Chapter 1 Flashcards
‘a man of rugged countenance, that never lighted by a smile … lean, long, dusty, dreary, and yet somehow loveable’
Describing Mr Utterson
‘He was austere with himself, drank gin when he was alone, to mortify a taste for vintages’
Describing Utterson
‘although he enjoyed the …, had not crossed the doors of one for … years’
theatre, twenty
‘inclined to help rather than reprove … the last good influence in the lives of down-going men’
Describing Mr Utterson
‘His friends were those of his own blood or those whom he had known the longest; his affections, like ivy were the growth of time’
Describing Mr Utterson
‘they said nothing, looked singularly dull, and would hail with obvious relief the appearance of a friend … counted them the chief jewel of each week’
Describing Utterson and Enfield’s walks
‘a … man who was … along’
little, stumping
‘trampled … over the child’s body’
calmly
‘he was perfectly cool and made no resistance, but gave me one look, so ugly that it brought out the sweat in me like running’
Mr Enfield
‘turn sick and … with the … to kill him’ [Enfield describing the Doctor]
white, desire
‘We told the man we could and would make such a scandal out of this, as should make his name stink from of end of London to the other … If he had any friends or any credit, we undertook that he should lose them’
Mr Enfield
‘…, I suppose’ [Enfield]
Black-mail
‘He is not easy to … . There is something wrong with his … ; something displeasing, something downright … . I never saw a man I so …’
describe, appearance, detestable, disliked
‘Story of the door’
Chapter name
