Episode 17 | GSMC Classics: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Prepare for the riveting continuation of GSMC Classics: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde with Episode 17, where the legacy of Dr. Henry Jekyll and Mr. Edward Hyde is unraveled further in a captivating installment of this timeless classic. As the plot thickens and mysteries deepen, listeners are transported into the heart of Victorian London for another thrilling adventure.

In this enthralling adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's iconic novel, the stakes have never been higher as Dr. Jekyll's dual nature threatens to consume him. With the forces of good and evil waging war within his soul, he must navigate a treacherous path fraught with danger, deceit, and dark revelations.

But as the story unfolds, a glimmer of hope emerges amidst the chaos. With the help of his loyal friends and the power of love guiding his path, Dr. Jekyll embarks on a quest to uncover the truth behind his transformation and reclaim control of his destiny.

With expertly crafted sound design and masterful storytelling, GSMC Classics: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde delivers an immersive audio experience that will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very end. From the fog-shrouded streets of London to the mysterious confines of Dr. Jekyll's laboratory, every moment is filled with tension, suspense, and the timeless struggle between light and darkness.

Join us as we delve deeper into the mysteries of one of literature's most enduring tales and explore the timeless themes of duality, identity, and the nature of humanity. Whether you're a fan of classic literature or simply love a good mystery, this podcast promises to captivate and enthrall.

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on the Golden State Media Concepts PodcastNetwork. Ladies and gentlemen, we now

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present George Edwards in Doctor Jekyll andMister Hyde. I'm saying doctor Jack is
rather busy just at present. Whoshall I tell him? Is called?
My name is John Fairley. I'vecalled several times at his house and haven't

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been able to find him. That'swhy I came down here to the clinic.
Well, if you'd care to comeinto my room and wait a while,
I'll tell him you're here. Ifhe'd just let me know when I
could see him. I believe Ican hear him coming now, ye,
i'd say, we will. WhyHello, John, Why what are you
doing here? I was wondering ifI could see you sometime. Sorry to

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bother you down here, but thereseem no other way of finding you.
Oh that's all right. Anything important. Yes, it is rather well.
I have about ten minutes now,that's any good to you. I'm not
you at the hospital till two o'clock. Can we talk here? I think
so? Er. You don't mindif we borrow your to the room for
a while, do you know?Thanks? That will do fie well?

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Now, John, what is it? Well? To be quite frank,
it's about Margaret. I had anidea. It was, what are you
going to do about it? Jackyll. I know this might be called infernal
teak on my part, but it'sfar from being that. I know everyone
understood that the marriage couldn't go onafter that terrible business of mister Utterson and
then your long illness. But that'sall past now, and you don't even

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seem to want to talk about it. Margaret has told you this. I
take it. I've had to ringit out of her. Don't think that
she has been complaining, but Iknew she was unhappy, and I made
her tell me. I'm not blamingher, John, I'm glad she's got
some one she can take her troublestoo. You are great, heavens,
Jackyal. What's the matter with you? Are you playing fast and loose with
Margaret. You've been engaged to herfor years. Now do you intend to

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marry her or not? Said down, old man, Let us talk this
over quietly. I know how youfeel about Margaret, and I'm not going
to feel resentful no matter what yousay. But it's very important that you
shouldn't feel bad about me. Ican't understand you, and that's the plain
truth. Margaret's the most lovely girlin the world. I I'd give my
very life to be in your place, and you don't seem to want her.

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What makes you think that, John? There's not the slightest reason in
the world now why you shouldn't marryher. But every time she talks about
it, you you evade her andtalk about something else. Don't you love
her any more? Might it notbe that I love her too much to
marry her? What do you mean? Things sometimes happen in men's lives that
de bar them forever from the rightto marry if they have a spark of

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decency in their make up. Whatyou oh, it's a It's not any
petty little aftermath of a bygone sin. This is something that I simply couldn't
begin to tell you about. It'sbeyond the scope of any ordinary experience.
And then if that's the case,what are you going to do? Will
this thing pass in time? Idon't know, And you're going to keep

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Margaret in a state of uncertainty tillyou do find out. No, I'm
not going to do that, John. Don't you understand that you are ruining
all her chances of finding happiness somewhereelse by by holding her to her promise
to you. Yes, yes,I understand. I deserve all your approaches.
John. You did quite right tocome and talk to me about it.

