EPILOUGE

THE STRANGE CASE

The events I have related to you took place exactly one year ago. I have just returned from the grave of Henry Jekyll, M.D. where I have placed a small wreath of flowers. The newspapers, once brimming with stories of Jack the Ripper, have moved on to other horrors, and the Ripper has become a sort of bogeyman - parents warn their children that bad behaviour will bring Jack the Ripper to their bedsides in the night. The story of this case, surely the greatest in Holmes' illustrious career must go unpublished. The world must remember Jekyll as the man of healing that he was, not the monster he became. This manuscript will be hidden. The world is not yet ready for the shocking true facts of the Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

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