Poole

• Poole


  Jekyll's servant who facilitates some of the discoveries Utterson is able to make in the case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
• Poole


  • Loyal and has been in Jekyll's household for the past twenty years
• Poole's position as Dr Jekyll's butler

  Places him in a position of servitude, but Stevenson may be implying that if those from different classes collaborated, more could be achieved
• Poole


  • Hesitant to inform Utterson about his worries about Jekyll for fear that it will hurt him, demonstrates that he always has his master's best interests at heart when making decisions which concern him
• Poole


  • Uptight and short tempered, especially when faced with the incident with Jekyll in chapter eight, may be a response to the very stressful situation
• Poole and Jekyll


  Poole has worked in Jekyll's household for twenty years, and the two have formed a strong relationship
• Poole: '"O, sir… do you think I do not know my master after twenty years? Do you think I do not know where his head comes to in the cabinet door, where I saw him every morning of my life? No, sir, that thing in the mask was never Dr Jekyll."'
• Poole: '"'Hold your tongue!' Poole said to her, with a ferocity of accent that testified to his own jangled nerves."'
• Poole: '"'Changed? Well, yes, I think so," said the butler. "Have I been twenty years in this man's house, to be deceived about his voice? No, sir; master's made away with'"'
• Poole: '"You know the doctor's ways, sir," replied Poole, "and how he shuts himself up. Well, he's shut up again in the cabinet; and I don't like it, sir—I wish I may die if I like it. Mr. Utterson, sir, I'm afraid."'