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I'll set her free and don't doit if it's not absolutely necessary.
I love her enough to be ableto realize that no one will ever be
the same to her as you.Any other man will nearly be a sort
of substitute for you. I hopenot, John, with all my heart.
I hope that she'll come to carefor you as I know you deserve,

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and patience and understanding on my partcan do it. She will that,
I promise you, I'll not standin your way any longer. She's
very precious to me. John.There's no one I know of that I'd
sooner trust her too than you,You know, When I came here,
I felt I wanted to knock youdown. Now I feel I want to

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take your hand and thank you.No, I don't know why. Then
we're going to be friends, arewe? As far as I'm concerned,
we are. Then take my hand, but forget about the thanks. If
you can make her happy, I'llbe more deeply in your debt than you
can able to imagine. And nowI think i'll go. I've got a
big operation to perform. I'd likea little time to get a grip on

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myself again. This, this conversationhasn't been easy, you know, yes,
I know. I'm sorry. Well, good bye and good bye,

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Henry dear, When are you goingto take me down to your clinic again?
Don't you think you've had enough ofsick people for a while. You've
nursed me for several weeks, youknow, and see what a good job
I made of it. You're almostas well as you ever were. You're
a bond nurse, Margaret, andno mistake. As a rich man's wife,
your greatest talent will be lost.Why should it be, I'll also

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be the wife of a doctor.Don't forget, Henry. What's the matter?
Why do you turn away like that. Give me your hand, darling.
Let's lean over the edge of thisbridge and watch the water trickle over
the rocks. You're evading me,you always do whenever I speak of our

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marriage, Henry, You've to behonest with me. I I can't stand
as much longer, dearest. I'vebrought you out into the country to day
so that we could have a goodlong talk. It's so perfect out here.
I hope the beauty around us wouldhelp help. Why are we in

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need of help? I've got tohurt you very much. I'm a press.
No, Oh, don't draw awayfrom me. Give me your hand
again. Please. What's the matterwith you? Why are you so strange?
You've never been the same since yourillness. You haven't thought that I
have loved you any less? Haveyou? No? Not that something else,

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some underlying strangeness that I haven't beenable to get at. What is
it, Henry? Can't you tellme? I've brought you here to try.
I want you to know, Dear, that I've never loved you so
much in all my life as Ido now. And I say what I'm
going to say because of that,and have to tell me I know what

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do you know, my sweet?You you're going to say you are going
to marry me at all? Ohwhy don't you answer me? Why don't
you tell me I'm wrong? Itcan't be true. I have no choice.
What do you mean? But arecertain things that put a man beyond
the pale of decent society. They'renameless things, crimes and horrors of the

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night. I have committed them.No, no, it's not true.
Not you hold fast to me whileI tell you, sweet, Your father
told you certain things about me,put them forward as reasons why you shouldn't
marry me. I never believed them, never what you should have. He

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was right, only he didn't knowthe full hideous truth. Oh what is
this your saying, Henry? It'sbecause you're still not dead of your illness.
You used to have the most terribledelis then imagining you were committing the
most frightful crimes. This is onlypart of it. I wish to god
it were. Oh no, mydarling, I'm sane and in my right

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mind, and I know that everythingI say to you is less than the
truth. But when, how wheredid you do these things? Oh?
Don't ask me for details. Ican't tell you. You must never know
the full extent of my degradation.But I can't just be put off with
hint. I'm a grown woman nowthis, this is too dreadful a thing

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to be accepted without facts. Doyou remember what the old gipsy woman,
mother Haggitty, once told us longago? I remember something. There's broken
lives, unbroken hearts, and aload of sorrow that will rest upon your

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soul the way to the ground.Stupid. Stop. She was an odd,
crazy creature. What could she knowwhat? Indeed? And yet she
saw into a future that has cometo pass down to the very last degree,
it hasn't I remember something else shesaid, There was the gallows sign

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on your hands. That hasn't cometrue. Supposing supposing I were to tell
you that even that is true,they not know that you're mad. Listen,
there's a man named Dead would Hidedon't speak of I must because Hide
is the reason that I've got tosay these things to you. If it

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were not for him. Uh,well, what's the good of that?
But what has Hide got to dowith you and me? Everything? Hide
and I? Everything that man did, every hideous of trust, every crime

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he committed, was shared in andconnived that by me. You're not serious.
You can't expect me to believe thatit's the truth. But it is
impossible. It is one person,you another. How could you be responsible
for what he did? I couldhave wiped him out of existence, instead

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of which I set him free todo what he liked. How could you
have done so? Was he somuch under your influence? He was my
creation. I had conjured him upout of the pit of hell where he
belonged. Oh, now I knowyou're not well. This is madness.

