Read the excerpt from chapter 4 of The Strange Case of
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
At this moment, however, the rooms bore every mark of
having been recently and hurriedly ransacked; clothes
lay about the floor, with their pockets inside out; lock-fast
drawers stood open; and on the hearth there lay a pile of
grey ashes, as though many papers had been burned.
From these embers the inspector disinterred the butt end
of a green cheque book, which had resisted the action of
the fire; the other half of the stick was found behind the
door; and as this clinched his suspicions, the officer
declared himself delighted.
How does this excerpt develop the plot?
O The condition of the room and its contents cause Mr.
Utterson and Inspector Newcomen to plan a trip to the
bank in hopes of catching Mr. Hyde.
O The condition of the room and its contents cause Mr.
Utterson and Newcomen to start investigating
someone other than Mr. Hyde.
O The condition of the room and its contents cause Mr.
Utterson and Inspector Newcomen to consider Mr.
Hyde as a murder suspect.
The condition of the room and its contents cause Mr.
Utterson and Inspector Newcomen to contact Dr.