Enfield Recounts the Child Trampling

Mr. Enfield narrates to Mr. Utterson how, one black winter morning around three o'clock, he witnessed a small man trample a young girl underfoot in the street. The man, later identified as Edward Hyde, was brought back by Enfield and the girl's family, and to avoid a scandal, he paid them a hundred pounds using a cheque signed by a well-known and respectable man. Enfield describes Hyde as a detestable, deformed figure who inspired universal loathing, and he notes that Hyde used a key to enter the mysterious door. The story deeply unsettles Utterson, who realizes the cheque was signed by his friend and client, Dr. Henry Jekyll.