Hyde's House

Question 1

Secretive

Answer 1

‘The windows are always shut’

‘The door, equipped with nether bell nor knocker, [is] blistered and disdained’

Question 2

Fancy yet badly kept

Answer 2

‘Furnished with luxury and good taste’

‘clothes lay about the floor, with their pockets inside out; lockfast drawers stood open; and on the hearth there laid a pile of grey ashes, as though many papers had been burned.