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It must seem like that very well. Then let it go at that.
But you wouldn't wish to marry amadman, would you mindry? I don't
know what I wish. I don'twant to marry anyone. You must say
that, dear, You mustn't saythat. There's John, isn't there you'd

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have me marry him. I thinkhe could make you happy? Oh?
How could you? Have you thoughtit all out? I've been thinking what's
the best thing for you for along time, dearest. Oh Margaret,
look at me, Look at myeyes and tell me do you see anything

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in them but love for you andpain at losing you? Oh? But
why why if I love you,and you love me. What does it
matter. I've committed almost every crimein the calendar, Margaret, my darling,
But to take advantage of your loveand innocence and loyalty is something that

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Eve and I have not fallen lowenough to do. Oh, let me
hold you in my arms, justonce again. Let me kiss you,
feel your cheek against mine. Yourtears, your precious tears, my darling.
Oh, let me drink your tears. Ladies and gentlemen, we now

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present George Edwards in Dr Jekyll andmister Hyde. Well, now, nurse,

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that seems to be the lot fortoday. Or how's that kettle of
yours just about burning? Would youlike some tea? Very much? I'll
have a word to doctor Lanyon andthen i'll be along. You'll find him
in the dispensary talking to Nancy.Oh, good lord, not again.
What do I pay that young womanfor? If she does nothing but lower
my assistant away from his work.I wish they'd harry up and get it

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over Well, judging by what Isaw to the glass store last night,
he isn't wasting any time. Neitheris she. If you ask me,
well, I imagine we'll be givingthem our blessing very soon. Eh,
I'll be sorry when she goes.She's a first rate chemist. She was
talking about doing some research. Perhapsshe could work with you, per not

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with me. I've given up.I've given up all that now. Oh
surely not. Oh that seems wrong. You were doing such valuable work,
enough to prove to me, Peter, my dear, that insufficient knowledge is
an extremely dangerous thing. Oh butyou mustn't. What about your work on
anesthetics and the possibility of nerve blocks? How did you know about that?

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I'm an ardent reader of the Lancet. Don't forget, and you just forget
all you ever read about me.It's over and done with. And if
you could look into my laboro trainyou'd find the whole place covered with dust.
I never thought you'd give up?Give up? Is that what you
call it? Isn't it that?Why do you think so? You had

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a bad breakdown from overwork. Butthat doesn't mean you should give it up
altogether, Nurse Peter's do I takeit that you're daring to criticize the conduct
of your medical superior. Where's yourknowledge of professional etiquette? My professional etiquette
isn't strong enough to stand the thoughtof you becoming a bad number woman.
Go and boil your kettle and leavethese matters to your better. You can

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make a joke of it, butI think you ought to be ashamed of
yourself. Henry jakobh bless you,Peter. You're the first person who scolded
me like that since mother died.I didn't know how much i'd missed it.
If it's a mother or any Oh, don't think that you'd be any
good as a candidate. You're fartoo young. I'm pretty when you blush
like that. Please don't I meanit. Go and see doctor Lenyon.

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You're wasting time again. Well,I won't come back if you don't give
me toasted crumpets with my tea.You've been looking in my carbod Oh no
I haven't. I've got second sight. Well, perhaps you can tell me
what I'm going to give you toput on them? Of course I can
strawberry jam wrong, it's honey.Mother sent me up from Devonshire and cloud
of cream Devonshire. Or perhaps Ican call and see her when i'm down

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there. Are you going to Devonshire? Yes, there's someone down there.
I particularly want to see will yoube going soon as soon as I can
fix things up to get away.It's one of the things I want to
see doctor Lanyon about, so i'dbetter make sure of catching him before he
goes be stranger down this waezer.Well, not really, I've been down

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here once or twice before. Whocan say, here you recull your fish?
Strange many has come this way thatold Jeremy can't remember. You don't
get many visitors, I suppose justnow and again, sir, now and
again, out of the way webe, But none the worse for that.

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Indeed, you're not. This isa very pretty little village. You've
got a snug be ducked in atthe back of them hills. I ought
to see them come out in timewhen they have us out rare sight.
They be no mistake stopping long inthese parts. No, not long.
I've just come down on business.As a matter of fact, I wonder

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can you tell me if any ofthe true Lady family are still in the
old house? Ronnie? Ye thatthey be Old Samuel and his daughter.
They saying that they always wise.It's not likely that they'd ever believe in
the place, and John sam HiSamy went to South Africa years old,

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done not speen heard of him asfar as anybody knows. He didn't get
married then with the calls lass naythat were called off long before he went.
She were fit for nothing since thataccident she had, and what became
of her when her mother dies.She were took in by her Auntie down

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at Graubley art in there this twoyears more and Hester and the old man
Trelwrea is still at the farm.I wonder would he see me? If
I call? He might then hemight take a fit into his head and
set the dogs on you. Oh, Samuel's got mortal bitter since young Sammy

