Read the excerpt from the strange case of dr. jekyll and mr. hyde. poole disinterred the axe from under a stack of packing straw; the candle was set upon the nearest table to light them to the attack; and they drew near with bated breath to where that patient foot was still going up and down, up and down, in the quiet of the night. "jekyll,” cried utterson, with a loud voice, "i demand to see you.” he paused a moment, but there came no reply. "i give you fair warning, our suspicions are aroused, and i must and shall see you,” he resumed; "if not by fair means, then by foul—if not of your consent, then by brute force! ” in the excerpt, poole and utterson are comparable characters in that they are both . brave cruel depressed furious