in Jekyll’s clothes, to an inn while Hyde is fleeing the police." }, { "name": "the hotel attendants", "aliases": [], "description": "Unnamed staff at the Portland Street inn who tremble at Hyde’s appearance and bring him writing materials." }, { "name": "the waiter", "aliases": [], "description": "An unnamed waiter at the Portland Street inn who visibly quails before Hyde." }, { "name": "the woman offering a box of lights", "aliases": [], "description": "An unnamed woman who speaks to Hyde in the street while he is fleeing; he strikes her and she runs away." }, { "name": "Jekyll’s father", "aliases": [ "my father" ], "description": "Jekyll’s father, mentioned in his confession as part of his childhood memories. 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