Mr. Utterson as Rational Observer

From The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Utterson embodies Victorian restraint and reluctant curiosity; he is the detective figure whose loyalty to friends drives the investigation.
Chapter 1

'I incline to Cain's heresy,' he used to say quaintly: 'I let my brother go to the devil in his own way.' This sets up his ethic of non-interference, soon broken.

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Chapter 2 (Search for Mr. Hyde)

'If he be Mr. Hyde, I shall be Mr. Seek.' The famous pun launching Utterson's investigation.

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