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went away. Oh they do sayit were Bartley's own doing well. I
think I'll take a chance about thedogs, would they do? Who would
Asier? Now? What waiting oldswell like that be doing in these parts
sticking his nose into the folks business? Badar Ruven Barney, Come here,

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am I am? Be quiet withyou? Good afternoon. Be you wanting
to see someone er your mister Lorney, aren't you? Yes? That's right,
Well, I've come up from London. I was wondering could I see
your father father doesn't see many strangers. What was it about? Well,
I've been asked to come and seehim on behalf of a of a man

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named Edward Hyde Edward Hide. Yes, you'd best not mention that name in
this house. I think if yourfather would listen to me, I might
be able to do something that wouldmake your memory less. Bitter, Esther,
Esther, who's there, gentlemen,come up from London. Father he
wants to see you. Why about? I think you'd best be coming inside.

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Has not left his chair these twoyears. Now. If you just
step this way and mind your headon the lintel, the doors are made
low in these parts. Thank you? Oh what Jeckyll? Is my name?
Doctor Henry Jacky Wi? Are youtalking about hester? Who is this
treasure? Wherever you want? I'mbringing him in now, if you'll only
have patience through this door and yourleft, doctor says doctor Jacko's father.

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He's got something he wants to talkto you about. If it's about selling
the place, you might as wellhave seen himself his breath. There's been
nine generations. Alone is living here, and I'll not be the one to
let it pass into weather hand.It's all right, mister, Trelawney.
I haven't come to try and getyour farm away from you. Well,
what have you come from? Then? What's brought you all away from London?

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I U, I've come to requestof a man I happen to know.
He asked me to come down hereto try and make amends for an
injury he once did? You amendedme an injury? There's only one man
that I know of, whoever didthat. I haven't any doubt that we're
thinking of one and the same person. I'm referring to, Edward Hyde.

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Did you see he was a friendof yours? That so you can get
out of this house. No manwho has anything to do with him can
never stay here. Father, come, you might be getting bad again if
you gets so? Well, whatdoes he mean coming here talking about Edward
Hyde? Has he come to tormentousand remind us of things best forgotten?

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Oh? No, I've come totry and make amend. How could you
do that? Can you bring backmy son to me? Wipe out the
disgraceful it that time? Girl?Well, I came to see you.
You see, I can't undo thepast, but there may be some means
of making the future a little better. Who are you What are you to

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do with such a man as height? Well, I can't tell you that,
but let me say that I'm inthe way his executor, executor,
I he's dead, Oh no,not dead, but gone away here.
I know he's disappeared to save himselffrom the gallows. Every man was right
for the hang with kids. Fathertried to keep come. Oh can I

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keep come? When I think ofthat man, I have never ceased to
regret that I didn't choke him withhis two hands the way I wanted to
when I first to eight on him. I really think you'd better be going.
Father is not well enough to standexcitement. Then can I have a
talk to you some other time?Maybe I'll have to see the father now
he's looking very bad. Well,I'm a doctor, don't forget now,

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let me feel his pulse. Ipromise not to upset him anymore. Very
well, but for mercy, hedon't talk about that man. I won't
now, mister Trelawney. Uh,just like quiet, and let me see
how that heart of yours is behaving. That's better, that's right now.
Uh. Just let your wrist relaxwell and he'll be all right. So,

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of course you will, of courseyou will. Well, I'll go
now, and uh, I'll nottrouble you any more. He'll be all
right. I think the heart israpid, but it's beating quite evenly.
Will you come out here? Iwant to speak to you by sertain.

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Where did you get that ring you'rewearing? Why do you ask? It's
the same that he had on hishand he you mean hide? Yes,
I'll never forget it. He hadit on the night he came and told
us about my brother Sam. Iremember the way the light shone on it.

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You're quite right, it is his. He gave it to me as
a memento memento of him. Allwe've been trying to do is forget him.
Well, miss Lorney, if you'llonly hear what I've come to tell
you, I think you'll be ableto forget him much easier. All right,
I'll come and see you. Then. Where will you be? I've

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taken a room and a little innin the village. Er could you come
down there? I'll come down lateron after I've gone to sleep. Very
well, I'll wait there for you. Call me if you get worried about
mister Trelawney. I I'm hopefully sorryto have upset him like that. You
weren't to know that the mere mentionof that man's name is enough to make

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him bad for days. I thinkI do know everything. I'd never told
you, the whole truth of it. He had no secrets from me,
then, no one but your hair'sgone white and you, stilly young man.
The things that man must have carriedin his heart would be enough to
haunt you for the rest of yourdays. I do. That's why I've

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come down here to try and laya ghost. Will you help me?
All right, I'll come down thisevening after it's got dark. I'll wait
for you in the parlor of thelittle Inn. You've been listening to the

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